part 1 Flashcards
Motion - whatever is in motion is put in motion by another but this cannot go on to infinity.
Prime Mover or Unmoved mover
☆ Causation -there is an order of efficient causes. There is no case known in which a thing is found to be the effect cause of itself, this cannot go on infinity
first efficient cause or uncaused cause
☆ Possibility and Necessity - there are things possible to be and not to be. That which does not exist only begins to exist by something already existing. But not all beings are merely possible
Necessary Being
☆ Gradation in Things - among beings there are some more and some less good, true, noble, and the like. The maximum in any genus is the cause of all in that genus
Perfect Being
T OR F
Since all the things that come before the perfect being are made by the perfect being, everything in the hierarchy has a touch of perfection.
TRUE
☆ Governance of the World - things that lack intelligence act for an end. Whatever lacks intelligence cannot move towards an end unless directed by something endowed with knowledge and intelligence.
Grand Architect or Intelligent Designer
The —– is the giver of life
Holy Spirit
It is the most fundamental mystery of the catholic faith revealed by Jesus Christ.
The Most Holy Trinity
these are truths revealed by God himself, expressed in clear propositions by the teaching authority of the church, and are true and necessary for salvation.
Dogmas
out of the holy trinity, one God is 100% divine
t or f
false
They are all 100% divine.
these are true and necessary for salvation
dogmas
the highest form
dogma
Refers to what perfectly signifies nature, an individual substance of a ration nature (bioethics) that which possesses being and existence
asks: who are you?
person
That through which the person is (essence) and acts (substance)
it answers the question: what are you?
Action follows being; whatever your being is your action follows it.
NATURE
t or f
dogmas can be changed and removed
false
The reference of one thing to the other
RELATION
t or f
The Trinity is One
true
- unbegotten; the origin without an origin
Father