SWA

Question 1

Conservatism- Bible

Answer 1

Split into evangelical& Catholicism
Bible is the direct Word of God
Priests hold authority in the church

Question 2

Neo-Orthodox- Bible

Answer 2

Reject conservatism views in biblical inerrancy, as modern forms of bible study suggest that parts of the bible are inaccurate
Karl Barth- Bible is not the word of God but only contains it
God doesnt reveal himself in words of the Bible, just through jesus.

Question 3

Liberal - Bible

Answer 3

God is not the creator
God is not omnipotent
God does not intervien in the world
The bible is an entirely human document
Social gospel movement
Process theology

Question 4

Liturature in the Bible

Answer 4

Proverbs
Erotic poetry
Biblical poetry
Commandments of god
Narrative of historical events
Catholics say these can be inspires
Neo-orthodox say they cannot

Question 5

5 sources of authority for christians- Church

Answer 5

God
Thhe bible os seen as a special revelation
Reason and Conscience is seen as a general revelation
Authority of the church
Authority of church tradition

Question 6

Verbal plenary inspiration- Church

Answer 6

God inspires all the scripture from genesis to revelation

Question 7

SOA for catholics - Church

Answer 7

Gospel passed down two ways- Through written words, and by the apostles&other inspired religious teachers
Bible can no longer be added too
Apostilic Tradition
Bible sees its authority by god

Question 8

What do catholics believe in about authority of the church- Church

Answer 8

No authority sticks out over the other as they are all equally linked to God

Question 9

Different preotestant denominations- Church

Answer 9

Baptist
Calvinist
Lutheran
Methodist
Pentecostalism

Question 10

Protestant beliefs- Church

Answer 10

Sola Scriptura- Only the word of god
Humans should not pass judgement on God’s word
Words of the bible that are important not those who speak it

Question 11

Martin Luther Protests- Church

Answer 11

Priests should get married
Christians dont need a priest
Behaviour of preists is wrong
Bible should be translated into english
There should be no priest only the bible

Question 12

Names for Jesus- Jesus

Answer 12

Son Of God
Rebel
Saviour
Mirical Maker
Healer
Son Of Man
King
Man
Messiah
God
Sacrifice

Question 13

Did Jesus exist- Jesus

Answer 13

John Dickson said no historian could find evidence for him not being a real person
Bible states Jesus is sone of god and holds the same authority of god

Question 14

Jesus’s authority- Jesus

Answer 14

Gospels contain many statements which can clearly be taken to mean that Jesus is Good in human form

Christianity is based of jesus and still has a unique authority from god. This is expressed by the term ‘Son of God’ in the Ninceen Creed

Question 15

Jesus as son of God- Jesus

Answer 15

Trinity
Ninceen Creed
John 10:30- “I and the Father are one”

Question 16

Jesus as son of man- Jesus

Answer 16

Used to emphasise jesus’s humanity
Used so jesus could avoid making explicit claims about divinity
Messianic Secret- Jesus is son of god only revealed in mark after his crusifixion.

Question 17

Jesus as Human- Jesus

Answer 17

Liberalists – they would approach Jesus’ authority through:
a) their view of the inspiration and authority of the Bible - Son of god can refer to anyone
b) whether or not any particular claim about Jesus goes against science and reason.

Those who follow a particular sect that believe Jesus was not divine: Adoptionism, Arianism, The Cathars, Unitarianism

Question 18

Jesus as only human- Specific Christian Sects

Answer 18

Adoptionism- Believed Jesus was adopted at Baptism, rejected as heresy by the Church at the end of the 3rd Century by the Synod of Antioch

Arianism -Arius believed that Jesus was not truly divine and the title ‘Son of God’ was an honour bestowed upon him. Council of Nicea ruled against Arius in 325

The Cathars- They believed that the human form was too corrupt for the Son of God, so Jesus could not be divine. The sect were condemned by the Pope in 1184

Unitarianism- They are Deists (base their ideas on reason) and believed that Jesus was a great man and prophet, but only human., about 7,000 Unitarians in the UK today

Question 19

Sermon on the mount

Answer 19

How a Christian may put it into action..
‘turn to him the other also’ (other cheek)’
Quakers are pacifists.. literalist

‘You shall love your neighbour’
Liberal view would be to treat people well

‘Give to him who begs from you’
Social Gospel - Give to the poor or go and seek out helping people