Quiz 1 Part 1 Triune God

...is the exclusive content of all theology

(a)  

“ (a)   is the lifeblood of theological reflection.”

       why we dare speak of God (p. 148)

We dare speak to God for only one reason (a)  

How God actively relates himself to creatures (a)  

“In Scripture the __________ and the _____________ of God go hand in hand.”

(a)  

Augustine on saying what God is and is not

• God is the concept of “being”

• He is the one who is

• It is easier for us to say what he is not than what he is.

• He is not earth, sea, heaven, angel, ect.

  God is known better by not knowing.

The view of Reformed theologians on God as surpassing human knowledge, imagination, and language

(a)  

Sociniaism and Arminianism on knowing God, eternal life, and knowing God’s will

(a)  

Affirming the unknowability of God

• There is no name that fully expresses His being, no definition that captures it.

• He is not comparable to any creature.

• Wholeheartedly affirm this doctrine

This statement by Augustine: “To attain some slight knowledge of God is a great blessing; to (a)   him, however, is totally impossible.”