ordination study guide - Communion of Reformed Evangelical

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Confederation of
Reformed Evangelical
Churches
Study Guide
for
Ordination Exam
Theology
1. List four kinds of theology:
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________
d. ____________________________
2. Name four of the methods by which God specifically revealed Himself and His will in
the Old Covenant.
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________
d. ____________________________
3. The idea that God the Creator has revealed Himself in His work is known as
__________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________ is where God revealed Himself through the
prophets, apostles, and His Son, and as these were divinely recorded in Scripture.
5. ______________________ is the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon
divinely chosen men by which their writings become trustworthy and authoritative.
6. ______________________ is the term used to describe the facts that the word of
God perfectly achieves its end, gives us reliable testimony, and provides us with an
authoritative norm for faith and life.
7. What is the interpretive method required by the rules of grammar and the facts of
history? ____________________________________
8. What is meant by the “analogy of faith?”_________________________________
9. The list of books recognized by the church as the authoritative word of God.
_____________________________
10.These thirteen extra-canonical books were accepted at the Council of Carthage
(397) as suitable for reading, but were rejected by the Reformers as unworthy and
contradictory to the accepted canon of Scripture. _________________________
11.The ___________________ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament.
12.List three ways that God makes Himself known? [broad categories]
a. _________________________________.
b. _________________________________.
c. _________________________________.
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13. _______________________ means with no error in anything it teaches, whether
historical, scientific or spiritual. It is that characteristic of Scripture which assures that
the original autographs were wholly without error or fault in all matters it touches
upon in relation to history, science, geography, or whatever.
14. ___________________________ means extending to the whole of the written
word; no part of it is less inspired than any other part.
15.___________________________ extends to the very words used. The words
themselves are inspired.
16.___________________________ is a construction of theology
based on an analysis of creation.
17.Identify these four Old Testament names for God and their meaning:
a. __________________ This name stresses the idea of might, strength, power.
b. __________________ is a name usually translated “Lord.” It bears the
connotation of “to judge, rule.”
c. __________________ signifies “power.” But rather than pointing to power in
creation, it suggests the use of power for gracious, saving purposes. God
appeared to Abraham by this name (Exo. 6:3).
d. __________________The special covenantal name of God. It occurs 6823
times in the Old Testament.
18.Identify these two New Testament Names of God and their meaning.
a. ___________________ is the Greek equivalent of el and elohim. It is a
generic term that is also applied to false gods.
b. ___________________ is the name translated “Lord.”
19.Those distinguishing characteristics and perfections, which are predicated of
God in Scripture and without which He would cease to be God are called the
_____________________________.
20.They are those attributes which emphasize the absolute being of God Himself.
There is little analogous to these attributes in the human spirit.
_______________________________________
21.They are those attributes which emphasize the personal nature of God. These bear
the nearest analogy to those in the human spirit. ___________________________
22.List three of the incommunicable attributes of God.
a. ____________________________.
b. ____________________________.
c. ____________________________.
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23.List four of the communicable attributes of God.
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.

24.The _______________________ are His eternal plan, which he brings to pass
through his work of creation and providence.
25.Of what did God create the world? _________________________.
26.What are two ways man is different from the animals?
a. __________________________________________________________.
b. __________________________________________________________.
27._______________________ is God’s most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and
governing all His creatures, and all their actions.”
28.______________ is any lack of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
29.______________ is the idea of reckoning to the account of another.
30.The doctrine of _____________________ asserts that all men inherit natural
corruption from their federal head, Adam.
31.The term that describes the nature of man has two fundamentals parts; body and
soul. _________________________.
32.The term that describes the nature of man has three fundamentals parts; body, soul
and spirit. _________________________.
33.List six major covenantal administrations.
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.
e. _________________________.
f. _________________________.
34.The idea that God the Son exists, since the Incarnation as one person with two
distinct natures, one fully human, one fully divine is known as the
_________________________________________________________________
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35.What are the two states of Christ?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
36.What are the three offices of the Son of God?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
37.Identify the following heresies:
a. God granted Jesus powers and then adopted him as a Son. _____________.
b. Jesus divine will overshadowed and replaced the human. _____________.
c. Jesus was a lesser, created being. _____________.
d. Jesus was divine, but only seemed to be human. _____________.
e. Dualism of good and bad and special knowledge for salvation. ___________.
f. Jesus gave up some divine attributes while on earth. ___________.
g. God is one person in three modes. _____________.
h. God is one person. _____________.
i. Jesus had only one nature: divine. _____________.
j. The Trinity is really three separate gods. _____________.

38.What are the four moral states of man?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.
39.This Latin term is used to describe the order of salvation. _____________________.
40.The theological term that describes the act by which we become sons of God.
_________________________.
41. ___________________ is the forensic declaration of God that a person is now
clean in His sight on the sole basis of the righteousness of Christ imputed to them.
42.___________________ is the continual working of the Spirit in the believer to bring
about growth in the grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
43._______________ is a saving grace, whereby a sinner genuinely turns from his sin.
44.The idea that men cease to exist after death is known as ______________________.
45.The teachings and practices that are neither commanded nor forbidden in Scripture.
_________________________.
46.The study of the Christian church, its structure, order, practices, and hierarchy.
_________________________.
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47.The branch of philosophy that deals with the area of knowledge, its source, criteria,
kinds, and the relationship between what is known and the one who is knowing it.
_________________________.
48.The study of the teachings in the Bible concerning the end times, or of the period of
time dealing with the return of Christ and the events that follow. _______________.
49.__________________ is when a person interprets a text based solely on what it
says. That is, he extracts out of the text what is there as opposed to reading into it
what is not there.
50.When God is described as having human form (e.g., with feet, hands, mouth, etc.),
we call this _________________________.
51.The view that the moral law is not binding upon Christians as a rule of life is know as
_________________________.
52.The field of study that deals with the positive defense of the faith is known as
_________________________.
53.Falling away from the Christian faith is known as _________________________.
54.The assertion that each bishop is a true successor of the apostles is known as the
theory of _________________________.
55.The doctrine that extreme self-denial and austerity releases the soul from bondage
to the body and permits union with the divine. _________________________.
56.The doctrine that those who are elect may know of their election without doubt is known as
_________________________.
57._______________is the denial of the existence of God.
58.A theological error prevalent around the time of Christ. Generally speaking, it taught
that salvation is achieved through special knowledge. _______________________.
59. _________________ is the teaching that ordination imparts special abilities/powers
necessary for the operation of the ministry. Also, the teaching that grace is
administered through the one so ordained.
60.What is the three-fold use of the law?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
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61.What are the three divisions of the Law?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
62.What are the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.
e. _________________________.
f. _________________________.
g. _________________________.
63. A __________________ is a sacred covenant oath immediately instituted by God in
His Church.
64.What two sacraments did Christ institute for the New Testament phase of His
Church?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
65.What does baptism signify and seal?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.
e. _________________________.
f. _________________________.
66.What are the four historical views of the Lord’s Supper?
a. _________________________, wherein the elements become the body and
blood.
b. _________________________, wherein the elements are so surrounded by
the presence of the ubiqutous Christ that to consume the elments is to
consume Christ.
c. _________________________, wherein the elements are only signs of the
absent Christ.
d. _________________________, wherein the elements are signs that serve
also as dynamic seals of grace.
67.What are the proper elements of the Lord’s Supper?
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
68. _______________________ is that state wherein we are brought to completion of
holiness and settled forever in the blessed presence of God.
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69.The idea that God is separate from or above His creation is known as the
____________________________________.
70.The idea of God’s immediate presence in the creation is known as the
____________________________________.
71.The idea of _________________________ points to the view that God restrains the
destructive process of sin within mankind in general, enabling men to make a
positive contribution to the cultural mandate given to Adam.
72.What is the cultural mandate? Where is it found in Scripture?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
73. A person who says he is not sure if there is a god. _________________________.
74.A person who believes in many gods. _________________________.
75.A person who believe there is but one God. _________________________.
76.A person who identifies the universe with God. _________________________.
77.A person who believes God exist but that He does not intervene in the natural order.
_________________________.
78.A person who believes that the God of the Bible is the only true and living God.
_________________________.
79.Cite two passages of Scripture in which the doctrine of the Trinity is seen.
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
d. _________________________.
80.Name three basic heresies with regard to the Trinity.
a. _________________________.
b. _________________________.
c. _________________________.
81.The _________________________ is the term used to describe the fact that the
three persons of the Godhead are equal in substance and power.
82.The _________________________ Trinity recognizes the distinctions of function
between the three persons of the Godhead.
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83.What is the Latin term for “creation out of nothing? ________________________.
84.A supernatural act in the created realm in which God manifests Himself as Lord and
inspires wonder. ________________________.
85.What are two orders of angels?
a. ________________________.
b. ________________________.
86._________________________ teaches that human nature is sufficient, man
possesses a free will that can choose between good or evil, and that man’s nature
has no inclination toward evil.
87.A mutually binding agreement between God and His people sovereignly transacted
by the Lord wherein a promise is made by God which calls for trust on the part of His
people and entails obligations of submission which are sanctioned by blessings and
curses. ________________________.
88.The millennial view that says that Christ will return before the millennium with an
earthly millennium of prosperity. ________________________.
89.The millennial view that says that the millennium is between the first and second
comings of Christ, that this will be an increasing period of prosperity for the gospel,
and that Christ will return after the millennium. ________________________.
90.The millennial view that says we are in the millennium now, but that the blessings of
the millenniums are not outward but rather the inward blessings of the church and in
the heart. ________________________.
91.______________________ is the turning away of the wrath of God by an offering.
92.______________________ is the purging of sin by sacrifice, providing forgiveness.
93.Name, in a summary form, the Ten Commandments.
a. ___________________________________________________________.
b. ___________________________________________________________.
c. ___________________________________________________________.
d. ___________________________________________________________.
e. ___________________________________________________________.
f. ___________________________________________________________.
g. ___________________________________________________________.
h. ___________________________________________________________.
i. ___________________________________________________________.
j. ___________________________________________________________.
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94.What are the “five points of Calvinism”?
a. ________________________.
b. ________________________.
c. ________________________.
d. ________________________.
e. ________________________.
95.Name three “marks” of a true church.
a. ________________________.
b. ________________________.
c. ________________________.
d. ________________________.
96.____________________________ is the form of church government in which the
members of a local congregation rule themselves.
97.A ________________________ form of church government is ruled by a session of elders
98.An _______________________ form of church government is that system in which
the church is ruled by a bishop or bishops.
99.The period of time between the death of man and the final resurrection.
_________________________________________________.
100.____________________________is the belief that there exists a place after death
where some of the sins of people are purged through suffering
101.What are three basic interpretations of the book of Revelation?
a. ________________________.
b. ________________________.
c. ________________________.
102.______________________________ focused on existential and psychological
aspects of religious experience and denounces the literalism of the Bible. Experience
with the divine is what makes scripture real.
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