THEO 201-Exam #2 full assessment
questions
"If your concept of God is wrong, the more religion you get, the more dangerous you become to
yourself and to others" - answers✔✔William Temple
God's attributes - answers✔✔Those qualities of God that constitute what he is, the very
characteristics of his nature.
The attributes of God are qualities of the entire _____________, they should NOT be confused
with ___________, which are the distinctive characteristics of the various persons of the Trinity;
they are functions, activities, or acts of the individual members of the Godhead. -
answers✔✔Godhead
*Properties
Gods general ________are his creating, guiding, and preserving. - answers✔✔Acts
The two classifications of God's Attributes include: - answers✔✔1. Natural=Greatness
2. Moral=Goodness
Activities - answers✔✔Function, what specifically does
Acts (most specific) - answers✔✔What each person does
, "God is present and active within his creation [immanent] yet he is also transcendent to it, for
he is a totally different type of being. He is divine"- - answers✔✔Erikson
______________attributes are those that in the human context would relate to the concept of
rightness (as opposed to wrongness). - answers✔✔Moral attributes
Examples of moral attributes - answers✔✔Holiness
Love
Mercy
Faithfulness
____________attributes are the nonmoral superlatives of God, such as his knowledge and
power. - answers✔✔Natural
What may happen if we emphasize immanence too much? - answers✔✔We may identify
everything that happens as God's will and working, as did the German Christians who in the
1930's regarded Adolf Hitler's policies as God's working in the world.
What happens if we emphasize transcendence too much? - answers✔✔We may expect God to
work miracles at all times, while he may purpose instead to work through our effort. We may
tend to mistreat the creation, forgetting that he himself is present and active there.
Is Immanence or Transcendence more important? - answers✔✔Both/and are!
*They both need to be in balance, God is BOTH transcendent yet immanent.
Among the most basic of God's attributes of greatness is the fact that he is ___________. -
answers✔✔SPIRIT, he is not composed of matter and does not possess a physical nature.
What are the five essential incommunicable (Greatness) attributes of God? - answers✔✔God is:
questions
"If your concept of God is wrong, the more religion you get, the more dangerous you become to
yourself and to others" - answers✔✔William Temple
God's attributes - answers✔✔Those qualities of God that constitute what he is, the very
characteristics of his nature.
The attributes of God are qualities of the entire _____________, they should NOT be confused
with ___________, which are the distinctive characteristics of the various persons of the Trinity;
they are functions, activities, or acts of the individual members of the Godhead. -
answers✔✔Godhead
*Properties
Gods general ________are his creating, guiding, and preserving. - answers✔✔Acts
The two classifications of God's Attributes include: - answers✔✔1. Natural=Greatness
2. Moral=Goodness
Activities - answers✔✔Function, what specifically does
Acts (most specific) - answers✔✔What each person does
, "God is present and active within his creation [immanent] yet he is also transcendent to it, for
he is a totally different type of being. He is divine"- - answers✔✔Erikson
______________attributes are those that in the human context would relate to the concept of
rightness (as opposed to wrongness). - answers✔✔Moral attributes
Examples of moral attributes - answers✔✔Holiness
Love
Mercy
Faithfulness
____________attributes are the nonmoral superlatives of God, such as his knowledge and
power. - answers✔✔Natural
What may happen if we emphasize immanence too much? - answers✔✔We may identify
everything that happens as God's will and working, as did the German Christians who in the
1930's regarded Adolf Hitler's policies as God's working in the world.
What happens if we emphasize transcendence too much? - answers✔✔We may expect God to
work miracles at all times, while he may purpose instead to work through our effort. We may
tend to mistreat the creation, forgetting that he himself is present and active there.
Is Immanence or Transcendence more important? - answers✔✔Both/and are!
*They both need to be in balance, God is BOTH transcendent yet immanent.
Among the most basic of God's attributes of greatness is the fact that he is ___________. -
answers✔✔SPIRIT, he is not composed of matter and does not possess a physical nature.
What are the five essential incommunicable (Greatness) attributes of God? - answers✔✔God is:
