Chapter 2

Question 1

non-jew

Answer 1

gentile

Question 2

Hebrew word for the anointed one

Answer 2

Messiah

Question 3

the bishops and teachers of the early church

Answer 3

Fathers of the Church

Question 4

person who practices poly-theism

Answer 4

Pagan

Question 5

brief summary or profession of our Christian faith

Answer 5

Creed

Question 6

intellectual method that integrates philosophy and Christianity

Answer 6

Scholasticism

Question 7

arguments that use human reason to conclude God exists

Answer 7

5 proofs for the existence of God`

Question 8

meeting of all the worlds bishops in union with the Pope

Answer 8

Ecumenical Council

Question 9

a philosophical movement in the 18th century that denied the value of truth

Answer 9

Enlightenment

Question 10

a dangerous philosophy that says moral principles are a matter of individual preference

Answer 10

Relativism

Question 11

one of the greatest intellects the Church has ever known

Answer 11

St. Thomas

Question 12

this man is often made as a statue in gardens, he saw the rest of creation as his brother or sister

Answer 12

St. Francis

Question 13

what is natural revelation(mc)

Answer 13

God revealing himself to us through creation

Question 14

What should natural revelation lead us to(mc)

Answer 14

to worship God as the creator

Question 15

what did Vatican 1 teach about the relationship between human reason and knowledge of God’s existence(mc)

Answer 15

that God’s existence can be with certitude by reasoning from His creation

Question 16

what does relativism teach(mc)

Answer 16

that human reasoning is not capable of coming to know either truth or God

Question 17

When we experience something in _____ and stand in awe of it, we are not just encountering _____; we are encountering it’s _____.

Answer 17

nature; creation; creator

Question 18

Using the proof you were assigned in class for the group work:
1) explain the proof in your own words and
2) explain what you think St. Thomas did well and
3) what you think he could have done better.

Answer 18

argument from contingency
1) we all have the possibility to not exist and God is the only one who can live forever
2) describing how the worlds existence does not depend on us
3) describing how God was contingent

Question 19

What are some of the attributes of God from Creation

Answer 19

Awesome
Beautiful
Creative
Powerful
Intelligent
Complex

Question 20

choose 2 of the attributes and explain how we see it in creation and how it tells us about God.

Answer 20

Creative - species of creations; God didn’t just create one type of tree he was creative and made hundreds
Complex - life; we see God’s complexity through the complexity of our bodies and the way they function

Question 21

Do you believe God is real? Why or why not?

Answer 21

I do
someone must’ve created us so it has to be God
I have faith in Him and that He is real

Question 22

Do you believe that everything is created by God? Why or why not?

Answer 22

i do
everything created must have a creator
This creator is God.

Question 23

Does creation “speak” to you? If so, what part? If not, what does?

Answer 23

no
my community
we all gather together to worship the Lord
we all desire the same relationship with the Father
we all seek to go to Heaven

Question 24

Did anything in this chapter help you believe more about the existence of God? If so, what? If not, what do you need to know more about before you will believe?

Answer 24

proofs
St. Thomas explained questions I had about my faith
everything has a cause and effect that had to have been caused by something uncaused