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Saturday, November 04, 2023

In other (theological) words

  • adiaphora, noun. Actions or beliefs which are neither commanded nor forbidden in scripture; theological or moral issues of which scripture does not speak definitively.
  • Apollinarianism, noun. A 4th-century Christological teaching (by Apollinaris of Laodicea) that Christ had a human body and a human soul, but not human mind.
  • apophatic theology, noun. A method or way of describing God by saying what he is not (also called via negationis, by or through denial, negation).
  • Ausgangstext, noun. The original, initial, or source text of the Scriptures; the one ancestor of all the extant Greek copies (nor or not necessarily the autographa).
  • decretive will, noun. A sovereign and efficacious will by which God brings to pass whatever he pleases by his divine decree; the plan of God which contains everything he has determined to bring to pass (also called sovereign will or secret will).
  • ecclesiology, noun. The branch of theology that investigates what scripture teaches about the church or assemblies of Christ.
  • eschatology, noun. The branch of theology that investigates what scripture teaches about final things (or last things, e.g., the return of Christ, the millennial kingdom, the final judgment).
  • Eutychianism (or monophysitism), noun. A 5th-century Christological teaching (by Eutyches of Constantinople) that Christ had only one nature, a nature that was a mixture of divine and human nature that resulted in a third kind of nature.
  • Frankentext (or Franken-text), noun. Reconstructed textual readings which can be found in no extant manuscripts; – textual units (e.g., a verse) of the Greek New Testament that cannot be found in any extant Greek manuscript (portmanteau of Frankenstein and text).
  • Nestorianism, noun. A Christological teaching (identified with Nestorius) that taught that Jesus was two distinct persons, a human person and a divine person.
  • norma normans non normata (or norma normans), noun. (Latin: the norm of norms that is not normed) The one standard which has no higher standard; a description of Scripture as the standard by which all other standards or rules of the Christian faith are measured.
  • pactum salutis, noun. (Latin: salvation agreement) An agreement or covenant made in eternity past among the three persons of the Trinity to save a people (also called the covenant of redemption).
  • perichoresis, noun. A theological term, derived from the Greek, used to express the intimate union of the three persons in the Trinity as they mutually indwell or interpenetrate each other.
  • pneumatology, noun. The branch of theology that investigates what scripture teaches about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
  • preceptive will, noun. The will of God as related to his revealed law or commandments; what God has declared that we should do (also called revealed will).
  • scariant, noun. Any textual variant that people are very worried (portmanteau of scary and variant).
  • smudge, noun. A stain, fingerprint, drip, or other found splotch in/on a manuscript.
  • soteriology. noun. The branch of theology that investigates what scripture teaches about salvation.
  • worldview, noun. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world; a network of ultimate beliefs, assumptions, values, and ideas about the universe and our place in it, held by an individual or a group.

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