Topic 1: Knowing God... Flashcards
Principle of Casuality
the notion that the universe needed a creator, therefore God was that creator
Polytheism
“A belief in the existence of more than one God”
Motives of Credibility
The four main signs and evidence that certain affirmations are made by GD ( or by those chosen by GD to speak with his authority ) and that they have been passed along to us completely and without error – namely, the miracles of Jesus and his saints; the fulfillment of prophecies; the sublimity or dignity of the message; and the growth, holiness, fruitfulness, and stability of the Church.
Faith
The Theological virtue by which one believes in all that God has said and revealed to man and that the church proposes for belief
Atheism
The denial of the existence of God
Natural Law
The ethical knowledge we can acquire through the application of human reason to probe the truth that is “written on the human heart”as distinct from the moral teaching derived from the Spirit and the Scripture. Natural Law is the rational participation of man in God’s plan as well as the objective order established by God that determines the requirements for humans to thrive and reach fulfillment
Natural Revelation
What God communicates to us about himself simply through the existence of creation. When God creates, he imprints a mark, and through that mark we learn something about God
Reason
The guiding principle of the human mind in the process of thinking.
Revelation
- God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan: a gift of God’s self-communication that is realized by deeds and words through time, the fullness of which was the sensing of his Only-Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
- The apocalypse revealed to St. John on Patmos and recorded in the final book of the New Testament
Atheistic humanism
A type of atheism that falsely considers man as the end of himself, the sole maker and creator of its own history
Grace
God’s divine life present in our souls. Grace allows us to overcome sin and error and strive towards perfect knowledge of God. There are two kinds of grace: actual sanctifying.
Faith
The theological virtue by which one believes all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief.
Agnosticism
A belief that the existence of God cannot be known or proven. agnostics view religious faith as irrational because they believe human reason must confine itself to those truths that are observable to the human senses.
Atheistic Humanism
a type of atheism that falsely considers man as the end of himself, the maker of his own theory
Dogma
a revealed truth solemnly defined by the magisterium of the church
