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18 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways
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1: Unmovable mover
2: First Cause 3: Contingency 4: Degrees of Perfection 5: Teleological Argument |
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William Paley
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Argument from Design: The complexity of the natural world points to a creator
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Pascal
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Is God known Primarily though reason?
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Positivism (definition)
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"a philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and that therefor rejects metaphysics and theism"
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Theodicy: Definition
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1. God is good
2. God can do anything 3. God knows everything 4. Bad things happen |
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Martin Luther, nature of faith?
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1. Belief is not just objective, but personal
2. Belief not just in God, but in the promises of God 3. Belief is not just cognitive, but actually unites the believer with Christ |
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John Calvin, nature of faith?
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"A firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence towards us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
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Anselm of Canterbury, nature of faith?
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"Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand. For this, too, I believe, that, unless I first believe, I shall not understand."
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Athenagoras ofAthens: Summary
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Christianity is not atheist simply because they will notworship the emperor. They insteadbelieve in a God who is separate from matter, as well as the Son and Spirit.
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Thomas Aquinas: Summary
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Words cannot be used “univocally” because God is so farabove humanity in every way. But God is not so totally different that we cannotuse any words at all to describe him; rather, the words give us a meer shadowof the idea of God’s true nature (not His nature itself).
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Jurgen Moltmann:Summary
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To love means to allow a certain amount of suffering. Both God and Christ suffered, but indifferent ways: Jesus through death, and God through separation . . . bothrooted in love.
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Hans Urs vonBalthasar: Summary
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God and his glory fills the universe, but does not have tobe recognized by man. For those whorecognize this in nature, he truly is glorious in that he allows us to bask inhis glory.
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Elizabeth Johnson:Summary
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Inthe bible, both male and female imagery of God is used. Tryingto provide equal representations is NOT because we need to represent God’sfeminine dimension, but rather to keep from limiting ourselves.
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Vincent of Lerins:Summary
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Tradition would be used as a measuring stick by which tojudge doctrines and prevent heretical teachings. By preventing the straying of smallerisolated churches before the division,he guarantees that Christianity is viewed as: 1) universal, 2) havingconsensus, and 3) steady antiquity.
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John Paul II: Summary
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The desire for truth and knowledge is showcased throughoutthe bible, regardless of the specific individual’s culture . . . their searchfor faith is not in the hopes of overriding their questions, but rather so theyarrive at an answer it seems the entirety of their lives had been pointing themtowards. To devalue the individual’sknowledge before meeting Christ (solely because it was not Christian Theologyin name) takes away the person’s innate desire to learn of God.
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C.S. Lewis:Summary
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Lewis argues against throwing out “myths” simply becausethey are not proclaiming themselves as Christian theology. If Christianity (andold-testament theology) is true, overlap should be expected from many different religions because they are stemmingfrom the same source: reality.
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John Calvin:Summary
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The foundation of faith is belief in the truths revealed tous both past and present. If God’s truthis not our foundation, then how can anything we base our thought upon stand strong in comparison?
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Augustine of Hippo:Summary
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In On Christian Doctrine he wrote howvalues and ideas not organically “Christian” could be appropriated and used toserve the cause of the Christian faith
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