THEO 204 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THEO 204 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Faith - ANS can be defined as belief, trust and confidence Christian Faith - ANS according to the New Testament it meant to trust someone, it connotes one's relationship to God. Faith is to trust in God. Reason - ANS is the intellectual power, the capacity for rational thought and related senses. The power of the mind and to think and form valid judgments through logic. Christian Influences - ANS heavily depended upon Hebrew scriptures. They were also influenced by ancient philosophical traditions (Plato, Aristotle, Zeno and Epicurus) Plato - ANS - truth is universal and eternal - - the world of things is fleeting and corruptible - confidence in the capacity of the human mind to discover truth through reason - moral life is patterning one's behaviour in accordance with universal ideal - privileged the soul over the body Aristotle - ANS - Form (soul) and matter were one - the good consists in the realization of the end's potential in one's nature Zeno - ANS - valued peace of mind, which was a result of living reasonably, virtuously and in harmony with nature - founded Stoicism - God is rational - Humans reflect this same rationality - To be true to one's humanity is to center oneself on reason Central Theme of Jesus - ANS the kingdom of God is at hand. The kingdom is present in and with his own person. It refers to a person's acceptance of God who graciously approached and to that person's consequent adherence to a certain way of life Plato saw the soul as divided into 3 parts - ANS a) Desire: the appetites are out multitude of desires for various pleasures, comforts, physical satisfactions and bodily ease. Can conflict with each other b) Spirit: The part that gets angry when it perceives an injustice is being done. This is the part of us that loves to face and overcome great challenges and loves victory, winning, challenge and honour. c) Reason: the mind is the part of us that thinks, analyzes, looks ahead , rationally weighs options and tries to gauge what is best and truest overall Clement of Alexandria - ANS - The central theme is the true knowledge of Jesus Christ. He gives place to the primacy of love against stoic