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The basic meanings of predestination
Reading:
Tavaszy Sándor:
Református Keresztyén Dogmatika
, 245-271 (27)
McGrath, Alister:
Bevezetés a keresztény teológiába
, 347-351 (5)
Content
Dogmatics II
The guilty (wicked) man; peccatum originale et actuale (original and actual sin).
The free and the servile will. „Simul iustus et peccator”. The pelagian controversy, human merit and divine grace.érdem és kegyelem.
Incarnation; divine and human natture of Christ; communicatio idiomatum.
The glorification of Christ: His resurrection and ascension. The triple duty of Christ.
The meanings of Christ's death: sacrifice, victory, absolution, moral example.
The nature and validity of the salvation in Christ: deification, justification, authentic being, political liberation, spiritual freedom.
The basic meanings of predestination
The problem of predestination in Arminianism, in the thoughts of Karl Barth. The thesis of Max Weber.
Definition of the sacraments: accedit verbum ad elementum et fit sacramentum. The meanings of the baptism. The problem of infant- and adult baptism.
The Lord's Supper: transsubstanciation, consubstanciation, memorialism.
Pneumatology: teh person and work of the Holy Spirit. Person or only divine power? Transpersonal reality; the controversy concerning His deity.
The characteristics of the Church: one, holy , catholic, apostolic. The visible and the invisible Church; Church and state; Church and world religions.
The Kingdom of God in the tension of "right now" and "not yet"; the controversy and theological relevance of the immortality of the soul.
The tension of "even today you will be with me" and "he will be resurrected on the last day". Universal salvation or the dualism of salvation and hell (reprobation)?