Chapter 5 PowerPoints

Question 1

perfection

Answer 1

fullness of existence, completion, or the absence of any potential need

Question 2

does god have attribute or is them

Answer 2

is them - he is love, is goodness, is mercy

Question 3

eveywhere at once

Answer 3

transcendent

Question 4

what is a sign of god’s presence

Answer 4

creation

Question 5

are the attributes we ascribe to physical matter applicable to god?

Answer 5

no

Question 6

is god material

Answer 6

no, he is pure spirit

Question 7

immanent

Answer 7

present at all times and in all places

Question 8

immutable

Answer 8

unchanging

Question 9

does god change

Answer 9

no

Question 10

are movement and change the same thing

Answer 10

no

Question 11

contingent

Answer 11

dependent- humans are contingent, god is not

Question 12

evil

Answer 12

absence of good

Question 13

two kinds of evil

Answer 13

moral evil- sins of ommission and commission
ontic evil- weakness emotionally, physicall, and mentally; can be overcome; ex: injuries, natural disasters, diseases, defects; they are not your fault, its just bc youre human

Question 14

reflectio of god’s goodness

Answer 14

creation

Question 15

in the midst of the greatest ___, the greatest ___ takes place

Answer 15

evil, good

Question 16

omniscient

Answer 16

all knowing

Question 17

who knows us better than we know ourselves

Answer 17

god

Question 18

why does god konw all

Answer 18

bc he is the first cause

Question 19

where is the closest we are to heaven

Answer 19

the altar, now, bc god is the eternal now

Question 20

theology

Answer 20

faith, seeking, understanding; the study of the existence and attributes of god

Question 21

omnipotent

Answer 21

all powerful

Question 22

what does god have power over

Answer 22

everything

Question 23

the essence of what someone or something actually is despite what might appear to the senses (each person of the trinity is of one, divine, ___)

Answer 23

substance

Question 24

an individual substance of a rational nature (there are3 distinct in the trinity); refers to the distinctions btw the father, son , and holy spirit

Answer 24

person

Question 25

the relationship btw the distinct things (the father generates, the son is begotten, and the holy spirit proceeds); indicates that the 3 persons of the trinity are distinct bc of how they relate to one another

Answer 25

relation