Book 1 - Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is a supernatural assent of the intellect through which a truth revealed by God is believed on the authority of God who reveals it?
Act of Faith
What is a solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees?
Covenant
What is the theological virtue by which one believes all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief?
Faith
What is God’s speech to man?
Prophecy
What is something that is said in the name of God?
Word of God
What are the four main signs and evidence that certain affirmations are made by God and that they have been passed along to us completely and without error?
Motives of Credibility
What is the reason why a person comes to believe in God?
Motive of Faith
What was the first sin committed by Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God?
Original sin
What is a sign, wonder or event which transcends the laws of nature and therefore can be attributed to divine power?
Miracle
What is the name given to the teaching authority of the Church?
Magisterium
What is the purpose of God revealing himself to man?
to draw people to himself
Why is it necessary to verify the claim that something comes from God?
Sufficient evidence is needed to conclude something is true
Why would an atheist, by definition, reject the existence of miracles?
Only God can perform miracles - atheist do not believe in God
Explain how Christ satisfies the highest human aspirations?
To find the fullness of truth
The seventh step of Revelation took place more than 2000 years ago - why has there NOT been an eighth step in all that time?
Because the 7th step is definitive
