Study Guide
2013-2014 Semester 1 Final Test Study Guide
Online/Blended Doctrine
No study is more valuable that careful reading of your textbook. Questions are often made straight from the words of the text. If there are sections from Chapters 1 through 8 that you did not read, go back and read it. - Bareford, Brink, Wrasman
Unit 1
Intro to the Bible:
1. How did the early church decide a book was canonical (under God’s providence)? Inspired and point to Christ.
2. Who decided what books are in the canon? God
Ch. 1 The Task of Theology:
1. What is Theology? Theology is the study of God as he reveals himself.
2. What are the two main purposes? The primary goal is to proclaim the Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ faithfully. The secondary goal is to study and seek to understand God’s truth; we grow in our knowledge and understanding of him and his word.
3. What does Sola Scriptura mean? Sola Scriptura means “Scripture alone.
4. Know the differences between magisterial and ministerial. A magisterial use of reason places reason above the Scriptures, but a ministerial use of reason subjects the conclusions of reason to scriptural authority.
5. Know the differences between formal and material principle. The formal is concerned with the source of information and the means of making decisions, but the material is the core belief or most important teaching.
6. To whom does the work of inspiration belong? The Holy Spirit
7. For Christian theology, what is our number one source of information? The Bible
8. What is the difference between our formal and material principal? Material principal is the core belief, but formal principle is concerned with the source of information.
9. What has tainted everything? Sin
Ch. 2 Revelation and the Word of God:
1. What is natural knowledge? The natural knowledge is the moral order of society or the uniqueness of human reason and love.
1. What are its limitations? The natural knowledge cannot produce a loving
Online/Blended Doctrine
No study is more valuable that careful reading of your textbook. Questions are often made straight from the words of the text. If there are sections from Chapters 1 through 8 that you did not read, go back and read it. - Bareford, Brink, Wrasman
Unit 1
Intro to the Bible:
1. How did the early church decide a book was canonical (under God’s providence)? Inspired and point to Christ.
2. Who decided what books are in the canon? God
Ch. 1 The Task of Theology:
1. What is Theology? Theology is the study of God as he reveals himself.
2. What are the two main purposes? The primary goal is to proclaim the Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ faithfully. The secondary goal is to study and seek to understand God’s truth; we grow in our knowledge and understanding of him and his word.
3. What does Sola Scriptura mean? Sola Scriptura means “Scripture alone.
4. Know the differences between magisterial and ministerial. A magisterial use of reason places reason above the Scriptures, but a ministerial use of reason subjects the conclusions of reason to scriptural authority.
5. Know the differences between formal and material principle. The formal is concerned with the source of information and the means of making decisions, but the material is the core belief or most important teaching.
6. To whom does the work of inspiration belong? The Holy Spirit
7. For Christian theology, what is our number one source of information? The Bible
8. What is the difference between our formal and material principal? Material principal is the core belief, but formal principle is concerned with the source of information.
9. What has tainted everything? Sin
Ch. 2 Revelation and the Word of God:
1. What is natural knowledge? The natural knowledge is the moral order of society or the uniqueness of human reason and love.
1. What are its limitations? The natural knowledge cannot produce a loving