Sunday, 5 May 2024, 2:46 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: The Heart of Paul's Theology (The Heart of Paul's Theology)
Glossary: Glossary for Lesson 1
Richard Ramsay

Antioch

City in Syria from which Paul and Barnabas were sent on the first missionary journey

Apostle

Someone chosen by Christ to minister, taught directly by Christ, and a witness of Christ after his resurrection

Arabia

Desert region where Paul spent three years after his conversion

Barnabas

Paul's missionary companion on his first journey

Christ

Messiah. Comes from “Christos” in Greek, which means the same as “Messiah” in Hebrew.

Cyprus

Island in the Mediterranean where Paul visited on his first missionary journey

Eschatology

Traditionally understood in theology as the study of events surrounding the second coming of Christ, but also understood in a broader sense as the study of the stages of redemption

Galatia

Region of Asia Minor where Paul visited on his first missionary journey, and to which he wrote his first letter

Gentile

Non-Jewish person, considered "pagan" by the Jews

Historia Salutis

Theological term for the order of salvation as it is worked out in history