Revelation Through Faith And Gods Grace

Question 1

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is faith ?

Answer 1

Faith is a belief that there is limited evidence or even goes against evidence or reason

Question 2

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is faith a bridge of ?

Answer 2

Leap of faith as your senses might tell you one thing so is your faith as a bridge of where sense,logic and experience cannot reach

Question 3

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is faith to Aquinas

Answer 3

• Cannot say faith and science is the same thing
• faith is about thing we are not certain of e.g what happens after death WHERAS science is about thing we can test and make a hypothesis on and trial

Question 4

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is faith NOT according to Aquinas

Answer 4

Faith is not an opinion as opinions can change it is a commitment deep in the core for understanding

Question 5

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

Strength of faith

Answer 5

Catholic Church teaches that faith and reason should work together as both gifts from God understand him

Question 6

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is Gods grace ?

Answer 6

Giving full knowledge of himself through the Holy Spirit

Question 7

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What is Gods grace ?

Answer 7

Giving full knowledge of himself through the Holy Spirit

Question 8

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

Because of Gods grace we can gain knowledge through what ?

Answer 8

By faith which God allows this love through the holy spirit

Question 9

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What exactly is faith ?

Answer 9

A gift strengthened by the Holy Spirit

Question 10

Revelation through faith and Gods grace

What does Gods Holy Spirit believed to give :

Answer 10

1. Gave the prophets the right words so knew what to write as God gave them that gift by his grace
2. People wisdom to understand revelation so know what God is trying to say to us
3. Faith and confidence to share Christian message and believe

Question 11

What looks at both natural and revealed theology

Answer 11

Act 17

Question 12

What did act 17 involve

Answer 12

Focuseed on ST PAUL who was called a babbler when communicating to the people of Athens about God
- telling them that they could experience God by nature and communication of grace and the holy spirit to be revealed