Fundamental Systemic Theology

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Fundamental of Christian Theology: For Group Studies By Pastor Alfonse Javed 104 W 3rd Ave, Trappe, PA 19426

Sources: Holy Bible, Practical Christian Theology by Floyd H. Barackman

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http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/dabney/5points.htm LESSION 1. THEOLOGY: The word Theology is combination of two Greek words: Theo=God, Logos=word, doctrine or discourse. In short Theology is the science of God. It is a teaching about God and the things related to God.

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY : It is a Christian doctrine of God. A. Revealed Theology a. Based on truth that is revealed in the Bible. B. Natural Theology a. Is a science of God b. Is based solely on what is revealed about Him in nature.

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REVIEW QUESTIONS: THEOLOGY Circle correct answer. 1. What is Theology? a. A deep study of technology b. It is a related study of technology c. It is not a study of technology. 2. What is Theo? a. Doctrine b. Study c. Christ d. God 3. What is Logos a. Bible b. Discourse c. Doctrine d. b and c 4. What is Christian Theology a. A Reveal Theology b. A Natural Theology c. A Christian doctrine of God

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d. All of the above LESSION 2. THE DEVISIONS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

1. Exegetical Theology a. Based on Biblical interpretation i. Biblical languages, ii. Textual criticism, iii. Biblical archaeology, iv. Biblical introduction, v. Biblical hermeneutics (Interpretation), vi. Biblical theology. NOTES:

2. Historical Theology a. Based on the history of doctrinal thought i. Biblical history, ii. Church history, iii. The history of missions, iv. History of doctrine and the history of creeds and confessions. NOTES:

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REVIEW QUESTIONS: THE DEVISIONS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY 1. What is Exegetical Theology? a) 1. b) 2. c) 3. d) 4. e) 5. f) 6.

2. What is Historical Theology? a) 1. b) 2. c) 3. d) 4.

LESSION 3.

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3. Systematic Theology a. It is based on exegetical and historical theology and systematic theology b. A logical order of the Bible’s teaching and people explanations of them under the heading of theological study i. Christian apologetics ii. Polemics, iii. Ethics NOTES:

4. Practical Theology a. It is the practical application of theology i. Salvation ii. Sanctification iii. Edification, iv. Education, v. Ministry of Gospel believers. 1. Homiletics (the art of preaching) 2. Church organization and administration 3. Worship 4. Christian Education, 5. Pastoral theology 6. The work of missions. NOTES:

REVIEW QUESTIONS: THE DEVISIONS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY 1. What is Systematic Theology?

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a) 1. b) 2. 2. What is Practical Theology? a) 1. b) 2. c) 3. d) 4. e) 5. 3. List the Ministry of Gospel believers. a) 1. b) 2. c) 3. d) 4. e) 5. LESSION 4. Theological Terms

Bibliology

the doctrine of the Scriptures

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Theology Proper

the doctrine of God

Paterology

the doctrine of God the Father

Christology

the doctrine of God the Son

Pneumatology

the doctrine of God the Holy Spirit

Angelology

the doctrine of angels

Anthropology

the doctrine of man

Hamartiology

the doctrine of sin

Soteriology

the doctrine of salvation

Zoeology

the doctrine of the Christian life

Ecclesiology

the doctrine of the Universal Christian Church and the local church

Eschatology

the doctrine of future prophetic events.

REVIEW QUESTIONS: Theological Terms

1. The doctrine of the Scriptures calls ______________ 2. What theological term refers to doctrine of God ________________

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3. The doctrine of God the Father calls __________________ 4. Under what theological term we study the doctrine of God the Son :________________ 5. Pneumatology is the doctrine of ____________ 6. Angelology is the doctrine of _____________ 7. Does the doctrine of sin call Anthropology? YES NO 8.

Is Zoeology the doctrine of the Christian life? YES

NO

9. Soteriology the doctrine of ______________ 10. ___________ is the doctrine of sin. 11. _______________ is the doctrine of the Universal Christian Church and the local church 12. What study covers the doctrine of future prophetic events _________________________. LESSON 5. CALVINISM: Introduction 1. John Calvin né Jean Cauvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he suddenly broke from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1520s. After religious tensions provoked a violent uprising against Protestants in France, Calvin fled to Basel, Switzerland, where in 1536 he published the first edition of his seminal work Institutes of the Christian Religion.

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2. Calvin was invited by William Farel to help reform the church in Geneva. The city council resisted the implementation of Calvin and Farel's ideas, and both men were expelled. At the invitation of Martin Bucer, Calvin proceeded to Strasbourg, where he became the minister of a church of French refugees. He continued to support the reform movement in Geneva, and was eventually invited back to lead its church. Following his return, he introduced new forms of church government and liturgy, despite the opposition of several powerful families in the city who tried to curb his authority. During this period, Michael Servetus, a Spaniard known for his heretical views, arrived in Geneva. He was denounced by Calvin and executed by the city council. Following an influx of supportive refugees and new elections to the city council, Calvin's opponents were forced out. Calvin spent his final years promoting the Reformation both in Geneva and throughout Europe. 3. Calvin was a tireless polemic and apologetic writer who generated much controversy. He also exchanged cordial and supportive letters with many reformers including Philipp Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. In addition to the Institutes, he wrote commentaries on most books of the Bible as well as theological treatises and confessional documents, and he regularly gave sermons throughout the week in Geneva. Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition, which led him to expound the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation. 4. Calvin's writing and preaching provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. The Presbyterian and other Reformed churches, which look to Calvin as a chief For Questions Please Contact: [email protected], phone: 610-551-4352 Rights Reserved - 10 -

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expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. Calvin's thought exerted considerable influence over major religious figures and entire religious movements, such as Puritanism, and his ideas have been cited as contributing to the rise of capitalism, individualism, and representative democracy in the West.

LESSON 6 ARMINIANISM 1. Jacobus Arminius (October 10, 1560 - October 19, 1609), the Latinized name of the Dutch theologian Jakob Harmenszoon from the Protestant Reformation period, (also known by the Anglicized names of Jacob Arminius or James Arminius), served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University of Leiden. He wrote many books and treatises on theology and became prominent for his opposition to the five points of Calvinism, though in actuality he objected to only three: unconditional election, limited atonement; and irresistible grace, and doubted one: perseverance of the saints. However, his belief in the remaining point of Calvinism, total depravity, was a modified version from the one held by Calvinists.

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2. Arminius, born at Oudewater, Utrecht, became an orphan while still in infancy when his father Herman (the name Arminius/Armin represents a Latinized form of Harmenszoon, "Hermannson", Herman's son) died, leaving his wife a widow with small children. A priest, Theodorus Aemilius, adopted Jacobus and sent him to school at Utrecht. His mother was slain during the Spanish massacre of Oudewater in 1575. About that year the kindness of friends enabled Arminius to go to study theology at the University of Leiden. 3. Jacobus Arminius as professor, from Kupferstich aus Theatrum Europaeum by Matthaeus Merian in 1662 4. Arminius remained at Leiden from 1576 to 1582. His teachers in theology included Lambertus Danaeus, Johannes Drusius, Guillaume Feuguereius, and Johann Kolmann. Kolmann believed and taught that high Calvinism made God both a tyrant and an executioner. Under the influence of these men, Arminius studied with success and had seeds planted that would begin to develop into a theology that would later compete with the dominant Reformed theology of John Calvin. Arminius began studying under Theodore Beza at Geneva in 1582. He answered a call to pastor at Amsterdam and became ordained in 1588. He gained a reputation as a good preacher and faithful pastor. In 1590 he married Lijsbet Reael.

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LESSON 7. Calvinism Arminianism Beware of the logic of Calvinism, which sometimes leads to conclusion that go beyong what God has revealed in His Word. He must also beware of the reasonableness of Arminianism, which sometimes seeks to establish on purely human contrary tofree what Total depravity: This means that sin’s doctrine ruin All people byconcepts, divine grace possess will and God has revealed. affects their entire person and hinders their have the capability of doing good, which God ability to win and merit salvation. 1. Total depravity (Original Sin)

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2. Unconditional election (God'sthat Election) Unconditional election: This means God’s That election and condemnation were choice of whom He would save was not conditioned upon divinely foreseen faith or 3. Limited atonement (Particular determined by anything that He wouldRedemption) save was unbelief of people. not determined by anything that He foresaw in 4. Irresistible grace (Effectual Calling) people. 5. Perseverance of themeans Saintsthat Jesus died Limited Atonement: This only for the elect whom God chose to save.

Jesus died for all people, but only gospel believers enjoy its saving benefits.

Irresistible Grace: This means that the elect cannot successfully resist being drawn to God in salvation.

That divine grace can be resisted to one’s damnation. People have the final decision in their salvation.

For Questions Please Contact: [email protected], Rightswas Reserved Perseverance of Saved People: This meansphone: that 610-551-4352 That perseverance open to inquiry. “On this - 13and because they divinely persist in faith, gospel point the disciples of Arminus went further - taught the possibility of a total and final fall of believers cannot lose their salvation. can have certainly of salvation except by special revelation.”

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LESSON 8. LUTHERANISM 1. Lutheranism started when Martin Luther (1483-1546), a German, Augustinian priest, sought to reform the Catholic Church and return it to its biblical foundation. He objected to practices such as indulgences. Luther intended to reform the Church, not to create a different Christian denomination. He was excommunicated by the Catholic Church. Many saw Luther as having the heart of a pastor and with that God's gift of a wonderful ability to be plain spoken so the common person's in his congregations could easily understand what Dr Luther was talking about. Many thought When Luther taught Christ’s doctrine's, Luther could relate to the little child and to the top notch theologian, to the mother shopping for her family and to the bar room brawler all at the same time. And All of them would come to the same understanding of what Luther had said. The Pope and many people from many places and all walks of life at Luther's time, certainly understood what Luther had said. The Christian faith as Luther believed he taught it according to the sacred bible, grew quickly around the world, And Luther himself could be murdered at any time with the pope's blessing.

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2. Lutheranism differs from Calvinism in that it teaches the necessity of water baptism for salvation, the real presence of Christ’s body and blood. “In, with, and under” the bread and cup of the Lord’s Supper, and the qualities of Christ’s divine nature as belonging to His human nature. It differs from Arminianism, further, in that it teaches man’s total depravity, the bondage of the human will to sin, and an unconditional predestination of the elect to everlasting life. It hold that water baptism imparts faith to infants for their salvation. ANGLICANISM 1. Rejecting the peculiar errors and abuses of Rome and holding royal supremacy in ecclesiastical as well as in civil matter Anglicanism continued to preserve it old English Catholism.

LESSON 9.

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