What It Is Flashcards
It is a teleological theory because?
It argues that there is a goal that we are all aiming for
suffering has a what?
Purpose
Union with God Irenaeus argued what?
That the way the world is. with evil, because God has a plan and a purpose to provide humanity with the opportunity to develop the qualities necessary to become perfect
Gods relation to the universe is?
Personal
humans were created as what?
Special beings to have fellowship with God
Irenaeus said there were how many stages in the creation of the human race?
Two
What is the first stage
humans were made in the image of God
- brought into existence as intelligent but immature beings with the capacity of moral and spiritual perfection
What is the second stage
humans would grow into the likeness of God by developing, over a long period of time into perfect moral and spiritual beings
What did Irenaeus refer to humanity as
Children of God
What were Irenaeus’ ideas based on
His interpretation of Genesis
- “then God said, “let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground”
Irenaeus claimed that God could have not?
created humans in complete perfection because achieving the likeness of God need humans to co-operate willingly
- God had to give humans freewill
Also claimed that?
Evil has a valuable part to play in God’s plan for humanity
- therefore creating a perfect world was not an option
In order to develop the characteristics of perfection humanity is given
Evil - this is supported by the bible
according to the bible humanity did what?
Chose evil and therefore rejected Gods way
God created the natural order to include?
good as well as evil and suffering
- then let humans use their freewill to chose good or evil and he cannot intervene or that freewill is lost
