Terminology Tuesday: Dogma
A doctrine or teaching of the church. Roman Catholic and Orthodox theologians regard dogmas as those central doctrines formally accepted by the church and not simply asserted by th
Terminology Tuesday: God-of-the-gaps argument
A type of argument that invokes God as an explanation for what cannot be explained naturally or scientifically. Critics of this style of argument claim that such a strategy will in
Terminology Tuesday: Henotheism
A religious perspective that ascribes supremacy, or at least supreme loyalty, to one deity (or “high god) while recognizing the existence of other gods. Evans, C. Step
Terminology Tuesday: Justin Martyr (c.105-c.165)
One of the early church fathers who saw positive value in philosophy for Christianity. Justin believed that Greek philosophy contained truths due to work of the Logos–Chris
Terminology Tuesday: Pelagianism
Pelagianism is the view that the the Fall did not corrupt human nature. Hence, “it is therefore possible for humans to achieve moral sanctity by human effort. This view is so
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