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
- eternally begotten of the father; the origin of the origin
Son
- proceeds from the father and the son.
Holy Spirit
true or false
the holy trinity has different origins
true
(‘pater’ or father) - the relation of the father to the son
Paternity
(‘filia’ or son) - the relation of the son to the father (generation of self-image)
Filiation
- the relation of the Holy Spirit to the father and the son
Passive spiration
- he is the first one to reveal himself that is why we call him THE PRINCIPLE.
Father
The breath coming from the father and the son is the ?
Holy Spirit
thats why its called the spiration
fill in the blanks
** = father (giver)
** = Jesus (redeemer)
***** = Holy Spirit (always giving)
Lover = father (giver)
Beloved = Jesus (redeemer)
Charity between the lover and beloved = Holy Spirit (always giving)
The Holy Trinity is the SAME and they are ONE
t or f
false
The Holy Trinity is not the SAME but they are ONE
it is the essence/substance of what we hope for (salvation, eternal happiness, eternal life)
Faith
We defined ————— as that through which a person ‘is’ and ‘acts’
substance/essence
ACT OF FAITH =
FIDES QUA
Ergo faith is a free, personal, and ecclesial act of submitting entirely to God in confidence =
FIDES QUA
t or f
Fides Qua is objective
false
Fides Qua is subjective
Faith is conviction of things unseen
FIDES QUAE
This is something personal because each of us have our own expression of faith.
It is our own expression of faith, where our experiences play a huge factor.
One’s story will not be the same with another’s story because God reveals himself to us personally too.
fides qua`
—— means you cannot separate the two.
Two-fold
TRUE OR FALSE
Fides quae is Subjective
false
Fides quae is objective
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for
FIDES QUA
We did not come to believe in our own
The church from generation to generation hands on the apostles’ confessions of faith
The things you continuously know until today
The truths we know today are the things Jesus handed down generation to generation
FIDES QUAE
just take not of this: there is no answer
Faith is not an isolated act. “We” connotes a singular identity or communion with what the church believes.
slay goodluck
Credo (latin) =
belief
Condensed formulas of faith that developed over a course of time
Contemplated passed on, celebrated, and lived out
Makes I believe = We believe possible
creeds
Oldest authoritative doctrinal formulation of the church’s belief in the holy trinity
An ancient roman baptismal symbol
Basis of catechumenal instruction and a baptismal confession faith since 2nd century.
apostles creed
Arose out of a defensive struggle against the heresy of Arianism
Arose out of a defensive struggle against the heresy of Macedonianism
NICENE CREED
he was mentioned to highlight the historicity of Christ.
Pontus pilate
