knowledge of gods existence

Question 1

natural theology

Answer 1

knowledge of god can be gained by the power of the human mind, gods revelation is present in his creation and human reason has the ability to discover it

Question 2

sensus divinitatis

Answer 2

john calvin, innate sense of the divine

Question 3

Aquinas

Answer 3

can gain a lesser knowledge of god
teleological + cosmological arguments
natural law theory
analogy

Question 4

karl barth

Answer 4

influenced by Augustine after the fall our ability to reason became corrupted by original sin
‘the finite has no capacity for the infinite’

Question 5

Aquinas on original sin

Answer 5

our rationality and inclination towards the good was not destroyed by original sin, destroyed original justice

Question 6

karl barth criticism of aquinas

Answer 6

his natural theology undermines faith by making revelation pointless

Question 7

St Paul

Answer 7

God’s qualities can be understood from what he has made
‘since the creation of the world gods invisible qualities and external power and divine nature have been clearly seen’

Question 8

Calvin’s revealed theology

Answer 8

influenced by Augustine, the suffering brought into the world by the fall disfigures the world to an extent
can only reveal the truth of gods existence but not the full revelation of god

Question 9

Brunner

Answer 9

Augustine + Calvin are wrong
claimed the fall destroyed the material imago dei but not the formal imago dei