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| Proclaim the message of Jesus Christ while following the authority of God |
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| Twofold Goal of the Church |
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| Strengthen foundation of current believers and bring the message to non-believers. |
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| The intellection reflection on the way we come to what we believe (thinking about thinking about God). Allows us to come to a deeper understanding and knowledge of God and is an integral part of our relationship with Him. |
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| Propositional Approach to Revelation |
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Person is given a set of statements or rules and these are to be viewed as divine revelation of God’s self.
ex. Von Balthasar |
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| Symbolic Approach to Revelation |
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| God communicates with us through a manner in which we can understand in our limited way (symbols, Word, etc). We learn to comprehend these symbols through language, concepts, images, and metaphors. ex. Rahner |
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| Tracy's Approach to Revelation |
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| Dialogue is key. Theologian must speak from and two the publics of society, academy, and the church. The theologian is challenged to interpret religious classics of their tradition. |
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1. Academia: fundamental, reflection on the true
2. Church: systematic, reflection on the beautiful
3. Society: practical, reflection on the good |
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| Lonergan's Theological Method |
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| His main focus is on methodology and common up with a standard methodology in order to make progress in the fields of philosophy and theology. Methodology should apply across all fields of study in order to advance |
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| Sobrino's Theological Method |
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| A Libertation Theologian who sees the The purpose of theology is not just to understand the world, but to change it. Theologian is therefore an agent of social change in relations to a particular group of people who are marginalized. |
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| The action of God towards humankind, fully expressed in the life of Jesus. It is first an encounter with God, then an expression of that encounter. |
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| The act of handing on the faith (both written and oral). God’s spirit continues to act in and through the community that began with Christ. |
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| The teaching authority of the Church. It guides the church through the power of the Holy Spirit to interpret revelation and tradition. It is the servant and safeguard of the Word of God in scripture and traditions and is concerned with matters of the practice of Christian life and morals. Presents dogma as divinely revealed formulation |
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| Both revelation of the word of God and a product of tradition as recorded by the early church. |
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| The academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs,behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives. |
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| Theology vs. Religious Studies |
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| Theology attempts to understand the nature and intentions of supernatural forces (such as deities), religious studies tries to study religious behavior and belief from outside any particular religious viewpoint. |
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| Document on Catholic Universities stating that All Catholic institutions must hold to the Church’s Christian message and integrate knowledge, dialogue between faith and reason, ethical concern, and a theological perspective. The university should dialogue between faith and reason so the students can see that both of these harmoniously contribute to the search for truth. Theology plays an important role in both striving for a holistic view of the truth and the dialogue between faith and reason. It serves other disciplines with the perspective of meaning not found outside of theology, and at the same time the interaction with other disciplines enriches theology. |
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| Body of teachings about God that is believe to be authoritatively true; purpose is to safeguard and expound revelation |
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| Substance, nature, essence |
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| Jesus is fully God and fully human |
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| Equality and sameness of nature/being/ousious |
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| Dualist belief system that divided God. Said God of OT and God of NT weren’t the same. Thought OT God was inferior to all forgiving NT God. |
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| One that acts like God but isn’t God |
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| Belief that God is one single person who reveals himself in 3 modes or forms |
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| Interdivine relationships united in love; God’s inmost life within the Trinity (3 but 1), “the dance” (Augustinian) |
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| Role of 3 persons in salvation; refers to all of the works by which God reveals himself and communicates life; God’s self communication of his creation in two missions of the Son and the Holy Spirit |
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| Held that the Father is beyond the Son because he’s unoriginated. said that the Son and the Father were not of the same essence. Son wasn’t coeternal with the Father nor consubstantial. Son was only a creature directly created by the Father to act like a demiurge. |
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| Held that the Son was coeternal with the Father. |
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| Called Bishops to meet at Nicea to settle the Arian conflict in 325AD. Sided with Homoousios and exiled Arian, but ultimately supported Arianism to his death. |
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| Of similiar substance. A term that helped clear confusion on the Nicea position following the council |
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| Defended Nicea position after Alexander. Accepted the term homoiousios. |
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| Council of Constantinople |
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alled by Theodosis I where the creed was finalized and adopted. It is the first definitive, orthodox, universal creedal statement that discussed the Trinity. The unity of God and moved out to the 3 people of the Trinity with intradivine relationships. His model:
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| Represented the Arian view at the Council of Nicea since Arius was only a presbyter. |
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Defended the Nicean position after Anthanasius: Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Naziazus & Basil of Caesarea
Held that there is communion of substance but distinction of personhood in the Trinity. |
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| Taught that Jesus had an incomplete Nature. |
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| The evaluation of Jesus in terms that do not necessarily include divinity. (e.g. Messiah, Rabbi, Prophet, High Priest, Savior and Master |
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| The evaluation of Jesus in terms that include an aspect of divinity. (e.g. Lord, Son of God, God). |
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| Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. "Light of the Peoples" document of Vatican II. Focused on the immenant Church and her mission to reflect the mystery of God and share divine life with humanity. |
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| Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. "Joy & Hope" The final document of Vatican II. Focused on the economic church and her role to be a light in the secular world including economics, politics and culture. |
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| The Mystical Body of Christ |
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| The inner reality of the Church’s life, an inner spiritual unity expressed in the external organic unity of her life and acts. This metaphor offers an understanding of Church that balances universal and individual, worldwide and local, whole and particular. |
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| Eastern (Orthodox) Churches |
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| Do not accept the 4th Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon (451) which asserted that Jesus Christ is one person with two natures, human and divine, undivided and unconfused; thought “two natures” implied a duality in Christ and compromised the unity within the one person of Christ; prefer St. Cyril of Alexandria’s “one nature of the Incarnate Word of God” |
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| Reformation (Protestant) Churches |
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Do not accept the pope, any priest or the church as mediator of God’s grace and will
Believe in God’s free justification of the sinner by grace through faith alone without works, law, or merit on the part of the believer
Reject the Church of Rome’s sacramental system, monastic life, works of piety, reliance on the authority of the papacy, granting of indulgences because they placed too much emphasis on human effort in the face of the free grace of God
Only acceptable ”traditions” are those that come strictly from the apostles or scripture |
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