Exam 1 - Aquinas Flashcards
What is Article One (Aquinas)
Besides Philosophy, Any Further Doctrine Needed?
What is Objection 1 and Reply to Article 1 Q1
Anything above reason is pointless
-these things beyond reason should be accepted in faith
What is Objection 2 and Reply to Article 1 Q1
Philosophy already covers God and everything else, therefore nothing else needed
-helps to have other perspectives of God and theology
Q1 Article 1 Aquinas Answer
Phil is good but doesn’t show entire path to God and salvation.
-Sacred doctrine is avail to everyone
-not as time consuming as Phil
-Phil is human based=room for error
What is Article 2 Q1
Is sacred doctrine a science?
Q1 Article 2 Objection 1 and reply
Doctrine doesn’t have principles, only faith
-based on the goal of doctrine, there are principles essential to salvation
Q1 Article 2 Objection 2 and reply
Doctrine is just stories, not facts
-these Bible stories are about God taking care of people to teach lessons, morals, and divine revelation
Q1 Article 2 Aquinas Answer
There’s 2 types of sciences, intelligence/reasoning and proceeding principles.
-God provides principles we use to reunite with him, they exist even if we don’t understand them yet
What is Q1 Article 5
Is Sacred Doctrine Nobler Than other sciences?
Q1 Article 5 Objection 1 and Reply
Sacred doctrine based on fatih, not certain like other sciences
-based on faith because our limited understanding, not because of God
Q1 Article 5 Objection 2 and Reply
Lower science depends on higher science (Phil>doctrine)
-we use other science to better understand because of limited understanding, it’s useful but not necessary
Q1 Article 5 Aquinas Answer
-Its nobler because of Theoretical Level (certitude-certainty of God, and worth-being with God the highest pleasure)
-also nobler because of Practical level-teaches us how to be good Holy people
What is Q1 Article 10
Whether Holy Scripture may have several senses
Q1 Article 10 Objection 1 and Reply
A holy book must be complete truth or there’s confusion and a weak message
-There’s different ways to interpret doctrine
Q1 Article 10 Objection 2 and Reply
Old testament is split between history, etiology, analogy, and allegory, too many ways=confusing
-its not confusing if you clarify the way and allow for interpretation
Q1 Article 10 Aquinas Answer
we can read Bible in different ways effectively
-Literal (Historical, etiological, analogical)
-Spiritual (allegorical)
What is Q2 Article 1?
Whether the existence of God is self-evident?
Q2 Article 1 Objection 1 and Reply
Search for God is implanted in us, so he must be self-evident
-there us a natural inclination for us to search something but it isn’t 100% God
Q2 Article 1 Objection 2 and Reply
If God exists mentally, he must also then exist in reality because God is the greatest and reality is greater than mentally
-God in mind isn’t God in reality because God in reality is still in your mind
Q2 Article 1 Objection 3 and Reply
Truth must exists, if you say truth doesn’t exist, that is a truth (If God doesn’t exist, you’re proving that God exists)
-truth is self evident, but primal truth isn’t
Q2 Article 1 Aquinas Answer
Self evidence comes in 2 ways
-in itself and to us
-in itself but not to us (We don’t truly understand god but he is self evident in himself)
What is Q2 Article 2?
Whether it can be demonstrated that God exists?
Q2 Article 2 Aquinas Answer
God’s demonstration comes in 2 ways
-A priori (start with cause = effects)
-A posteriori (start with effect = cause_
Q2 Article 2 Objection 1 and Reply
What needs faith cannot be demonstrated
-you need reason to explain and demonstrate faith
Q2 Article 2 Objection 3 and Reply
God is not proportional to his effects, God is infinite but his creations aren’t?
-even if not proportional, the effect still reveals the cause which is God
What is Q2 Article 3
Whether God Exists
Q2 Article 3 Aquinas 5 proofs of God’s existence
1.argument from motion
2.nature of efficient cause
3.possibility and necessity
4.Graduation (god most good, sets order of goodness)
5.Governance of the World (supreme intelligence directs things that lack intelligence-universe)
Q2 Article 3 Objection 1 and Reply
If God exists, evil wouldn’t exist because he is infinite Goodness
-evil is just the lack of God, also without evil, there is no good because if everything is Good, then nothing is Good
Q2 Article 3 Objection 2 and Reply
Everything is the world can be explained by science, God isn’t necessary and doesn’t exist
-Sciences may explain these things but who put the laws of nature and science? God did
