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21 Cards in this Set
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Theology |
"science of God" where we try to understand and interpret the truth of revelation. |
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Vulgate |
the most famous Latin version of the Bible, translated by St. Jerome |
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Literary form: |
different types of writing |
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Ex nihilo |
(how God created the universe) "out of nothing" |
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The proslogion |
1078, St Anslem says, "that which nothing greater can be thought" |
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Ipsum essen |
"being itself" St. Thomas Aquinas uses to describe God |
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Creatio Continua |
St. Thomas Aquinas "continual creation" We are constantly in relation with God as his creatures |
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Genre |
synonym for literary form (type of writing) |
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Theological poetry |
The genre of genesis. Certain theological points w/in Genesis |
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Humanism of Genesis |
the great value of human intellect, freedom, and dignity in the book of Genesis |
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Intelligibility of the Universe |
knowability, can be known. Comes from Intelligence (God). |
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Divine Intelligence |
God |
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Divine Logos |
great creating mind behind intelligibility of the universe |
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The Distinctiveness of the Doctrine of Creation |
It is unique. No human mind ever came up with the ideas about creation revealed in the Book of Genesis. These concepts were unique in human history and not shared with other religions or creation myths |
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The Meaning of the Doctrine of Creation |
only God can create; man cannot LITERALLY create; man reshapes preexisting matter; God CREATES matter; only God can create something ex nihilo; closest we come is procreation; husband and wife co-creators |
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the God of Creation |
infinite power; infinitely wise; infinitely loving and generous; a great artist; great sense of beauty; all beauty, goodness, and truth comes from God |
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The Universe |
is real (NOT a dream or appearance); orderly and intelligible; good and valuable; beautiful; all created things have the same origin and destiny |
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Human Life |
all of creation shares five characteristics: reality, order, goodness, beauty, solidarity. We are NOT ACCIDENTALLY evolved! Our existence has been willed by God; everything we have and are belongs to God; everything came from God's love; we can trust God; God is present in everything |
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Creation and Evolution |
creation and evolution DO NOT contradict one another; survival of the fittest; human soul breathed into by God; immaterial souls cannot evolve from matter; souls must be created by God; evolution can explain our bodies, but it CANNOT explain doctrine of creation; cannot explain immaterial souls by material biology; truth cannot contradict truth |
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Man in Creation |
man live in both dimensions (heaven and earth); in the visible world (body); in the invisible world (soul); acts of the soul are invisible; man is the lowest of the spirits and the highest of the animals; man is the center and bridge of the created universe. |
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The Problem of Evil |
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