Vocabulary Ch 1

What is the belief that the existence of God cannot be known or proven?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Dogma

• Fideism

What is the denial of the existence of God called?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Dogma

• Fideism

What type of atheism falsely considers man as the end of himself, the sole maker and creator of his own history?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Atheistic Humanism

• Fideism

What is a revealed truth solemnly defined by the Magisterium of the Church?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Dogma

• Fideism

What is the theological virtue by which one believes in all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Dogma

• Faith

What philosophy accepts religious beliefs without grasping their intellectual content and without the need for faith?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Dogma

• Fideism

What are St. Thomas Aquinas' five proposals for how the existence of God can be known through reason called?

• Five Ways

• Dogma

• Faith

• Intelligent Design

What allows us to overcome sin and error and strive towards perfect knowledge of God?

• Faith

• Grace

• Dogma

• Natural Law

What is the belief that the work and plan of God is observable in nature, thus confirming his existence and continued role in creation?

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Intelligent Design

• Natural Religion

What are supernatural truths about God that we learn by faith but are beyond our grasp of reason called?

• Dogma

• Mysteries

• Natural Law

• Natural Religion