Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 9:17 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Building Systematic Theology (Building Systematic Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-3
Richard Ramsay
AnthropologyIn theology, it is the doctrine of man. |
BibliologyThe study of the Bible |
Compositional collationProcess of using several different arguments to defend a point of view. |
DualismBelief that the spiritual world is good, but the material world is evil |
EcclesiologyThe doctrine of the Church |
EschatologyThe doctrine of the last things |
Factual reductionProcess of focusing on only one point of a Bible passage that has the purpose of communicating other points as well |
JustificationIt sometimes means a person is declared righteous when he believes in Christ, as in Romans 3:28, and it sometimes means a person is shown to be righteous in his way of life, as in James 2:24. |
MysticismBelief system that emphasizes the need to go beyond reason to receive revelation through spiritual ecstasy |
Neo-Platonism A philosophical school rooted in Plato, but including new ideas by philosophers such as Plotinus. |