Ch 1 Section 1.01

Question 1

Which Greek philosopher did Pope Benedict XVI quote regarding man’s universal “longing” for God?

Answer 1

Plato

Question 2

We are able to “find” God because __________.

Answer 2

He firsts reaches out to us

Question 3

Until man seeks his ultimate happiness in God, he will never be fully satisfied.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

We cannot come to know the possibility of God’s existence through reason alone.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Which of God’s creatures is made in God’s image?

Answer 5

Man

Question 6

In the 13th century __________ extended Aristotle’s arguments on God’s existence.

Answer 6

St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 7

Our knowledge of God is __________ because it clearly leads us to our Creator.

Answer 7

Certain

Question 8

God’s desire for man is __________.

Answer 8

Supernatural

Question 9

Although God created man with a desire for God, man can lose that desire through __________.

Answer 9

Nothing

Question 10

There is a deep desire for God written on EVERY human heart.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Ancient Greek society was “polytheistic” which means __________.

Answer 11

They believed in many gods

Question 12

The two ways a person can come to know of God’s existence is through __________ and _________.

Answer 12

The light of reason, The grace of faith

Question 13

Our knowledge of God is __________ because it is received through created things or other persons.

Answer 13

Mediate

Question 14

Because man is made in God’s image, he is capable of __________.

Answer 14

Being in communion with God

Question 15

Man desire God, but God does not desire mankind.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Even before the revelation that comes through Scripture, many of the greatest thinkers of the world were able come to knowledge of God’s existence through the use of reason.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Which Catholic theologian expressed man’s desire for God by saying, “You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You”?

Answer 17

St. Augustine

Question 18

Which New Testament author wrote that creation itself shows us there is a God and that He is all-powerful?

Answer 18

St. Paul

Question 19

The “Five Ways” were written by __________ as a means of expanding on Aristotle’s arguments for God’s existence.

Answer 19

St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 20

Because man is made in God’s image, he has __________.

Answer 20

The capacity to know God

Question 21

Our knowledge of God is __________ because it is accessible to all people.

Answer 21

Universal

Question 22

The internal desire of man for eternity can only be explained by __________.

Answer 22

His origin in God

Question 23

here is a deep desire for God written on some (but not all) human hearts?

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Which Greek philosopher used reason to prove that there must be one God who he referred to as a First Cause of everything.

Answer 24

Aristole

Question 25

Our knowledge of God is __________ because it requires only the natural use of reason.

Answer 25

Easy to attain

Question 26

Our knowledge of God is __________ because it is reached through the light of the intellect.

Answer 26

Natural