Revealed Theology
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- Created on: 30-01-19 14:56
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- Revealed Theology
- The Bible
- To be seen as more than a historical document: it s the Word of God
- We should not dismiss it to fit with modern society
- Calvin: Scripture is a special revelation from Jesus + it corrects contradictions in the Old Testament
- Faith
- Faith isn't without reason, insead it uses reason
- Aquinas: 2 types of faith 1. Unformed Faith- belief based on reason but rejection based on preference
- 2. Formed Faith-willing to accept reason
- Jesus Christ
- Through Christ we willl be reconciled w/ God
- Calvin describes Christ as a mirror of the divine
- RCC accept Christ as full revelation of God btu we need to remember this in our faith
- Why do we need both Natural and Revealed theology?
- Natural theology relies on what we see empirically (our surroundings)
- Whereas Revealed Theology helps us understand faith and the doctrine of Christianity
- Revealed Theology provides a better relationship with God
- Fideism
- Knowledge depends on faith or revelation.
- Barth
- Believed in Revealed theology
- Knowledge of God can only be found in Christianity
- The Old Testament is open to testing to see how far it meets the revelation of God in Christ
- New Testament is superior to the Old Testament
- The Bible
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