Religious language

Question 1

What does Cognitive mean ?

Answer 1

Statements about God that can be known to be either true or false

Question 2

What does Non-Cognitive mean ?

Answer 2

Statements about God are not subject to truth or falsity

Question 3

What does the word univocal mean ?

Answer 3

The idea that words have the same meaning all the time

Question 4

What does the word equivocal mean ?

Answer 4

The idea that the same word can be used with 2 completely different meanings

Question 5

What is the Apopathic way of discussing God (via negativa) ?

Answer 5

The idea that we should only say what God is not to understand him

Question 6

What is the Cataphathic way of discussing God (via positiva) ?

Answer 6

The idea that we should only say the positive things about God to talk about him

Question 7

What does the term anthropomorphic mean ?

Answer 7

The tendency to describe something in human terms

Question 8

What is Aquinas’ use of analogy aiming to do ?

Answer 8

Compare two ideas and concepts in order to help us understand the less familiar of them

Question 9

What is the idea of Agnosticism ?

Answer 9

The idea that God’s nature and existence cannot be known

Question 10

What does Tillich argue ?

Answer 10

That religious statements are not literally true, however religious language is something to be studied symbolically