Terms for REL 102: Understanding Christianity

You are responsible for learning all the terms in this list as they are used in class or appear in the assigned readings throughout the semester. Look in the textbook(s) for definitions or explanations. Use also other sources listed in the syllabus as well as resources in the library or on the Web.

Pay attention to the use of these words in your readings and in class. Never be afraid to ask me or others what a term means (but do the research yourself first).

N.B.: Terms in yellow may be on the midterm exam.In addition, terms in green may be on the final exam.

Last updated 29 Feb. 2016.

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attributescommunionconciliarismconfessionconservative view of the

BibleCongregationalismConstantineConstantinopleconsubstantiationcosmological argumentCouncil of TrentCounter-Reformationcovenant

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theologydualismEasterecclesiologyecumenismeisegesiselectionempiricismEnlightenmentEnlightenment rationalismEpiphanyErasmuseschatologyEssenesEucharistevangelical(ism)Eveex nihiloex opera operantisex opere operatoexclusivismexegesisexemplarist ChristologyexileexistentialismExodusexperiencefaith(the) fallFather

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simul justus et peccatorsinsingle-source theory of

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