Theology Exam 2

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Mark’s global theology of God’s atoning, saving work in Christ:

In Mark 1 Jesus receives John’s baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. In this Jesus identifies with us in our sinful condition

Wesley on the nature and uses of the Law:

The law is integrally related to God, it springs from and partakes of the holy nature of God, therefore God can’t ignore violations. The law

Wesley’s concern about imputed active righteousness:

Wesley was concerned that it was undercutting the place of responsible Christian growth that took place in response to God’s grace. He quest

The two distortions of Reformed atonement doctrine that Wesley guarded against:

One distortion portrays God as longing simply to forgive our sins but constrained to punish someone for it. Wesley says that justice is not

Salvation: at divine initiative and empowerment:

At divine initiative we are offered grace through Jesus Christ but we are still responsible to participate and are empowered to do so by the

Wesley’s three dimensions of salvation:

1.) Pardon –Pardon begun

The two problems Wesley had with reformers on faith alone and works:

Reformers viewed faith alone as God alone working to effect salvation and only for the elect. Wesley rejected this saying that faith was a g

Wesley: the place of faith/works before and after justification:

There is nothing that we can do to earn our salvation, it is a gift from God. Justification by faith is justification by the merits of Chris

Be able to explain the steps in the logic of the three theories we covered.:

Divine Satisfaction: Sin offends God we must offer a gift of merit. It would take a gift of infinite merit so Jesus takes care of the infini

Explain the different positions of the RCC (Trent), Reformers, Anglicans, and where Wesley fits:

According to RCC(Trent) Christ’s death is meritorious. Justice is infused by God and this is the reason God can justly accept sinners. (infu

Time: historical vs. eschatological:

• The KoG brings the end of this world-time and the beginning of a new creation. It is the end of this world, but also the birth pangs of a

Why is it important that Christ’s suffering moves beyond just his suffering as an individual person?

• The sufferings of Christ are part of the history of the suffering endured by Israel and God’s prophets. They are not just His own, but the

Justification as more than forgiveness (186)

• The Lutheran theology of the Reformation period based justifying faith solely on the suffering and death of JC for us. They understood the

The problem of looking backward to the beginning of creation (i.e., “reconciliation”) instead of the forward look of righteousness

• Justification is more than reconciliation. Christology was functionalized, and became reconciliation Christology. But when we look at the

What is it about de Chardin and Rahner that Moltmann is pushing back against? What must we understand that he is putting forward instead?

• Ground: If Christ is viewed only as the ground of creation, this world, which is often so chaotic, is enhanced in an illusory way, and tra