Unit One

Question 1

Sacred Scripture

Answer 1

Sacred writings of the old and new testaments which contain truth of god’s revelation and were composed by human authors inspired by The Holy Spirit

Question 2

Literary forms

Answer 2

Different kinds of writing determined by literary technique, content, tone

Question 3

Primeval history

Answer 3

Time before written accounts/ historical data

Question 4

Natural revelation

Answer 4

Process in which god makes himself known to human reason through the created world

Question 5

Fallacy

Answer 5

Flaw in reasoning. Something that weakens or destroys argument

Question 6

Ontology

Answer 6

Study of “being”

Question 7

Fundamentalist approach

Answer 7

To interpret bible based on literal meaning

Question 8

Contextual

Answer 8

Interpret bible based on deeper meanings

Question 9

St Thomas AQUINAS

Answer 9

Dominican friar/ philosopher that created 5 arguments doe god’s existence

Question 10

St thomas’s 5 arguments of god’s existence

Answer 10

Motion - something started motion of universe: god

Causation - all things are caused by another thing therefore something caused the first thing

Contingency - humans cannot exist without a necessary being who created everything

Perfection - varying degrees of perfection; god is perfect

Intelligent being - order to universe therefore designer must be intelligent

Question 11

Necessary being

Answer 11

Any being that has and will always exist

Question 12

Contingent being

Answer 12

Any being that couldn’t have existed

Question 13

Empiricism

Answer 13

Philosophical position that all human knowledge comes from experience especially sensory

Question 14

Figurative language

Answer 14

Symbolic imagery for deeper truth

Question 15

Deism

Answer 15

Belief that god exists and created the world but is not active in the universe or human life

Question 16

Catechism

Answer 16

No real conflict between faith and science bc both are gifts from god