Bible quiz 3

Medieval philosopher and theologian. Best known for his integration of Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy. Hos works were influential in shaping the Christian view of God and how we talk of him, arguments for God's existence, natural theology, angels, Christian virtues/ethics and the sacraments.

• Thomas Aquinas

• Emanuel Kant

• William paley

• John calvin

German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Konigsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy.

• Immanuel Kant

• John calvin

• Ansley of Canterbury

• Thomas Aquinas

English clergyman and exponent of natural theology and the argument from design. His views were very influential in the Victorian era. His views were so reasonable and logical that even evolutionists such as Darwin and Dawkins respected his thinking.

• William paley

• John calvin

• Immanuel Kant

• Thomas Aquinas

Medieval monk, philosopher and theologian who eventually became archbishop of Canterbury, England. Anselm is best known for his formulation of the ontological argument for the existence of God, as well as the satisfaction theory of the atonement. Anselm also sought to understand the reasons that God had to become human in Christ and gave himself as a sacrifice for sin. Understood theology as "Faith seeking understanding."

• Anslem of Canterbury

• John Calvin

• Immanuel Kant

• William paley

French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. His most famous work is, "Institutes of Christian Religion"

• John Calvin

• Immanuel Kant

• Thomas Aquinas

• William paley

An appearance of God that is perceptible to human sight

• Theophany

• Natural theology

• Univocal

• Analogically predication

Knowledge of God attained through God's revelation in nature and available to human reason.

• Natural theology

• Theophany

• Univocal

• Equivocal

An attempt to resolve that paradox of how finite human minds can have knowledge of the true nature of an infinite God, through the use analogy to understand characteristics of God.

• Analogical predication

• Univocal

• Equivocal

• Theophany

The idea that a word carries the same meaning when applied to God that is has when predicated of something in creation. This use of words ignores God's distinctiveness and uniqueness from creation.

• Univocal

• Theophany

• Equivocal

• Analogical predication

In semantics (the study of words) the term is used to identify words that have more than one possible meaning. In theology a term is equivocal if it means something quite different when used for God than when used referring to humans or something else in creation.

• Equivocal

• Univocal

• Theophany

• Analogical predication