Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 6:34 AM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Building Systematic Theology (Building Systematic Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-3
DualismBelief that the spiritual world is good, but the material world is evil |
RationalismBelief system that emphasizes the uses of reason and human reflection |
MysticismBelief system that emphasizes the need to go beyond reason to receive revelation through spiritual ecstasy |
ScholasticismSchool of theology during the medieval period, that put great emphasis on the use of Aristotelian logic |
OrthodoxyCorrect thinking |
OrthopraxisCorrect living |
OrthopathosCorrect feeling |
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. |
SanctificationThis term can refer to several different aspects of righteousness: a. first righteousness, or definitive righteousness for Christians, b. progressive ongoing holiness in Christians, and c. being set apart from the rest of the world, even though a person is not a Christian. |
PropositionA meaningful sentence that declares something which can be evaluated either as true or as false. |