L5: The God who Calls Flashcards
(28 cards)
The catholic church believes that there is only one supreme being.
One
Physically speaking, God has no physical body.
Incorporeal
God always tries to make his presence felt through things like miracles
Personal
No beginning and no end
Eternal
God is not the source of suffering but he allows it
Good
God doesn’t change
Immutable
God doesn’t need anything
Aseious
God is all powerful and can do anything
Omnipotent
God is always present and always in present
Omnipresent
God is all-knowing
Omniscient
He is well known for his dispercio or dispersion to
conversion, which may be read in his Confessiones (Confessions).
St. Augustine of Hippo
Augustine tried to seek this and God is the greatest example of this.
Summum Bonum
Augustine mentioned that our end goal in life is God
Telos
He proves, that the remnant of Christ in us may be seen in our spirit. This allowed human
beings to participate in divine reason even before the “Word became flesh.”
St. Justin Martyr
This means “the seed of the word” - the reason in man.
Logos Spermatikos
He said that man cannot live without life and man may
live his life by sharing and participating in God’s works.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons
He is the father of scholasticism
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm said that it is essential to have faith to understanding the truth.
Fides Quaerems Intellectum
Anselm said that this is God even if he attempted to look through it
Inaccessible Light
Aquinas wrote this as am summary of the most important doctrine of the Church
Summa Theologiae
This says that God is the primary and unmoved mover
Argument from Motion
Aquinas said that everything needs a cause, and God is the ultimate cause.
Argument from Causation/ Efficient Cause
Aquinas said that He makes it possible and necessary to exist on its own and command others
to exist as well.
Argument to Necessary Being/Contingency
Aquinas said that God is the idea of what is perfect
Argument from Degree
