ST102 DTS Exam 3 (Final)
Diffs b/w Christian Trinity, Allah of Islam, Brahman of Advaita Hinduism, and the polytheism of
Mormonism - correct answer ✔✔Allah of Islam - the one, only God that does not relate to his people
personally. Do not consider Jesus to be God. No guarantee of salvation.
Brahman of Advaita Hinduism - not actually a god. the Impersonal essence and spirit of all that is. Can't
worship or pray to this essence.
Mormonism - believe God to be a distinct personage, each separate from the others. Three Gods. Father
and Son have physical bodies and wives. The Spirit has no body - divine essence the Godhead operates
through. Jesus is not a single divine Son but one of many other gods.
communicable attributes - correct answer ✔✔attributes that can be shared by humans
incommunicable attributes - correct answer ✔✔attributes that belong only to God (tripersonal - both
similar and different, infinite but relates to finite creation, self-existent, self-sufficient, free, simple
(harmony within the divine nature), united, perfect and immutable, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent,
omnipresent)
divine transcendence - correct answer ✔✔God is elevated above and extrinsic to the universe that he
created. He has perfect knowledge of all earthly things, he's infinite and eternal and identical with his
own essence (unlike humans)
divine immanence - correct answer ✔✔God is present in all creation, sustaining, ordering, revealing
primary divine agents of the OT - correct answer ✔✔Holy Spirit, the Word of the Lord, wisdom, angel of
the Lord (Jesus Messiah)
3 high Christologies in the NT - correct answer ✔✔Heb 1:1-4 " In the past God spoke to our ancestors
through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by
his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son
is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his
powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to
theirs."
, Phil. 2:9-11 "Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Colossians 1:16-17 "16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."
2 primary biblical passages defending the deity of the Spirit - correct answer ✔✔Matt 28:19 Therefore
go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit
2 Cor 3:17-18 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glo-
ry, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes
from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
Matt 12:31-32 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the
Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but
anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
doctrine of the Trinity - correct answer ✔✔The one true God eternally exists as three persons - Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit - Equal in nature, equal in glory, and distinct in relations.
did early church fathers believe in the Trinity? - correct answer ✔✔Short answer - yes.
Long answer - They vaguely understood the pluralistic personaity of the God of the OT. It took time to
work out the current understanding.
historical development (main heresies) of the doctrine of the Trinity to Nicaea (325) - correct answer
✔✔1. Ebionism: Jesus was the human Jewish Messiah
2. Docetism: Jesus' human form was an illusion
Diffs b/w Christian Trinity, Allah of Islam, Brahman of Advaita Hinduism, and the polytheism of
Mormonism - correct answer ✔✔Allah of Islam - the one, only God that does not relate to his people
personally. Do not consider Jesus to be God. No guarantee of salvation.
Brahman of Advaita Hinduism - not actually a god. the Impersonal essence and spirit of all that is. Can't
worship or pray to this essence.
Mormonism - believe God to be a distinct personage, each separate from the others. Three Gods. Father
and Son have physical bodies and wives. The Spirit has no body - divine essence the Godhead operates
through. Jesus is not a single divine Son but one of many other gods.
communicable attributes - correct answer ✔✔attributes that can be shared by humans
incommunicable attributes - correct answer ✔✔attributes that belong only to God (tripersonal - both
similar and different, infinite but relates to finite creation, self-existent, self-sufficient, free, simple
(harmony within the divine nature), united, perfect and immutable, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent,
omnipresent)
divine transcendence - correct answer ✔✔God is elevated above and extrinsic to the universe that he
created. He has perfect knowledge of all earthly things, he's infinite and eternal and identical with his
own essence (unlike humans)
divine immanence - correct answer ✔✔God is present in all creation, sustaining, ordering, revealing
primary divine agents of the OT - correct answer ✔✔Holy Spirit, the Word of the Lord, wisdom, angel of
the Lord (Jesus Messiah)
3 high Christologies in the NT - correct answer ✔✔Heb 1:1-4 " In the past God spoke to our ancestors
through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by
his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son
is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his
powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to
theirs."
, Phil. 2:9-11 "Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Colossians 1:16-17 "16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him
and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."
2 primary biblical passages defending the deity of the Spirit - correct answer ✔✔Matt 28:19 Therefore
go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit
2 Cor 3:17-18 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glo-
ry, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes
from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
Matt 12:31-32 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the
Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but
anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
doctrine of the Trinity - correct answer ✔✔The one true God eternally exists as three persons - Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit - Equal in nature, equal in glory, and distinct in relations.
did early church fathers believe in the Trinity? - correct answer ✔✔Short answer - yes.
Long answer - They vaguely understood the pluralistic personaity of the God of the OT. It took time to
work out the current understanding.
historical development (main heresies) of the doctrine of the Trinity to Nicaea (325) - correct answer
✔✔1. Ebionism: Jesus was the human Jewish Messiah
2. Docetism: Jesus' human form was an illusion
