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WorksheetsU2: 5 Proofs & Truth Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Faith is something that is only true to individuals, not all people.
It is a mental belief that is unreasonable, illogical.
True
False
What does Faith seek?
Truth
comfort
argument
niceness
What does science seek?
Truth
opinions backed by results
data
superiority
Since the Catholic Church teaches that faith & science have the same goals, what does that mean?
You can only believe in one and be right
They can both never be true
They can never contradict each other
All choices are true
Who came up with the 5 proofs of God's existence?
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Augustine
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Pope John Paul II
The 5 proofs are _______ arguments of God's existence.
Logical
Religious
Illogical
Unreasonable
Which proof is this: The entire universe is in motion, someone had to put it in motion.
Unmoved Mover/First Mover
Causality
Contingency
Intelligent Being
Perfection
Which proof is this:
Everything in existence was caused by something else and did not just appear out of thin air.
This is the cause and effect way in which the universe operates
Unmoved Mover/First Mover
Causality
Contingency
Intelligent Being
Perfection
Which proof is this:
There is a necessary being on which the existence of things is dependent.
( In other words, the reason the world hasn’t just vanished by now is because God, the one necessary being, continues to hold it in existence)
Unmoved Mover/First Mover
Causality
Contingency
Intelligent Being
Perfection
Which proof is this:
The world works in ordered ways, not chaos - consider gravity, magnetism, the weather systems, ect.
For all of this intelligent design to happen completely at random was impossible for St. Thomas to accept.
Unmoved Mover/First Mover
Causality
Contingency
Intelligent Being
Perfection
Which proof is this:
There is a scale of good, better, and best. This scale cannot go on infinitely.
Something has to be the standard by which we judge all other things.
So there must be something which is perfectly good, perfectly true, and perfectly beautiful.
That standard by which everything else is judged is God.
First Mover
Causality
Contingency
Perfection
Order and Design
Match the image that helps explain the proof mentioned
First Mover
Contingency
Perfection
Intelligent Being
Causality
Thomas Aquinas displays that arguments cannot go on for infinity, therefore there must exist.....
a necessary first being
an unchangeable being
a perfect being
an intelligent being
all of these are correct
What does reason allow humanity to know about God
that He exists
who He is
What does faith allow humanity to know about God
that He exists
who He is
Reason and logic allow humanity to observe the world around us.
Can humanity understand the world around us perfectly?
Yes, God gave us the ability.
Yes, human understanding is only limited in relation to the individual.
No, human reason is limited by sin clouding judgement and capacity.
No, God keeps understanding from man as a way of trust.
The ability to reason, learn, and use logic is provided by God.
True
False
What type of theology did St. Thomas Aquinas largely contribute to?
Scholastic theology - philosophical in nature
Biblical theology - study sacred scripture primarily
Ecclesiology -
studying the Church in the world
Eschatology - studying the end times
