Might The Fall Have Completely Removed All Natural Human Knowledge Of God?

Question 1

For Augustine, the Fall ? a barrier between God and humanity through Original Sin.

Answer 1

Placed.

Question 2

Barth argued all our attempts to attain knowledge of God on our own will fail, saying attempts at ? ? are unnecessary as God’s revealed himself in ?

Answer 2

Natural theology.

Jesus.

Question 3

Aquinas’ Five Ways of discovering God through reason have become important in Christian arguments. Yet, towards the end of his life, Aquinas decided knowledge of God is ?

Answer 3

Unknowable.

Question 4

Against Barth, the Bible suggests humans can gain natural knowledge of God. If revealed by God, perhaps both ? and ? ? are helpful.

Answer 4

Natural.

Revealed theology.