Theo. IV Mid-Term Vocab. Study Guide PDF
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This document contains a study guide for a mid-term exam in theology. It includes definitions for terms related to philosophy and religious studies. The concepts cover various terms related to belief, logic, and theological ideas.
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Theo. IV Mid-Term Vocab. Study Guide 1. Greek word for romantic love and sexual attraction 2. A person or force in a story that works against the protagonist’s efforts 3. A habitual and rm disposition to do the good 4. The science that aims to explain and justify religious doctrine. It shows the...
Theo. IV Mid-Term Vocab. Study Guide 1. Greek word for romantic love and sexual attraction 2. A person or force in a story that works against the protagonist’s efforts 3. A habitual and rm disposition to do the good 4. The science that aims to explain and justify religious doctrine. It shows the reasonableness of such doctrine in the face of the objections offered. 5. The human act of believing 6. An ordered sequence of events, with a beginning, a middle, and an end, in which a protagonist pursues a goal. 7. The acceptance of the word of another, trusting that one knows what the other is saying and is honest in telling the truth. 8. Something that brings to perfection one of our human capabilities 9. The chief actor or main character of a story 10. Belief in the Divine that we cannot grasp by our senses or by the rules of logic alone; but is not irrational. 11. The individual objects of sense-perception 12. The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence 13. Truths about something we can see without having to consult all the individual instances, once we have formed certain concepts about them 14. A truth that is impossible for you to know without examining it- you must use your senses to inspect it 15. Discovered by isolating the repeatable content common to an in nity of possible particular instances fi fi 16. A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition. 17. Holds that the only thing that can be truly proven to exist is matter. 18. The intellect and the will 19. The pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. 20. The power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands. 21. The philosophical term for the lenses through which we see the world through 22. A speculative mental state that allows us to consider situations apart from the here and now 23. God intervenes in history to make such mysteries known 24. Comes from the latin verb “ligare” meaning “to bind” 25. Believe that reason alone can explain all of reality 26. Accept various natural concepts as “givens” even though they cannot fully comprehend them all 27. One who provides a defense for Christianity using both wisdom and reason 28. Refers to either realities that are either unknown to the human mind or to truths that the human intellect cannot fully comprehend 29. Which theory states that “the strongest live and the weakest die” 30. God’s providential law governing the universe as it pertains to human beings. 31. Which theory states “that an organism bears within itself the cause of its own life, growth and development”? 32. In Greek “Logos” 33. The denial of the existence of God 34. Hebrew word for Lord 35. The rst 5 books of the Bible 36. An Old Testament example of Natural Law given to the Israelites 37. Famous prayer that is said daily by Jews focused on the oneness of God 38. A name given to Jesus due to his willingness to lay down his life out of service for others 39. Jewish laws that addressed unclean food given to the Israelites by God 40. Means “I AM who am” 41. 8 precepts that insist true happiness is found in living out the Messiah’s teachings 42. The Jewish prophet who insisted that all nations would one-day worship the Jewish God fi