q1 coverage Flashcards
TRINITARIAN GOD
which revelation answers “what is god”
natural revelation
TRINITARIAN GOD
which revelation answers “who is god”
divine revelation
TRINITARIAN GOD
The most fundamental mystery of the Catholic faith
Holy Trinity
truths revealed by God himself
Dogma
TRINITARIAN GOD
state the trinitarian dogma
- The Trinity is one
- The divine persons are really distinct from another
- The divine persons are relative to one another
refers to what a person is (essence) and acts (substance)
nature
the nature of a human person
essence - substance
human nature - embodied spirit
refers to what perfectly signifies nature and individual substance of a rational nature
- refers to the distinction which possess being and existence
person
reference from one thing to another
relation
which dogma states that:
- there is no sharing of divine substance
- the trinity stand on its own
“God is One”
DISTINCTION OF THE TRINITY
the origin without an origin
Father
DISTINCTION OF THE TRINITY
eternally begotten of the Father
Son
DISTINCTION OF THE TRINITY
proceeds from the Father and the Son
Holy Spirit
the object of our faith
the holy trinity
refers to defining essence and substance of a person through how the person is and acts
- faith is a free, personal, and ecclesial act of submitting entirely to God.
fides qua
refers to the church ands apostle’s confession of faith from generation to generation
- the apostles symbol of faith became a symbol preserved and transmitted to deepen our faith
fides quae
Doctrine - bible study
Worship - mass
Morals - charity acts
qua or quae?
fides qua
Doctrine - trinitarian and dogmas
Worship - liturgical creeds
Moral- decalogue and beatitudes
fides quae
Oldest authoritative doctrinal formulation of the church’s belief in the holy trinity
- Baptismal symbol
apostle’s creed
Arose out of a defensive struggle against the heresy of Arianism and the heresy of Macedonianism
nicene creed
CREATION
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Creation is the work of God the Father alone.
FALSE
CREATION
God did not need any previously exsiting materials or help from anyone.
ex nihilo
God’s reason for creation is love
ex amore
The state of everything that God has created
in statu viae