Test 1 Flashcards
Transcendent
That which leaps over all boundaries and categories of being; more particularly and usually refers to what is above all limitations of lower levels of being: spirit transcends matter; God transcends all finite beings
The Numinous
“a non-rational, non-sensory experience or feeling whose primary and immediate object is outside the self”
Hierophany
The manifestation of the divine or the sacred, especially in a sacred place, object, or occasion
Physicalism
the reduction of all things to the physical; there is nothing outside of or “above” the physical
Heuristic Notions
Ex. Complete intelligibility of reality; What?
(Similarity-Difference); When (Time Measurement), etc
Qualia
Subjective experiences—objective experiences can be shared, subjective experiences cannot
Religion
an irreducible experience of the sacred inbreaking in history/time/place (hierophany)
Form
(essential form; species): the intrinsic metaphysical principle by which a being is determined to be this specific kind of being and not another = qualitative difference
Matter:
quantitative extension or spatial extension = quantitative difference
Hylomorphism:
I am the union of body and soul. Principle of individualism is matter and form
Dualism
I am a soul that is, for now, in a body.
The Four Last Things
Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell
Eschatology
The study of the “last things” associated with the
completion and fulfillment of history and the current age; the expectation of things hoped for
Alexandrian Canon:
Pentateuch, Historical, Wisdom, Prophets
Canon
rule or measure of faith. It was written over time and at different periods.