Main Glossary
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THEOLOGY (RELIGION) |
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IrenicsFormal peace-seeking efforts of a part of Christian theology that are concerned with the reconcilment of different denominations and sects. | ||
JudaismThe monotheistic religion of the Jewish people, developed among the ancient Hebrews which believed in one transcendent LORD God who was revealed through Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets. Abraham was the father of Judaism, which combines the Jewish religion, culture and people, as worshipers of the One True JEHOVAH God. He was a wandering Aramean, and went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner, with only a few people. His descendants became a great nation, mighty and populous. The Egyptians treated them harshly with affliction and imposition of hard labor. They cried to the LORD God of their ancestors; the Lord heard the voices of His chosen people, and saw their affliction, their toll and their oppression. The LORD God brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders. The LORD God brought them into the Promised Land that flowed with milk and honey, which a part later became the nation of Israel. (Deu 26:5-9) | ||
JustificationThe LORD God's gracious and full acquittal based upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God. Salvation Phases: Justification - Past (Phase 1) I Have Been Saved from the penalty of sin (FREE) (Christian) Sanctification - Present (Phase 2) I Am Being Saved from the power of sin (Costly) (Disciple) Glorification - Future (Phase 3) I Will Be Saved from the presence of sin (Face-to-Face) (Glorified Bodies) | ||
Lined-Out SingingAn ancient method of singing religious music which involves a leader chanting each line of text and then the congregation singing in unison without hymnals or psalters. The American colonists brought this form of | ||
ModalismThe naive view that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were successive activities and revelations of one God thereby suggesting that the LORD God Father suffered upon the cross and was crucified by man. This teaching is also known as Monarchianism, or in the derogatory sense, Patripassianism.1 1Ferguson, Everett. Church History Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005, 144. | ||
MonarchianismThe naive view that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were successive activities and revelations of one God thereby suggesting that the LORD God Father suffered upon the cross and was crucified by man. This teaching is also known as Modalism, or in the derogatory sense, Patripassianism.1 Monarchian Teachers2: Dynamic Monarchians Theodotus the Leatherworker, c. 185, Byzantium/Rome Theodotus the Banker, c. 199, Rome Artemon, c. 210, Rome Paul of Samosata, c. 260-68, Antioch Modalist Monarchians Noetus, c. 200, Smyrna Praxeas, c. 200, Asia/Rome Epigonus, c. 200, Rome Sabellius, c. 215, Rome
1Ferguson, Everett. Church History Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005, 144. 2Ibid. | ||
OblationThe offering to the LORD God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist. | ||
Paschal ControversyThe fourteenth of Nisan falls on random days of the week according to the Jewish calander; most churches opted to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ on the Sunday after the full moon of spring. Those churches which disagreed were called Qyartodeciman,for their pactice of observing the Passion of Christ on the date of the Passover. The controversy between the two dates is known as the Paschal Controversy, which led to the great majority declaring that the Lord's resurrection should be celebrated on Sunday, and the paschal fast should end on that day.1 1Ferguson, Everett. Church History Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. | ||
PluralismThe belief that salvation can come from a variety of religious traditions. | ||