terms A to F

Question 1

anachronism

Answer 1

something out of its proper time period

Question 2

anthropomorphism

Answer 2

giving human characteristics to non-human entities (God)

Question 3

apophatic / negative theolofy

Answer 3

describing God or divine by negation. (God is not evil instead of saying God is good)

Question 4

caritas / cupiditas

Answer 4

caritas = selflessness. desire of wellbeing of others. (good)

cupiditas = selfishness. separates from God. (evil)

Question 5

chain of being

Answer 5

hierarchical structure that classifies everything from lowest form of matter to highest being (God)

Question 6

christian universalism

Answer 6

idea that God will save everyone.

Question 7

city of God

Answer 7

not a real place. where people live in accordance to God’s will

Question 8

cognitive theme / counter theme

Answer 8

cognitive = how things are in the world (linear time line)

counter = circular time line

Question 9

compatibilism

Answer 9

free will and determinism are compatible. (God knows everything before it happens)

Question 10

contemptus mundi

Answer 10

contemplation of the world. rejection of the world. idea that there is an afterlife to go to. seeking divine truth

Question 11

credo quia absurdum

Answer 11

i believe because it is absurd. faith in God transcends human reason and logic

Question 12

demiurge

Answer 12

god-like character responsible for the creation of the world. (artisan or craftsman)

Question 13

determinism

Answer 13

everything happens as it does the way it should

Question 14

divine foreknowledge

Answer 14

God knows everything (past, present and future). contradicts the idea of free will

Question 15

divine simplicity

Answer 15

idea that God is simple. God’s essence is the same as his existence

Question 16

donatism

Answer 16

belief that the validity of the sacraments (baptism) depends on the purity of the priest

Question 17

ego sum qui sum

Answer 17

I am who I am. unchangeable

Question 18

epistemology

Answer 18

what constitutes knowledge?

Question 19

equivocation

Answer 19

one term that has 2 contradictory meanings.

Question 20

essence

Answer 20

fundamental nature of something that makes it what it truly is.

Question 21

eternal / everlasting

Answer 21

eternal = timeless existence (God)

everlasting = temporal. begins at a certain point in time and continues in time without an end.

Question 22

ethnocentrism

Answer 22

idea that one culture is better than an other

Question 23

etic vs emic analogy

Answer 23

etic = interpret the culture in your terms (outside perspective)

emic = interpret culture on its terms (inside perspective)

Question 24

evil as privation

Answer 24

absence of goodness

Question 25

ex nihilo nihil

Answer 25

nothing comes from nothing. every effect has an initial cause. nothing goes out of existence

Question 26

fall of man

Answer 26

death of all humans because of sin of Adam and Eve

Question 27

fideism

Answer 27

forget reason and believe in God.

Question 28

first cause

Answer 28

origin of everything. something that sets everything in motion.

Question 29

future contingents

Answer 29

contingent statements about the future.