Exam 1 - Aquinas

Question 1

What is Article One (Aquinas)

Answer 1

Besides Philosophy, Any Further Doctrine Needed?

Question 2

What is Objection 1 and Reply to Article 1 Q1

Answer 2

Anything above reason is pointless

-these things beyond reason should be accepted in faith

Question 3

What is Objection 2 and Reply to Article 1 Q1

Answer 3

Philosophy already covers God and everything else, therefore nothing else needed

-helps to have other perspectives of God and theology

Question 4

Q1 Article 1 Aquinas Answer

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is Article 2 Q1

Answer 5

Is sacred doctrine a science?

Question 6

Q1 Article 2 Objection 1 and reply

Answer 6

Doctrine doesn’t have principles, only faith

-based on the goal of doctrine, there are principles essential to salvation

Question 7

Q1 Article 2 Objection 2 and reply

Answer 7

Doctrine is just stories, not facts

-these Bible stories are about God taking care of people to teach lessons, morals, and divine revelation

Question 8

Q1 Article 2 Aquinas Answer

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is Q1 Article 5

Answer 9

Is Sacred Doctrine Nobler Than other sciences?

Question 10

Q1 Article 5 Objection 1 and Reply

Answer 10

Sacred doctrine based on fatih, not certain like other sciences

-based on faith because our limited understanding, not because of God

Question 11

Q1 Article 5 Objection 2 and Reply

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Q1 Article 5 Aquinas Answer

Answer 12

-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

Question 13

What is Q1 Article 10

Answer 13

Whether Holy Scripture may have several senses

Question 14

Q1 Article 10 Objection 1 and Reply

Answer 14

A holy book must be complete truth or there’s confusion and a weak message

-There’s different ways to interpret doctrine

Question 15

Q1 Article 10 Objection 2 and Reply

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Q1 Article 10 Aquinas Answer

Answer 16

we can read Bible in different ways effectively
-Literal (Historical, etiological, analogical)
-Spiritual (allegorical)

Question 17

What is Q2 Article 1?

Answer 17

Whether the existence of God is self-evident?

Question 18

Q2 Article 1 Objection 1 and Reply

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Q2 Article 1 Objection 2 and Reply

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Q2 Article 1 Objection 3 and Reply

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Q2 Article 1 Aquinas Answer

Answer 21

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)

Question 22

What is Q2 Article 2?

Answer 22

Whether it can be demonstrated that God exists?

Question 23

Q2 Article 2 Aquinas Answer

Answer 23

God’s demonstration comes in 2 ways
-A priori (start with cause = effects)
-A posteriori (start with effect = cause_

Question 24

Q2 Article 2 Objection 1 and Reply

Answer 24

What needs faith cannot be demonstrated

-you need reason to explain and demonstrate faith

Question 25

Q2 Article 2 Objection 3 and Reply

Answer 25

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

Question 25

What is Q2 Article 3

Answer 25

Whether God Exists

Question 26

Q2 Article 3 Aquinas 5 proofs of God’s existence

Answer 26

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)

Question 27

Q2 Article 3 Objection 1 and Reply

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Q2 Article 3 Objection 2 and Reply

Answer 28

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