Language and God

Question 0

Three types of language used to convey meaning:

Answer 0

1. Univocal-word/phase has same meaning in different contexts
2. Equivcal- word/ phase has different meaning in different contexts
3. Analogical- common meaning in different contexts, but things to which word or idea refers are essentially different

Question 1

Problem of language in speaking about the divine

Answer 1

• all language is grounded in images and ideas drown from concrete reality

Question 2

All theological language is analogical

Answer 2

a. God is good
- Gods goodness is infinite and ours is not
b. Be ‘holy’ as God is ‘holy’
- we can not actually be holy like God
c. God is our father
- Not our human father