Knowledge of God's Existence

Question 1

Natural Knowledge revealed through Human Nature

Answer 1

CCEJBGRI

Calvin, CEJ, Beauty, Goodness, Recognising God, Imagination

Question 2

Natural Knowledge revealed through Reason

Answer 2

AON

Anselm, Arguments from Observation, Numinous

Question 3

Revealed Knowledge Sources

Answer 3

BTFC
Bible- “speech of God under the Holy Spirit”
Tradition- “tradere” through Holy Spirit
Faith- Anselm= “fides quaerens intellectum”
Christ-

Question 4

Cannot be Known

Answer 4

FBBPK
Fall- deus absconditus
Brunner- Natural not enough for salvation
Barth- transcendent
Plantinga- natural cannot prove/ disprove
Knowing about existence isn’t the same as knowing

Question 5

Cannot be Known- Fall

Answer 5

FCK
Fideism
Calvin- Doctrine of Total Depravity
Kirkegaard- passion of Abraham, hated proof, “leap of faith”

Question 6

Calvin

Answer 6

Sensus divinitatus, semen religionis, “no race so brutish…”

Question 7

CEJ

Answer 7

Every Culture has religious aspect e.g. Athenians
No Experience is truly satisfying
Jerome- Scintilla Conscientiae

Question 8

Beauty

Answer 8

Augustine: “sign of the beautiful One God”

Question 9

Goodness

Answer 9

Butler- conscience is our natural guide

Newman- “voice of God”

Question 10

Recognising God

Answer 10

Anselm: “could at least convince himself of these things by reason alone”
Ont. Cosmo. Tele.
Numinous

Question 11

Imagination

Answer 11

Hedley