Knowledge Of God

Question 1

Faith

Answer 1

Voluntary commitment to a belief without the need of evidence

Question 2

Empiricism

Answer 2

A way of knowing through the 5 senses

Question 3

Revelation

Answer 3

God chooses to let himself be known

Question 4

Who came up with the analogy of the eye

Answer 4

Bonaventura

Question 5

What are the 3 topic of Bonaventura’s analogy of the eye

Answer 5

• The eye of the Flesh
• The eye of Reason
• The eye of contemplation

Question 6

What is the eye of the Flesh

Answer 6

We gain knowledge through the physical world. Empiricism

Question 7

What is the eye of Reason

Answer 7

Lets us work out mathematical and philosophical truths through logic

Question 8

What is the eye of Contemplation

Answer 8

Allows us to come to a knowledge of God beyond the scope of experience and reason. Knowledge through Faith

Question 9

Who came up with binocular vision

Answer 9

John Polkinghorne

Question 10

What is John Polkinghorne’s binocular vision

Answer 10

One eye sees science. The other sees spiritual truths. Argues both sides need to work together to create a complete picture