Trinity
The two missions of the trinity
What is creation and redemption
The "five ways" of St. Thomas that state the existence of God
What are
1. Argument from motion
2. Argument from efficient causes
3. Argument from contingency
4. Argument from the gradation of being
5. Argument from design
Definition of Sin
What is an utterance, deed or desire contrary to God’s law
The literary form of Genesis
The benefit evil brings
What is brings distinction and testing to those who strive for the glory of virtue. There would have been no hope or resurrection for us
The two processions of the trinity
The Father begets the Son and the Father and Son Spirate the Holy Spirit
The five ways of Aquinas merely are
What are short statements of arguments that would have already been well known to the readers of Aquinas's day, and presented at greater length and with greater precision elsewhere
The consequences of original sin
What is Adam and Eve forfeited the life of sanctifying grace (they spiritually died), their intellects became darkened and wills were weakened, they were introduced to “disordered desires”, and they became subject to death
The definition of myth
A symbolic way of speaking about reality
The result of not having the devil
What is the struggle against the wiles of the devil and no crown of victory in store for those who struggled
The number of natures that Jesus possesses
Two: One human and one divine
The reason that the people of Israel call God "Father"
What is he is the Creator of the world and because of the covenant and the gift of the law to Israel, 'his firstborn son"
The difference between mortal and venial sin
What is mortal sin alienates us from life of God while venial sin is an offense to God but do not break our relationship with Him; can prevent us from entering heaven for a long time after death. If a Catholic commits a mortal sin, they are required to go to Confession to be forgiven of that sin; For venial sins, you are not required to go, but are encouraged to
Consequences of events in Genesis
What is between humans and God, each other, and the Earth.
Ex nihilo means
What is out of nothing
The way that the trinity is communicated to us
What is divine revelation
The gender of God the "Father"
What is that he possesses a generative characteristic, for which the best analogy in the human realm is that of a human father generating seed
The way that conditional sin is removed
Baptism
Giving a name signals
Theodicy means
The four basic truths of the trinity
What is:
1. In one divine nature, there are three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
2. No one of the persons is either of the other persons; each is wholly self
3. The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God
4. There are not three Gods, but one God
The difference between God as a being and God as Being itself
What is if God were a being, he would be just one thing among many other things. He is "Being itself" meaning that God is completely unique and sufficient unto himself.
The difference between a sin of Commission and a Sin of Omission
What is Sins of Commission are something we do that we should not do while Sins of Omission- failing to do what we should
Meaning of Ezer
What is helper
The trilemma is
What is
1. There is an omnipotent God
2. God is benevolent
3. Evil exists