The Good News
Prayer, fellowship, sacraments, and teachings of the Apsotles.
What are the Four Practices?
The sin of the first human beings. The fallen state of human nature that affects every person.
What is Original Sin?
The uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles directly to all bishops
After recognizing that Sam used a fallacy to tell us not to believe Sally, Sarah decided to believe everything Sally said.
What is "the fallacy fallacy"?
Bob said that his friend Terry was a qualified botanist who also believed the Earth to be flat, and had even seen it from up in a tree.
What is "appeal to authority"?
The Bible tells us we are made in God's image and likeness, which means we are _________.
What is God's children?
Teachers in the early centuries of the Church whose writings extended the Tradition of the Apostles and who continue to be important for the Church's teachings.
Who are the Church Fathers?
God’s self communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan, accomplished through the words and deeds of salvation history
What is Divine Revelation?
Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, while at the same time the numbers of pirates have been decreasing; therefore we must conclude pirates cool the world.
What is "false cause"?
Jason is stressed because he didn't get an A in spanish, and if he can't get an A in spanish now, he won't get A's in high school, then he won't go to a good school, and then he'll never find a job.
What is a "slippery slope"?
The devil doesn't merely want us to break a law, he wants us to break a ________.
What is relationship?
The process by which God makes himself known to human reason through the created world.
What is natural revelation?
The pattern of specific events in human history in which God clearly reveals his presence and saving actions.
What is Salvation History?
David argues that the laws of nature can't be violated, but a miracle is a violation of nature, so miracles are impossible.
What is "begging the question"?
Luke didn't want to eat beef liver for dinner, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country.
What is "appeal to emotion"?
Only someone who is both God and man can make possible the healing we need as a result of sin.
What is the Bridge?
An approach to the study of God that uses philosophical methods to better understand revealed truth.
What is Scholastic Theology?
God's manifestation of himself in visible form.
What is a theophany?
Sally asked Sammy if she stopped cheating in social studies as they walked past the SS teacher.
What is a "loaded question"?
Nothing is better than being in love. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than being in love.
What is "ambiguity"?
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head while you strike at their heel."
What is the protoevangelium?
The act by which the mind acquires new knowledge by means of what it already knows.
What is Reasoning?
The process of passing on the Gospel message, beginning with oral communication, written down in Sacred Scripture, and interpreted by the Magisterium under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
What is Sacred Tradition?
When Grace saw everyone else raise their hand because they thought the statement was true, she raised hers, figuring it must be true if everyone else thought so.
What is the "bandwagon" fallacy?
The pharisees declared that no true Messiah would ever eat with tax collectors.
What is "appeal to purity"?