Ch 1 Section 1.02

Question 1

The information which creation reveals about God is essentially true and through it we can learn certain divine attributes of God.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

To what religious order did St. Thomas belong?

Answer 2

The Dominicans

Question 3

According to Catholic teaching, all of God’s creatures are dependent upon one another.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The distance between Man and his creation is infinitely greater than the distance between God and His creation.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The “mark” which man leaves on the things which he creates is much deeper than the “mark” which God leaves on the things He creates.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

By studying the finite universe, we can reach the conclusion that God must be unlimited in all of His perfections.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

In what century did St. Thomas Aquinas live?

Answer 7

13th

Question 8

St. Thomas Aquinas ranks among the greatest theologians and philosophers in the history of the Catholic Church.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

__________ is what God communicates simply through the existence of creation.

Answer 9

Natural Revelation

Question 10

When God creates He imprints a “mark” on His creation.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The distance between Man and his creation is infinitely greater than the distance between God and His creation.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

In his classical argument, entitled the “__________ Ways,” St. Thomas Aquinas proposed that the existence of God could be demonstrated through reason.

Answer 12

Five

Question 13

The following describes which of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God: “Everything in existence is caused by something else. However this chain of causes cannot extend infinitely backward.”

Answer 13

The Argument from causes

Question 14

The following describes which of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God: “When object that lack intelligence appear to follow a regular pattern, this regularity cannot be by chance, but must be the result of governance by some intelligent being.”

Answer 14

The Argument from Governance

Question 15

Which of God’s creatures bears the closest “resemblance” to God, the Creator.

Answer 15

Mankind

Question 16

Although the logical reasoning of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas can lead us to believe that there is a God, they do not give us much insight into the attributes of God.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

__________ is what God communicates simply through the existence of creation.

Answer 17

Natural Revelation

Question 18

The following describes which of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God: “When object that lack intelligence appear to follow a regular pattern, this regularity cannot be by chance, but must be the result of governance by some intelligent being.”

Answer 18

The Argument from Governance

Question 19

The following describes which of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God: “Like falling dominios or a moving train, the thing that moved the first object must also have been moved by something else, and so on.”

Answer 19

The Argument from Motion

Question 20

The following describes which of St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God: “Some things are more perfect than others. But these things can be said to be more perfect insofar as they resemble that which is the most perfect.”

Answer 20

The Argument from Degrees of Perfection

Question 21

It is reasonable to state that if God is the Creator of all things, He must be greater than anything which exists in the world.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

According to Catholic teaching, all of God’s creatures are dependent upon one another.

Answer 22

True