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The Bible: The Living Word of God
Chapter 2
Name _____________________________________
Fill-in-the-Blank
Use the word bank to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. (Note: There is one extra term in the
word bank.)
WORD BANK
Summa Theological
Scholastic Theology
Scripture
St. Thomas Aquinas
Natural Revelation
Church Fathers
Vatican I
Middle Ages
Humanity
The Book of Wisdom
Divine Revelation
St. Augustine of Hippo
Absolute Mystery
Convergence of Probabilities
The Five Proofs
1.
________________ is the process by which God makes himself known to human reason through
the created world.
2.
According to ________________, nothing created by God is insignificant, not even the tiniest
insect.
3. _________________________ mentions people who were unable to recognize God from the things
they could see.
4. During the _______________, especially during the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, new ways of
proving the existence of God emerged.
5. Essential to theology and spirituality of the ___________________ is the idea that the universe
provides visible evidence of God’s existence.
6. Many Church Fathers coupled the idea that God can be known through natural revelation with the
belief that ___________ is the summit of creation.
7. ________________________is a theological approach that used philosophical methods to better
understand revealed truth in a logical and systematic form.
The Bible: The Living Word of God
Chapter 2
8.
John Henry Cardinal Newman developed a theory known as
_______________________________ asserting that a number of probably hints, or indicators,
when combined together, point to the existence of God.
9.
________________ was a doctor of the church and his most notable work was called Summa
Theological.
10.
_________________ affirmed that “When people listen “to the message of creation and to the
voice of conscience, [they] can arrive at certainty about the existence of God”
11.
A truth that is so deep and broad that our limited minds cannot fully comprehend is called a(n)
__________.
12.
_________________________ logically point to the existence of God as the First mover, First
Cause, Necessary Being, Model of Perfection and Intelligent Being, according to
______________________.
14.
Historical conditions and the consequences of Original Sin often hinder the ability of the human
mind to fully come to know the truth about God through natural revelation; so God in his wisdom
and goodness provided _____________________ for us.