Sunday, 5 May 2024, 1:53 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Building Your Theology (Building Your Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-2

Huguenots

Reformed Christians persecuted in France during reformation

Reformed

Calvinistic school of theology, with emphasis on transcendency of God, unity of Scripture, and transformation of culture

Dordt

Name of city in Holland where a synod debated the Arminian contoversy and decided in favor of the Five Points of Calvinism

Knox

Last name of Scottish reformer

Transcendence

Attribute of God, referring to His superiority to man, especially His eternality, immutability, sovereignty, aseity, omnipotence, and omnipresence

Immanence

Attribute of God, referring to His closeness to man, especially His kindness, mercy, love, tenderness, patience, and presence

Niebuhr

Last name of theologian that expressed five different positions regarding the relationship between Christians and culture

Dispensationalism

Theological school of thought that tends to emphasize the differences between the Old Testament and the New Testament

Theos

Greek word for "God" (transliteration)

Logos

Greek word for the science, doctrine, or study of something. It also means "word."