Book 1 - Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is a being that is created by God in order to live in communion with God?
Religious being
What two fold effect does faith have on reason?
Faith purifies and perfects reason
What is God’s divine life present in the souls of his people?
Grace
What is the denial of the existence of God?
Atheism
What is God’s self-communication by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan?
revelation
What is the theological virtue by which one believes in all God has said and revealed to man and the Church proposes for belief?
Faith
What are the five Characteristics of the knowledge of God as described in the Bible - what does each mean?
1) Mediate - - through created things
2) Natural - - through light
3) Universal - - accessible to all people
4) Certain - - creation leads to creator
5) Easy to Attain - - use of reason
What are the “Five Ways” of St. Thomas Aquinas in which the existence of God can be known through reason?
1) From motion
2) From Causes
3) From possibility
4) Degree of perfection
5) From governance
What is the revealed truth solemnly defined by the Magisterium of the Church?
Dogma
What is the process of knowing God’s existence because all creatioon must originate from First Cause?
Principle of causality
What is God’s self-communication about himself simply through the existence of creation?
Natural revelation
How is science a restriction of reason?
Because science is concerned with observable behavior
What is the intellectual power or faculty ordinarily employed to adapt thought or action to some end?
Reason
Describe the two ways in which one’s faith development can be pursued?
Through prayerful contemplation and intellectual study of Divine Revelation
What is the belief that the existence of God canNOT be known or proven?
Agnosticism
