SEMESTER 4
161 – Terminology – Part 6 (Cont.)
BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE: THEOLOGY IV LESSON # 61
WORDS AND TERMS DESCRIBING THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE
CHRISTOLOGY:
The study of God the Son as Christ the anointed one in His incarnate life and the subsequent offices and ministries.
PNEUMATOLOGY:
The study of spirits or spiritual phenomena. The doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
SABBATARIAN:
Those holding to a special day of rest and worship, whether on Saturday or Sunday. Sometimes they consider that day a necessary hold-over from the Levital law, which not only demands setting aside a day of rest and worship, but one which includes such divisions of abstinence as not traveling, cooking or eating in restaurants.
CALVINISM:
The system of doctrine which holds that salvation is strictly of grace and totally moneristic. This system is often wrongly attributed to John Calvin, and thus called after his name, though no one supposes or claims that he was the originator of it.
ARMINIANISM:
The system of doctrine which teaches that salvation is brought about by cooperative effort between God and man. Again, Arminius was not the originator of this doctrine but simply became identified as the champion of it. Arminianism is a modification of Palegianism, though most Arminians will deny that they are in agreement with Palegianism.
PALEGIANISM:
The doctrines taught by Palegias. Palegias was a monk born in England of great intellectual stature, but no apparent knowledge of God. He taught that man was inherently capable of doing right or wrong and that it was possible for him to live a sinless life and that some men had actually done so. He taught that Adam’s sin had no real effect on man as a race and that man was free to choose either right or wrong, not having a fallen nature.
ANTINOMIANISM:
[Anti (against) nomia (law) – against the law] The teaching of antinomianism is that whereas Christ is glorified by putting away our sin, that, therefore, the more we sin the more glorious He becomes in His work of salvation. It implies that we, therefore, actually cause the grace of God to abound by sinning.
FREE WILL:
Webster’s definitions 1) Freedom of decision or of choice between alternatives. 2) The freedom of the will to choose a course of action without external coercion, but in accordance with the ideals or moral outlook of the individual. Rightly understood, these are both Bible and Baptist doctrines, and can be held affirmatively. However, the common Arminian argument for this term today is that in the fall, man’s will was somehow insulated so that he may make choices without regard to, or restraint from his fallen nature. This is absolute foolishness and is heresy.
FREE MORAL AGENCY:
Funk & Wagnall’s: “The power or capacity to act freely i.e., without constraint of the will”. Webster’s New International Dictionary: Not determined by anything beyond it’s own nature or being; not necessitated by an external cause or agency; choosing or capable of choosing for itself as a free agent. (TPS page 181)