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knowledge of the existence of God Flashcards

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Revelation

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an act of revealing of communicating divine truth

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Reason

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the power of the mind to think, understand and form judgement logically

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Revealed Theology

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this is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on what has been revealed to us (revelation). These revelations come primarily from scripture or religious experiences

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Natural Theology

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a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experience of nature

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Heretic

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someone who teaches the wrong thing (commits a heresy)

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Immediate revelation

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When God speaks directly to people to provide knowledge

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Mediate Revelation

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less direct learning of God through a secondary source

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Grace of God

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God’s unconditional and undeserved Gifts

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Wisdom Literature

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a genre of writing from the ancient world that talks about wisdom and virtue. In the Bible, Books such as proverbs are classified as wisdom books

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faith

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voluntary commitment to a belief without the need for complete evidence to support it

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opinion

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personal judgment/perspective of something

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empiricism

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a way of knowing that depends on the five senses

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John calvin Sensus Divinitatis Quotes

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he has enduded all men with some idea of his Godhead

the desire for God is written in the human heart

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St Paul Athenians alter verse and quote

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Acts 17:16-34

to an unknown god

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Augustine confessions book 1 natural knowledge of God quote

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you have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until we find rest in you

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Joseph Butler Goodness (conscience) quote

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Conscience… is a natural guide, the guide assigned by the author of our nature

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CCC beauty as the knowledge of the existence of God

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the human person: with his openness to truth and beauty

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John calvin institutes of Christian religion - beauty

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The skill full ordering of the universe is for us a sort of mirror in which we van contemplate God who is otherwise invisible

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Aquinas summa theologica faith

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an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the will

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Richard Dawkins on Religion

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a persistent threat false belief held in the face of contradictory evidence

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Richard Dawkins on religion ending science festival

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Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the meed to think and evaluate evidence

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David Hume on Faith in an enquiry concerning human understanding

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a wise man… proportions his belief to evidence

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Anselm’s definition of God

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that which nothing greater can be conceived

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