PHILOSOPHY THEOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
UPDATED LATEST GRADED 100% PASS.
When theology is seen to be an exercise in Holy Reason - Solution One
must also view theology as an activity undertaken "in prayerful dependence
upon the Holy Spirit...as an exercise in the fellowship of the saints, serving
the confession of the holy people of God".
Te Deum Laudamus - Solution Alongside the Apostles' Creed and the
Athanasian Creed, Luther identifies this as the third symbol or creed of the
Christian faith.
Theology is... - Solution faithful and rational reflection upon the gospel
John Locke - Solution argued that "All the life and power of true religion
consist in the inward and full persuasion of the mind".
Roger Olson does not believe that... - Solution Contemporary Christianity
is in fine condition (it is seriously and intellectually engaged with matters of
doctrine and stands at a distance from uncritical religious activity).
critical reflection - Solution is a fitting description of theology as a proper
intellectual task
Migliore does not believe that... - Solution genuine faith avoids questions
because it knows that ideas may actually undermine belief in God
Luther denies the claim that in order to acquire God's grace - Solution we
must be committed to doing the good that is in us.
a theology of glory - Solution calls evil good and good evil
Barth regards theology as - Solution a means of taking rational trouble
over the mystery of God.
,Theologians identify the following as possible sources for theological
knowledge - Solution Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience
Spiritual Theology - Solution This is not one of the branches of theology
addressed by Migliore. He does address Historical, Biblical, and Practical
theology.
Christocentric theology, Method of Correlation, and the Praxis approach -
Solution are the three important types of theological method identified by
Migliore
The approach to theology in this course - Solution Evaluation of the
question: "What must one know in order to best understand the faith?" This
excludes theologies that ask, "what must someone know in order to come
to faith?" and theologies evaluated in terms of whether or not a non-
Christian could understand its claims.
Nachdenken - Solution Theology is thinking in the wake of God. It is not
"running ahead of God", "acting (praxis) not thinking", or "creative and
abstract."
Trust/Fiducia - Solution In contrast to Enlightenment doubt (cf. Clifford)
Luther and Barth speak of faith in this way.
Apologetic Theology - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez this form
of theology is most concerned with defending the faith and building a bridge
for nonbelievers.
Neglect of Theology - Solution According to Migliore, when this happens,
the community of faith risks either drifting aimlessly, or being captured by
spirits alien to its own.
Systematic Theology - Solution Migliore and our lecture reminds us that
this is a discipline that seeks to follow the consistent patterns of God's
action revealed in Scripture.
He or she deserves to be called a theologian - Solution Luther says this of
he or she who comprehends the visible and manifest things of God seen
through suffering and the cross.
, "faith seeking understanding" - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez,
one of the most viable forms of theology as contemplation is connected
with the work of Anselm and expressed in this phrase
When Migliore argues that theology should be "systematic" - Solution he
has in mind the fact that because God is faithful, there are patterns and
continuities in the acts of God attested in Scripture that give shape and
coherence to theological reflection
True or False: Migliore and Husbands believe that Christian theology is a
disparate bundle of symbols and doctrines from which one can select at will
and organize into any pattern one pleases. - Solution False
True or False: James Cone argues that theological claims only have
meaning when they reflect the inseparable bond between our trust in God's
grace and our call to God's service (i.e., the Church living in the world on
the basis of what it proclaims". - Solution True
The Latin phrase "Veni Creator Spiritus" means: - Solution Come, Creator
Spirit!
Christian theology is... - Solution "taking rational trouble over the mystery"
Psalm 19:1 ("The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament
proclaims his handiwork") - Solution Is generally used in support of
general revelation
Trinity and Incarnation - Solution According to Aquinas these doctrines
could not be known with the use of natural reason.
The Bible was written in order to guide the people of God in paths of
obedience - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez this fact is crucial
to recognize about the Bible. It was not intended to be read in bits and
pieces, to give us INFORMATION rather than to be used for our
FORMATION, or meant to be primarily read alone and in silence.
The First Vatican Council - Solution Was optimistic regarding the
possibility that God's existence could be demonstrated and known by
human reason apart from special revelation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025
UPDATED LATEST GRADED 100% PASS.
When theology is seen to be an exercise in Holy Reason - Solution One
must also view theology as an activity undertaken "in prayerful dependence
upon the Holy Spirit...as an exercise in the fellowship of the saints, serving
the confession of the holy people of God".
Te Deum Laudamus - Solution Alongside the Apostles' Creed and the
Athanasian Creed, Luther identifies this as the third symbol or creed of the
Christian faith.
Theology is... - Solution faithful and rational reflection upon the gospel
John Locke - Solution argued that "All the life and power of true religion
consist in the inward and full persuasion of the mind".
Roger Olson does not believe that... - Solution Contemporary Christianity
is in fine condition (it is seriously and intellectually engaged with matters of
doctrine and stands at a distance from uncritical religious activity).
critical reflection - Solution is a fitting description of theology as a proper
intellectual task
Migliore does not believe that... - Solution genuine faith avoids questions
because it knows that ideas may actually undermine belief in God
Luther denies the claim that in order to acquire God's grace - Solution we
must be committed to doing the good that is in us.
a theology of glory - Solution calls evil good and good evil
Barth regards theology as - Solution a means of taking rational trouble
over the mystery of God.
,Theologians identify the following as possible sources for theological
knowledge - Solution Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience
Spiritual Theology - Solution This is not one of the branches of theology
addressed by Migliore. He does address Historical, Biblical, and Practical
theology.
Christocentric theology, Method of Correlation, and the Praxis approach -
Solution are the three important types of theological method identified by
Migliore
The approach to theology in this course - Solution Evaluation of the
question: "What must one know in order to best understand the faith?" This
excludes theologies that ask, "what must someone know in order to come
to faith?" and theologies evaluated in terms of whether or not a non-
Christian could understand its claims.
Nachdenken - Solution Theology is thinking in the wake of God. It is not
"running ahead of God", "acting (praxis) not thinking", or "creative and
abstract."
Trust/Fiducia - Solution In contrast to Enlightenment doubt (cf. Clifford)
Luther and Barth speak of faith in this way.
Apologetic Theology - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez this form
of theology is most concerned with defending the faith and building a bridge
for nonbelievers.
Neglect of Theology - Solution According to Migliore, when this happens,
the community of faith risks either drifting aimlessly, or being captured by
spirits alien to its own.
Systematic Theology - Solution Migliore and our lecture reminds us that
this is a discipline that seeks to follow the consistent patterns of God's
action revealed in Scripture.
He or she deserves to be called a theologian - Solution Luther says this of
he or she who comprehends the visible and manifest things of God seen
through suffering and the cross.
, "faith seeking understanding" - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez,
one of the most viable forms of theology as contemplation is connected
with the work of Anselm and expressed in this phrase
When Migliore argues that theology should be "systematic" - Solution he
has in mind the fact that because God is faithful, there are patterns and
continuities in the acts of God attested in Scripture that give shape and
coherence to theological reflection
True or False: Migliore and Husbands believe that Christian theology is a
disparate bundle of symbols and doctrines from which one can select at will
and organize into any pattern one pleases. - Solution False
True or False: James Cone argues that theological claims only have
meaning when they reflect the inseparable bond between our trust in God's
grace and our call to God's service (i.e., the Church living in the world on
the basis of what it proclaims". - Solution True
The Latin phrase "Veni Creator Spiritus" means: - Solution Come, Creator
Spirit!
Christian theology is... - Solution "taking rational trouble over the mystery"
Psalm 19:1 ("The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament
proclaims his handiwork") - Solution Is generally used in support of
general revelation
Trinity and Incarnation - Solution According to Aquinas these doctrines
could not be known with the use of natural reason.
The Bible was written in order to guide the people of God in paths of
obedience - Solution According to Gonzalez and Perez this fact is crucial
to recognize about the Bible. It was not intended to be read in bits and
pieces, to give us INFORMATION rather than to be used for our
FORMATION, or meant to be primarily read alone and in silence.
The First Vatican Council - Solution Was optimistic regarding the
possibility that God's existence could be demonstrated and known by
human reason apart from special revelation
