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1、ReligiousTermsChristianityChurchofEnglandProtestantismEvangel,evangelicalSeparatist(“leftwing”ofPuritanism)Scripture(thebooksoftheBible)Theology;theologianTheocracyPredestinationAtonement/amendmentSalvation;redemptionGraceReligiousTermsDeityTheismMonoth

2、eismPolytheismAtheismTheologyThestudyofreligiousfaith,practiceandexperience;especially:thestudyofGodandofGod’srelationtotheworld.Atheologicaltheoryorsystem.InvolvingTextualInterpretationofScripture/BibleTheocracyGovernmentofastatebyimmediatedivineguidan

3、ceorbyofficialswhoareregardedasdivinelyguided.Evangel:Goodnews,gospel,bringinggoodnews,messenger(Fromeu-+angelos)EvangelicalEmphasizingsalvationbyfaithintheatoning(=makingamends)deathofJesusChristthroughpersonalconversion,theauthorityofScripture(=theboo

4、ksoftheBible),andtheimportanceofpreaching(=deliveringasermon)ascontrastedwithritual(=ceremonialact).Deity:(Sanskrit(deva)heavenly,god14c.)(=divinity)therankoressentialnatureofagodDeity=God,SupremeBeingagodorgoddess:thedeitiesofancientGreecetheism:belief

5、intheexistenceofagodorgods(specifically)beliefintheexistenceofoneGodviewedasthecreativesourceofthehumanraceandtheworldwhotranscendyetisimmanentintheworld(*immanent:inherent;indwelling)Monotheism:thedoctrineorbeliefthatthereisbutoneGodPolytheism:beliefin

6、orworshipofmorethanonegodAtheism:adisbeliefintheexistenceofdeity/thedoctrinethatthereisnodeityPredestinationThedoctrinethatGodinconsequenceofhisforeknowledgeofalleventsinfalliblyguidesallthosewhoaredestinedforsalvation.(*infallibly:incapableoferror)Aton

7、ementThereconciliationofGodandmankindthroughthesacrificialdeathofJesusChristChristianScience:theexemplifyingofhumanonenesswithGodSalvationalsocalledredemptioninreligion,thedeliveranceofmankindfromsuchfundamentallynegativeordisablingconditionsassuffering

8、,evil,finitude,anddeath.Insomereligiousbeliefsitalsoentailstherestorationorraisingupofthenaturalworldtoahigherrealmorstate.Theideaofsalvationisacharacteristicreligiousnotionrelatedtoanissueofprofoundhumanconcern.*Deliverance:libe