Revelation Through Faith And God's Grace

Question 1

In Christian belief, as humans are sinful, having finite minds, natural theology’s insufficient to gain knowledge of God. A much fuller knowledge is gained through the ? ?

Answer 1

Holy Spirit.

Question 2

Aquinas explores how empirical and logical knowledge’s (“?”) certain through our senses. Faith doesn’t have this and is a voluntary ? (“an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the ?”).

Answer 2

Scientia.
Choice.
Will.

Question 3

Faith differs from ? as it’s a matter of choice. For people without belief, it can be seen as a barrier to knowledge and should be abandoned. However, in Christianity, faith’s seen as a ?

Answer 3

Opinion.

Virtue.

Question 4

Christian thinkers argue it’s impossible to have faith without knowledge first as we need knowledge before choosing ?

Answer 4

Faith.

Question 5

In John’s Gospel, Jesus’ presented as a revealer of secret knowledge (“? ? answered…”We have come to believe and to know that you’re the Holy One of God”), showing it’s possible to believe and know at the same time (“by ? you may have life in his name”).

Answer 5

Simon Peter.

Believing.

Question 6

According to Christian teaching, people have knowledge of God through faith because of God’s ?, believed that people can only have full knowledge when God ? chooses to give it.

Answer 6

Grace.

Graciously.

Question 7

God as the Holy Spirit’s believed to:

• Give prophets of the OT right words.
• Guide writers of ? to produce the word of God.
• Give people wisdom to understand what’s been revealed.
• Give people faith to believe the Christian ?
• Give people confidence to share the Christian faith.
• Enable people to live a Christian life.
• Strengthen the Church as a community of believers.
• Bring people to ?

Answer 7

Scripture.
Message.
Salvation.