words M to V (final)

Question 1

Messiah

Answer 1

jewish word for christ. thought as non-divine. more like a military leader to national liberation.

Question 2

Mysticism

Answer 2

attempt to connect with God. some union to him in this life

Question 3

Natural Law

Answer 3

rules governing human relationships, ethical orientation, how we ought to behave. interpretation of human nature and moral of things.

Question 4

Nicene creed

Answer 4

statement to express christian faith in its original form. proceeds from the father and the son

Question 5

nominalism VS realism

Answer 5

disagreement in the philosophy of language about universal concepts like humanity.
- nominalism = just the name of the word (ex: human)
- realism = universal realities, shared characteristics (ex: humanism in addition to the individual)

Question 6

numerical identity

Answer 6

the idea that you can share features and resemble other things, but you are never the same as something else. there’s only one of you.

Question 7

passion

Answer 7

passion to christ himself. reference to Jesus entering Jerusalem, his trial and execution on the cross. involved the idea of suffering and receiving

Question 8

pollution

Answer 8

contamination of the purity of your soul. (ex: sin)

Question 9

prime matter

Answer 9

Aristotle’s metaphysics something that you never encounter or experience, but is implied. it shared a common nature prior to its determination, the reality of matter was never encountered.

Question 10

principles of community, gradation, plenitude

Answer 10

connected to the great chain of being. every level should be full and there must be continuity from one level to the next, and every level is classified in value of power.

Question 11

principle of sufficient reason

Answer 11

idea that nothing is without reason. it’s the purpose of explanation

Question 12

purgatory

Answer 12

transition to the afterlife, a place where all sins are taken away (purged/burned) on your way to heaven.

Question 13

Quiddity

Answer 13

“whatness” or essence. ex: whatness of human is its humanity and human nature

Question 14

sabellianism

Answer 14

interpretation of the Trinity, denies the 3 persons of God, God is only one. Heresy

Question 15

spiritual body

Answer 15

better version of the material body. higher form of body that will not fall apart. humans are still a composite in the afterlife, a higher form of body

Question 16

substantial form

Answer 16

the essence of something. every being is a composite of matter and form, which is substantial form. it’s the form that shapes you in the kind of individual you are

Question 17

suffering servent

Answer 17

text from the old testament, the prophecy of christ. the person who was forced to suffer by God. To suffer like God suffered for all humanity

Question 18

summun bonum

Answer 18

“highest good”. the highest kind of life devoted to God.

Question 19

teleology

Answer 19

“end”. explanation if things by their end or function that they serve. ex: motion of stars trying to achieve perfection (limitation of perfection of God)

Question 20

theological virtues

Answer 20

faith, hope and charity. virtues that lead us to living in the right way in order to go to heaven. (added to justice, wisdom, temperance and courage)

Question 21

transcendentals

Answer 21

one, being, unity, truth, goodness. everything in the universe will manifest these characteristics

Question 22

universals

Answer 22

general reality or concept we would be referring to if it exist. ex: blue and blue are both blue. (plato and his forms of good)

Question 23

voluntarism

Answer 23

thought that whatever is, depends on God’s will rather than God’s intellect. ex: killing is wrong because God decided that killing is wrong