Lesson 1: Theology and The Search for Meaning - Page 3 Flashcards
For whom is fundamental theology intended today?
It is for both the believer and the nonbeliever
Believers
Faith Seeking Understanding
” Fides Quaerens Intellectum “
St. Anselm of Canterbury
“ For I do not seek to understand in order to believe; I believe in order to understand, For I also believe that ‘Unless I believe, I shall not understand.’”
Theology is sometimes called the
“ ____________ ”
” Science of Faith “
The International Theological
Commission describes theology as “ ____________ “
” Scientia Dei “
For the believer doing theology, faith is a ___________.
Prerequisite
St. Augustine
” Initium Fidei “
The Beginnings of Faith
Armed with whatever initial and
inchoate faith he or she might have, the believer begins a quest for deeper reflection and explication of the reality of faith and God
Anne Sexton - Small Wire
Non - Believers
A form of appreciation of the capacity of human beings to
acquire faith
A time of great self-discovery and self-concern
Youth
- Mid 1990’s to the 2000’s
- Technologically savvy and consuming information through
digital media - Born to older mothers, live in smaller families and have fewest siblings of any era
- Technologically literate and socially empowered generation
- Shaped by technology
almost from birth - Dependent on technology and their first language is a technological one.
Generation Z / Digital Natives
