Semester Final UTF

4. The theological view that describes God as “that than which none great can be conceived.”
5. A second-century heretical Christian movement that taught that matter and the physical body are inherently evil, and that salvation comes through an esoteric knowledge of divine reality.
6. A first-century Jewish faction of priests who were supportive of Roman occupation, denied the concept of an afterlife, and only accepted the authority of the Pentateuch.
8. A first-century Jewish faction that practiced a legalistic interpretation of the Torah, believed in the concept of an afterlife, and opposed the Roman occupation of Palestine.
11. A claim of fact about the personal beliefs of an individual.
13. Biblical commands relating to humanity’s social relationships.
15. A first-century Jewish faction that militantly opposed the Roman occupation of Palestine.
17. Biblical commands relating to humanity’s relationship with God.
18. Authority that has been given to someone directly by God.
20. The term that literally means “good news.”
21. Any belief that is contrary to orthodox Christian doctrine.
22. The idea that human beings were created in God’s likeness.
23. The philosophical belief that all knowledge comes through solely through the scientific method.

1. Says we cannot know ultimate truth and claims that those who say they can are trying to gain power over others.
2. A collection of fifty-two gnostic texts written sometime between the second and fourth centuries AD.
3. The orthodox Christian belief in God’s tri-unity, i.e., one being in three persons.
7. A claim of fact about the independent world.
9. A story of historical events.
10. Firm trust or confidence in someone or something.
12. A first-century Jewish faction that lived a monastic and communal life in the desert, shared everything in common, and practiced ritual cleansing.
14. A classification of literary styles, including poetry, historical narratives, legal prescriptions, prophesies, psalms, proverbs, parables, epistles, and apocalyptic literature.
16. A form of theological inquiry that aims to arrange and categorize religious truths into an internally consistent system.
18. The 1947 discovery that helped demonstrate that scribes have accurately copied biblical texts over time.
19. The belief that truth, knowledge, and morality are relative to the individual, society, or historical context.
24. The collection of biblical writings commonly accepted as genuine and authoritative.