Aquinas, On The Trinity

Question 1

Why is it true that we don’t need God to know things?

Answer 1

Because God provides us with intellect, but we can know things on our own. We need God to provide a flashlight, but we turn it on.

Question 2

Is the first thing we know God?

Answer 2

Aquinas says no because God is beyond our comprehension.

Question 3

True or false: According to Aquinas, some things about God we can reason and others we need divine light.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false: the more you know about the effectiveness of god’s miracles, the more you can inquire about his truth.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Accident

Answer 5

The coming together of two things by chance that didn’t have to be together

Question 6

Licit

Answer 6

Lawful

Question 7

When is it licit to study philosophy about God?

Answer 7

When we don’t pretend to comprehend God entirely.

Question 8

Explain the cocaine example.

Answer 8

You can only know what cocaine is like if you want cocaine, and you can only know of God if you want to.

Question 9

Explain the chair analogy.

Answer 9

The chair reveals itself to me, that’s why I can see it. I do not need natural light to see the chair, but I need more divine light to be shone to see beyond the chair. I cannot know all about God because God has put a chair on my intellect.