GLOSSARY OF THEOLOGICAL TERMS

James F. Myers Ministries

Kiev, Ukraine 1999


y : (Augustinian View) ,
,
( 7:9). ,
.
: (Autograph) .
: (Agnosticism) , -
, , .
: (Hell) , , ;
.
: (Adonai) , "" ""
.
: (Amillenialism) , ,
.
: (Amyraldianism) ,
: , ,
, ,
. .
: (Angel) , .
: (Angelology) , .
: (Angelic Conflict) ,
.
: (Annihilationism) , -
- .
, .
: (Antinomianism) , , ,
- , ,
, .
, " ".
: (Antichrist) , ,
. ,
.
: (Anthropological Argument)
anthropos, "". - ,
, , , ,
.
: (Anthropology) .

: (Apocalypse) apocalupsis, ""

"
".

"".
: (Apocrypha) ""
,
.
"", , XVI
.
: (Appollinaris the Younger) ,
, ,
, . -
310 . . ..
: (Apostle) : (1)
, ;
, , , (2)
", ".
: (Apostolicity) , -,
.
.
: (Apostle's Creed)
, 250 . ...
.
: (Arianism) , ,
. 325 . . .
: (Arminianism) ,
(1560-1609) .
: (1) , , (2)
, (3) ,
, (4) , , (5)
- .
: (Archangel) .
: (Asceticism) ,
, ,
. ,
, , .
: (Atheism) theos, "",
-. , " , ".
(): (Attributes, Absolute and NonAbsolute [Relative]) (, ..)
, -
- . (, ,
..) , .
: (Attributes of God) ,
.
: (Attributes, Non-Moral and Moral)
, , - ,
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 (, ,
).
(, , , , ).
: (Attributes Incommunicable and
Communicable) - ,
(, , ..). - ,
(, ,
..).
: (Athanasius)
.
: (Impeccability) ,
.
: (Immensity of God)
. "".
(. )
: (Inerrancy) , ,
, , , ,
e .
(. )
: (Bibliology) ,
, .
: (Bible) biblion, ""
"". byblos - ,
. biblia
.
: (Grace) - ,
. , .
: (Grace, Efficacious)
. , , ,
" ".
: (Inspiration) ,
, ,
, ,
. "" - theopneustos,
" ".
: (Inspiration, Dynamic) ,
, .
.
: (Inspiration, Natural), ,
;
, , .
: (Inspiration, Conceptual) ,
, .
, ; , .
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 : (Inspiration, Verbal Plenary) ,

(),
(). " "
"".
: (Inspiration, Partial) ,
, . ,
- ; ,
.
(. )
(. )
(. )
: (Theophany) . ,
( 18, 6).
: (Decrees of God) ,
( ) (
) , , ,
, .
: (Marriage of Christ) ,
.
: (Marriage Supper)
.
: (Omnipresence) - , ,
.
: (Faith) : (1)
( 2:18); (2)
( 3); (3) ,
,
( 3:2-9).
: (Westminster Confession)
,
1643-1646 .
: (Eternal Security)
.
(. )
: (Imputation) ,
. -
. , ,
. ,
- , .
: (Ascension) - ,
. ,
, .

 , .
- .
: (Incarnation) O " " ,
,
, . .
- .
: (Rapture) "", 1 4:17
( ) ,
.
: (Omniscience) e , ,
, , .
: (Omnipotence) , ,
, .
: (Second Coming of Christ)
,
,.
: (Vulgate) , 4
.
: (Hades) sheol, " ".
, ,
,
.
: (Gehenna) . " ". ,
.
,
.
: (Hermeneutics) ,
, .
: (Gnosticism) ,
, gnosis, . ,
, ,
, ,
, .
: (Lord) . "" -
YHWH, , "". YHWH
"", , , .
: (Sin) ;
, .. , .
: (Peccability) M, , .
: (Gifts, Spiritual) ,
,
.
: (New Age Movement) ,
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, , .

: (Dichotomous) , :
.
: (Virgin Birth) ,
,
. ,
.
: (Deism) , , ,
.
: (Decalogue) 10 , 20 5.
: (Demons) , , .
: (Day of the Lord) , : (1)
, (2) , (3)
, (4) .
: (Dispensationalism) ,
(. "")
,
, .
: (Dispensation) . ,
. , ,
, ,
. , ,
. "".
: (Docetism) , ,
, .
: (Dualism) , ,
, , .. ,
,
.
: (Regeneration) -
, .
: (Devil) ,
, - , .
: (Deacon) , ,
(1 3:8-13)
( 6:1-6).
: (Evangelism) .
.
: (Evangelist) ", ".
, ,
( 4:11). , ,

 , , ,
.
: (Eutychianism) , (378-454 . . .),
,
.
: (Consubstantiation) ,
,
.
: (Ecumenical) , "
"; "".
, .
, 1948 , .
: (Bishop) , episcopos.
, "" ""
, .
: (Episcopal) ,
. , ,
.
: (Heresy) , ,
. ,
, ,
, .
: (Covenant) - .
() - , (
). () ,
, ( ,
, , ).
(. )
: (Abrahamic Covenant) ,
, ,
( 12:1-3).
: (Davidic Covenant) ,
, : (1) - , (2) ,
, (3) , (4) .
: (Noahic Covenant) ,
, .
, ,
.
(. )
: (Law) , .
: (1) ,
, (2) , , (3)
, , , 10 ,
, , .

: (Vicarious) " "

.
: (Substitution) - , ..
.
, , ,
, , .
: (Generation of Christ) ,
( 1:31, 35) ,
.
: (Election) eklego, ""
(ek) ", " (lego),
.
: (Immanence) .
,
.
: (Infralapsarianism) ( ).
infra, "", lapsus,
"". , ,
. : ,
, , ,
, , .
.
: (Hypostatic Union) ,
.
- .
, , , , .
: (Redemption) ,
", ". ,
.
: (Atonement) , ,
.
: (Atonement, Unlimited) ,
, , .
: (Atonement, Limited)
. , .
: (Filling of the Holy Spirit)
,
. ,
.
,
.
: (Depravity) , ,
- , -
.
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 : (Procession of the Spirit)

.
: (Calvinism) ,
(1509-1564): (1) , (2)
, (3) , (4) , (5)
. - .
: (Canonicity) , 66
, ,
.
: (Kenosis) , kenoo, "".
, ,
, .
: (Commercial Theory) ,
(1103-1109). ,
. ,
.
: (Congregational) ,
;
.
: (Cosmological Argument) ,
. "" kosmos,
"". , (),
.
: (Creationism of the Soul) ,
- ,
.
: (Creationism, Cosmic) ,
. ,
, .
: (Baptism) ,
. ,
.
( 3:26), , , ,
( 28:19), .
,
,
,
( 6:3-5).
, .
: (Baptism of the Spirit)
.
: (Criticism, Higher) ,

, .

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 : (Criticism, Historical) ,
,
, .
.

:
(Criticism,
Source)

, .

: (Criticism, Redaction) ,

.
: (Criticism, Textual) ,
.
: (Criticism, Form) ,

, .
: (Legalism) ,
.
,
.
.
: (Liberalism) - ,
. ,
, .
: (Logos) , "" "".
(1:14), ,
, , .
: (Masoretic Text) 500 . .. ,
"",
, .
" ".
: (Messiah) meshiach, "",
christos, "". , .
: (Midtribulationism) ,
,
.
: (World) kosmos, " ";
, .
: (Modalism) - , ,
, - ,
.
.
: (Monotheism) .
: (Heaven) ,
, .
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 : (Immutability of God) .
: (Necromancy) .
, ,
( 20:27; 1 10:13-14).
: (Neo-Orthodoxy) " ".
, 1919 ,
. -
.
.
: (Perseverance of the Saints)
. , ,
; ,
.
: (Infallibility) ,
. ,
, .
: (Nestorianism) (451 . ..),
, ,
.
: (Nicea, Council of) , 325 .
. ., .
, , " ".
: (New Covenant) ,
( 31:31-34). - ,
.
: (Moral Influence) (1079-1142),
. ,
.
: (Common Grace)
, , ,
. .
: (Illumination) ,
.
: (Onthological Argument)
, , "",
.
: (Justification) - ,
. -
, , -
, .
: (Sanctification) - , "".
: (1) ,
; (2)
.

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 : (Revelation, General) ,
, , .
: (Revelation, Special)
. , ,
, .
: (Revelation, Progressive)
, .
, " [ ] [ ]"
( 1:1).
: (Fall of Man) 3
, ( 5:12).
(Palestinian Covenant) ,
( 30:1-10).
: (Pantheism) pan, "", theos,
"". , - , .
: (Papyrus) , ,
. .
XX , ,
.
: (Paraclete) , " ".
( 14-16 = ,
).
: (Parousia) , .
.
: (Pastor)
. (1 5:2; 20:28),
, (1 5:4; 13:20).
, ; .
"", ,
"", .
: (Pelagianism) (400 . . .) ,
. ,
. , -
, - .
: (Parchment) , , .
.
, 2 4:13
- .
: (Sealing of the Spirit)
.
: (Scripture) graphe, "".
3 : , .
. "" 66
.

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: (Carnal) ,
. - ,
, .
.
: (Positional Truth)
.
: (Polytheism) poly, "", theos,
"". , " ".
: (Semi-Pelagianism) , ,
. ,
. .
: (Mediator) , .
(1 1:2-5).
: (Postmillenialism) , XIX ,
.
.
.
: (Posttribulationism) ,
.
: (Governmental Theory) ,
, ,
,
.
: (Indwelling of Holy Spirit)
.
: (Predestine) " "
, ( 1:11);
,
( 1:5).
: (Premillenialism, Dispensational)
, ,
. ,
. : (1)
- (2) .
: (Premillenialism, Historic)
. ,
. 1000 .

.
(): (Elder) ;
, .
: (Presbyterian) ,
.
.

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: (Transubstantiation) ,
, ,
, .
: (Pretribulationism) ,
.
: (Reconciliation) - ,
.
: (Natural Man) ,
.
: (Communion) , , ,
.

.
: (Prophet) ,
.
: (Glorification) ,

( 8:30). , ,
.
: (Protevangelium) ( 3:15),
, , .
: (Forgiveness) ,
, .
: (Pseudopigrapha) "-". ,
- ,
,
( ).
: (Pentateuch) 5 , .
: (Renaissance) (1350-1650),
, ,
, .
: (Reformed Theology)
. ,
; ,
, , .
(. )
-: (Roman Catholicism) ,
,
. , ,
.
: (Ordain) .

.

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: (Sabellianism) - ,
. III
.
: (Satan) "". - ,
,
. (, )
.
: (Free Agency) ,
,
.
: (Cult) , , ,
.
- , .
(Septuagint . LXX) - .
"LXX", ,
70 . .
: (Creed) ,
.
: (Synoptic Problem) ,
,
- .
: (Synoptic) , "
". , ,
, .
: (Zionism) ,
.
: (Systematic Theology)
.
, ,
.
(. )
: (Tribulation) 7- , 6-19.
, .
: (Theology Proper) , ;
, .
: (Conscience) ,
.
.
, .
: (Soteriology) soterion, "", logos,
"". , .
: (Socianism) , (1539-1604).
, .
, , .
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: (Sovereign) , ,
, , ,
.
: (Judgment Seat of Christ)
, (2
5:10). ,
.
: (Supralapsarianism) supra,
"", lapsus, "". , -
,
. :
, , ,
.
.
: (Scholasticism) XI-XII ,
.
.
: (Ordinance) ,
; ,
. ,
. ,
. :
,
. : , , ,
, , .
: (Talmud) , ,
400-450 . .. ()
() - .
: (Textus Receptus)
, 1633 . 1535
, 1520
, . ,
.
: (Teleological Argument) telos,
"". ,
, .
: (Theocratic) " ". "
" - , .
( ).
- .
: (Covenant Theology) ,
, ;
, , . ,
, " ", .. (
, , ,
"" "").
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 : (Liberation Theology) ,
.
, ,
. " ",
.
: (Theology) theos, "", logos,
"". , " ".
.
" ", , .
: (Ransom Theory) , ,
, ,
.
: (Dictation Theory) ,
, .
: (GAP Theory) ,
, , , . . 1:1 1:2
, , ,
24- .
: (Recapitulation Theory) ,

.
: (Example Theory) ,
, .
: (Accident Theory) ,
, ,
.
: (Truducian Theory) , , ,
.
: (Tetragrammaton) YHWH, .
: (Type) - , .
, , ..
, .
: (Transcendence) ,
. , ,
. , , .
.
: (Trichotomous) ,
: , .
: (Tritheism) , ,
.
: (Trinity) X , : ,
. , .
"".

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 : (Millenium) millenium mille,

"", annus, "". , 1000 .
,
20:4-6 , 1000
.
: (Propitiation) -
,
. ,
, , ..
. , ""
"", , .
: (Unitarianism) ,
.
,
.
: (Adoption) " [] ",
.
: (Federal View) ,
. - ,
, - , .
: (Fundamentalism) K ,
: (1) , (2)
, (3) , (4)
, (5) .
.
: .
: (Harmatiology) .
: (Cherub) , .
: (Christology) .
: (Kingdom) ""
, , , ,
.
: (Church) " ".
, .. , ,
.
.
: (Partial Rapture) , ,
, , .
: (Ebionites) ,
,
.
: (Evolution) -
, , (
) ,
. - ,
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 ,
.
: (Exegesis) exegesis,
"", "". , - .
: (Existentialism) ,
, ,
. ,
; ,
, .
, .
: (Ecclesiology) .
: (Ex Nihilo) " "
- .
: (Elohim) , ,
, .
: (Eschatology) ,
.
: (Yahweh) YHWH, ,
( ) ,
"".
LXX: (LXX) (. ).

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