Level 1: Catholic Philosophy and Thomistic Studies Flashcards
A Vice is:
A morally evil habit or pattern of human action
A Virtue is:
A morally upright habit or pattern action
According to Augustine, the separation of light and darkness on the first day signifies what?
The fall of the evil angels
According to Genesis 1, what day did God create Adam and Eve?
On day 6 of creation
According to legend, Thomas Aquinas was visited by two angels who did what to him?
Girded him with a cincture or belt of sexual purity
According to Thomas Aquinas, what is the best name for God?
“I am” or “He who is” or in Latin “Qui est”
According to Thomas Aquinas, there are how many passion of the soul?
Eleven (11)
List the 11 passions (6 Concupiscible & 5 Irascible)
6 Concupiscible Passions - joy and sadness, desire and aversion, love and hatred
5 Irascible Passions - hope and despair, courage and fear, and anger
Binitarianism teaches:
Only the Father and Son are divine
Dr. Marshall teaches the seven deadly sins by using which acronym?
PALE GAS (Pride, Anger, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Avarice, Sloth)
Dr. Marshall uses a silly reminder for the cardinal virtues. What is it?
Peanut Butter Jelly French Toast (PJFT) for Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperence
What are the 3 Theological Virtues?
Faith, Hope, and Charity
According to Saint Thomas Aquinas, is the existence of God “self evident”?
No, the existence of God is not “self evident,” but his existence can be known
According to Thomas Aquinas, what is the highest ranking authority in theology?
The Holy Bible
Did God create all animals out of nothing?
False, he created them from the earth
God’s “being” and “essence” are the same. T or F?
True
What ancient heresy do Jehovah’s Witnesses subscribe to?
Arianism (Arianism maintained that the Son of God was created by the Father and was therefore neither coeternal with the Father, nor consubstantial.)
What was created on each of the 6 days of creation?
- Light > 2. Heavens and Waters > 3. Earth and Vegetation >
- Sun, Moon, Stars > 5. Birds and Fish > 6. Humans and Land Beasts
What are the 8 attributes of God?
- Does God have parts?
- Does God have the potential to improve?
- Is there anything more desirable than God?
- Is God limited in any way?
- Is God limited by location?
- Does God change?
- Can God be measured by time?
- Can God be more than one?
What are the 5 ways of demonstrating the existence of God?
- Argument from Motion “unmoved mover”
- Argument from Efficient Causes “cause-&-effect”
- Argument from Possibility (all things are contingent)
- Argument from Degrees of Being (something must be “the best” in existence)
- Argument from Design (there is design in creation)
Who are the 4 horsemen of Atheism discussed by Dr. Marshall?
- Richard Dawkins (Biologist, “The God Delusion” author)
- Christopher Hitchens (Journalist, Atheism is political solution)
- Sam Harris (Neuroscience, Political, Ethics)
- Daniel Dennett (Consciousness, Problem of the soul)
What are the 4 wounds of the fall of man?
- Original Sin (lack of sanctifying grace and original justice)
- Concupiscence (11 passions are not ordered perfectly to soul’s intellect)
- Physical frailty and death
- Darkened intellect and ignorance
Macedonianism is the heresy that denies:
The deity of the Holy Spirit. It’s binitarian
Saint Thomas Aquinas understood human conception and pregnancy in terms of:
Potency and Actuality