Week 2 Terms - Theology and Scripture

Question 1

The Greek word for “science”; it denotes a habit of mind, a certitude about the world arising from a knowledge of the _________

Answer 1

Epistomē; world’s causes through their effects

Question 2

The subjective habit of faith by which we believe God

Answer 2

fides qua

Question 3

The objective Faith which we believe, summarized in the Creed

Answer 3

fides quae

Question 4

The five proofs for God’s existence that St. Thomas Aquinas gives in his _____ (Ia, q. 2, a. 3, co.)

Answer 4

Five Ways; Summa theologiae

Question 5

Signs that demonstrate that the Catholic faith is reasonable

Answer 5

motives of credibility

Question 6

motives of credibility (do/do not) prove the mysteries of the faith, only that _________

Answer 6

do not, a reasonable person could believe them

Question 7

The Latin word for “science”; means the same as the Greek word “epistomē”

Answer 7

Scientia

Question 8

When one science gets its first principles from another, higher science, such as how engineering receives its principles from physics

Answer 8

subalternation

Question 9

The Greek word for “God,” from which we get “Theology” (the study of God)

Answer 9

Theos

Question 10

A Latin phrase meaning “vestiges [lit. footprints] of the Trinity”

Answer 10

Vestigia trinitatis

Question 11

Vestigia trinitatis are reflections of God’s ______ in Creation that we can only appreciate _______

Answer 11

threeness, in the light of faith