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Revelation in Sacred Writings

Question 1 of 11

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Revelation is a form of...

Select one of the following:

  • Miracle

  • Disembodied Existence

  • Religious Experience

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

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What is Propositional Revelation?

Select one of the following:

  • A revelation experience where God reveals knowledge (noetically) about Himself or his plans etc.

  • The indirect knowledge of God through, for example, his creation

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

1

Non-propositional Revelation indirectly makes himself known. It is ineffable.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

1

Which one of the following is NOT a revelation of God

Select one or more of the following:

  • Conscience

  • Creation

  • Religious Experience

  • Scripture

  • Miracle

  • Business Ethics

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

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General Revelation is that available to everyone at all times (eg. creaion) whereas Special Revelation is God's revelation to specific people at specific times (eg. visions).

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

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For some Christians, the writer of the Bible is merely an amanuensis. What does this mean?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Bible is only moral guidlines

  • The Bible should be demythologised

  • The Bible is written by someone when they are reflecting on a Religious Experience

  • The Bible is written by God through a human scribe

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

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Friedrich Schleiermacher believed that Biblical writings come from the non-propositional revelation when the writer reflects on a religious experience.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

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Karl Barth objected to Natural Theology because when using miracles we only get further from true knowledge. The only way to know true knowledge about God is through revelation.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

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Which of the following are topics discussed in Barth's book 'Church Dogmatics'?

Select one or more of the following:

  • God is revealed at his own choice

  • Revelation is ineffable

  • God can be described through analogy

  • Bible only conveys revelation; it is not God's exact words

  • God is revealed only through conscience

  • God can only be understood through his intervention in the world through miracles

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

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Psalms often speak in a human voice - this can mean that God is calling for our prayers or Christianity is only wishful-thinking written down

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

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Which of the following suggest that we should ignore the Bible completely? (Tick Four)

Select one or more of the following:

  • If there is one God, why has he spoke through many writers instead of one? - such as four gospels instead of one (Perhaps this is God calling for us to unite in faith)

  • Some teachings, such as the condemning of homosexuality and the marginalising of women are not applicable in the current - non-patriarchal - society.

  • Some Biblical accounts are inconsistent with each other, such as the Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus

  • Science can argue that some Biblical events are impossible, for example, Moses could not have lived to 800 years old (However, this could be symbolic for the continuing of his bloodline in his descendants. Science also suggests that the world is much older than 6000 years.

  • The Bible has been relied on for thousands of years

  • Millions of people have faith in the Biblical teachings

  • The Bible merely needs demythologising, as Boltman suggested, so that we can understand the true word of God.

  • Without the moral guidance of the Bible, morality in our world has no purpose or foundations

Explanation

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