quiz 1 Flashcards
What are the 7 principles of Apologetics?
- Show you are open to dialogue.
- Focus on just one issue at a time.
- Restate your colleague’s objection and understand their logic.
- Ask thought provoking questions.
- Correct misunderstandings.
6.Build on common ground. - Be a witness, not a converter.
Examples of “religious questions”
why am I here?
whats the purpose of my life?
transcendence
a reality that transcends or goes beyond natural, every day human experience.
rationalism
Tends to define true knowledge as scientific knowledge of the physical world
denies transcendence world
The rationalist tradition developed around the 17th century
materialism
An extension of rationalism
It insists that the material world is the only true reality
determinism
the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will.
The 3 signs that point to the transcendent and what they mean
THE MORAL LAW- right and wrong from the universe
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE-an experience humans feel do not belong to everyday reality and point beyond it
REASON AND TRUTH- People’s thoughts and opinions are always limited/-It can be found in very ordinary circumstances
Faith
theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because he is truth itself
reason
attaining the truth
Relationship between faith and reason
example 1-Christian faith needs reason in order to clearly communicate its beliefs
example 2- Reason, aided by Christian faith, reveals truths about the universe and humans that reason alone could never have reached
Logos
reason or study
The four examples of reason outside of strict logic and scientific proof
Trust in authority
probability
experience
historical reasoning
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas? What does Summa Theologica mean?
13th century saint
Doctor of the Church
“The Dumb Ox”
summary of theology
What was Aquinas’ response when God asked him what he would like as a present?
“Domine, non nisi Te” (Lord, nothing except you).
What is straw manning?
making an argument seem weak
What is steel manning?
help one’s opponent to construct the strongest form of their argument
What are the 5 arguments for God’s existence? What kind of proofs are they?
intellectual proofs
unmoved mover
first cause
everything comes from something
supreme model
grand designer
“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listens to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” What does this mean?
man only wants to listen to someone who has experienced it
God’s permissive will
refers to that which god permits to happen, but is not caused or actively willed by God
What are the 3 transcendentals we discussed in class
truth-gnosticsm, goodness,- your body matters and beauty-visible form of god
God’s perfect will
references to God’s good or active will for each individual and for all creation
What is meant by the term “omni causality”
creation finds itself in the bondage of decay and much of this world is run or is least greatly influenced by powers and principalities
What do we mean when we say God is immutable?
God does not change or develop in or devove away fro, his nature
Pope St. Paul VI’s quote on modern man, teachers, and witnesses
“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listens to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.”
What do we mean when we say God is impassible?
God does not experience suffering and pain, and thus does not have feelings that are analogous to human feelings.
What is meant when we say God is “Simple”- the difference between humans and God
He is not A being in the universe. He is being itself
What do we mean by the transcendent nature of God?
God transcends all creatures
What is meant by the “wrath of God” according to Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI)
means that you have been living in a way contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who lives away from what is good is turning his life toward wrath.
