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1. Which of the following best characterizes the God is so tran-
mono-polytheistic, or theistic-personalist, model of scendent, that is,
God? beyond the world,
and so imma-
nent in things, that
God cannot fit into
our categories of
thinking
2. Within the classical theistic tradition, which of the God does not pos-
following best explains God's attributes? sess or 'have' his
attributes; rather,
God IS his at-
tributes: God IS
goodness, God IS
beauty, God IS
truth, God IS love
3. Which of the following statements about prayer is The doer of
accurate when considered in light of the classicalthe- good is pray-
istic model of God (and mentioned in the piece by ing, whether she
Milbank you read)? knows it or not,
and the one
who prays is
already bringing
about good
4. Which of the following most accurately identifies the The God who,
god of deism? like a watchmaker,
winds creation up
and lets it run with-
out any interven-
tion
5. Which of the following statements about the God of Answer: D. God
the Catholic Tradition, from a theological approach,is cannot be person-
inaccurate? al because this
A. God is the law-giver by being the very law that God would make God
gives one more being
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B. God is Trinity; three persons in one God, where among other be-
"person" identifies a subsistent relation, that is,rela- ings
tion in itself without any terms or objects needed to
express that relation
C. God enters into history through the Incarnation,
a doctrine that describe the act whereby the Sonas-
sumes a human nature
D. God cannot be personal because this would make
God one more being among other beings
6. According to Robert Sokolowski, what is true about The metaphorical
how we think and thusspeak about God based upon nature of all lan-
his reading of St. Anselm? guage serves to
enable us to rec-
ognize that theol-
ogy and all talk
about God re-
quires a spe-
cial use of lan-
guage to disclose
new dimensions
as much as rat-
ify those that al-
ready exist, call-
ing upon us to dis-
close the space
within which the
metaphors move
7. How does Sokolowski view the nature of unbelief in It is complex; on
the life of faith? the one hand, it
is something that
must be avoided
as disease and in-
jury are avoided in
the bodily life, but
on the other hand,
since reason is al-
ways a contrastive
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and comparative
faculty, we cannot
think theologically
about faith without
raising the issue of
unbelief.
8. What was the "something new" that Anselm began by Prior to Anselm,
his contribution to the theological tradition, accord- reason was a
ing to Sokolowski? tool used within
faith, but it was
not turned toward
faith until Anselm
made belief itself a
theme of reason,
using the ques-
tion of unbelief
and what it might
mean as the oppo-
site of belief.
9. According to Sokolowski's reading of Aquinas, what God alone is
is the difference between God's act of being (esse) subsistent being
and all other kinds of being? (esse subsistens),
the sheer act of
existing which, as
not limited in any-
way, is infinite
act, while all oth-
er beings are an
essence that limits
esse, the act of ex-
isting, in a partic-
ular way to create
the kind of being
that the thing is.
10. Existing (esse) be-
comes a theme for
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What is one special, historical contribution of the thought only with-
Catholic theological tradition in relation to esse, the in the special his-
act of existing, according to Sokolowski? torical tradition of
Christian theologi-
cal thought
11. What model of God is implied in the following pas- Answer: B. Volun-
sage in Sokolowski: "If created natures are inherently taristic god
arbitrary, our recognition of them is merely provision-
al. Things could have been very different from what
they are, so what they are seems quite dispensable.
The true nature and the true reality is then a will, and
not the way things are."
A. Monopolytheistic god
B. Voluntaristic god
C. Deistic god
D. Pantheistic god
12. According to Rahner, for a person of faith what is the There are only
only way to think about the future of the word 'God'? 2 possibilities: the
word will either
disappear without
a trace or residue,
or it will survive as
a question for all
people.
13. Based upon Rahner's analysis of the word "God", Language derives
what accurately describes how Rahner understands from and depends
the relation between language and being/reality? on reality, even if
human beings are
free to construct
the various forms
that language will
take
14. How does the Catholic theological tradition under- It is the faculty
stand the nature of human reason/rationality? consisting of a uni-
ty of heart, mind,
desire, memory,
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1. Which of the following best characterizes the God is so tran-
mono-polytheistic, or theistic-personalist, model of scendent, that is,
God? beyond the world,
and so imma-
nent in things, that
God cannot fit into
our categories of
thinking
2. Within the classical theistic tradition, which of the God does not pos-
following best explains God's attributes? sess or 'have' his
attributes; rather,
God IS his at-
tributes: God IS
goodness, God IS
beauty, God IS
truth, God IS love
3. Which of the following statements about prayer is The doer of
accurate when considered in light of the classicalthe- good is pray-
istic model of God (and mentioned in the piece by ing, whether she
Milbank you read)? knows it or not,
and the one
who prays is
already bringing
about good
4. Which of the following most accurately identifies the The God who,
god of deism? like a watchmaker,
winds creation up
and lets it run with-
out any interven-
tion
5. Which of the following statements about the God of Answer: D. God
the Catholic Tradition, from a theological approach,is cannot be person-
inaccurate? al because this
A. God is the law-giver by being the very law that God would make God
gives one more being
, CTT midterm
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B. God is Trinity; three persons in one God, where among other be-
"person" identifies a subsistent relation, that is,rela- ings
tion in itself without any terms or objects needed to
express that relation
C. God enters into history through the Incarnation,
a doctrine that describe the act whereby the Sonas-
sumes a human nature
D. God cannot be personal because this would make
God one more being among other beings
6. According to Robert Sokolowski, what is true about The metaphorical
how we think and thusspeak about God based upon nature of all lan-
his reading of St. Anselm? guage serves to
enable us to rec-
ognize that theol-
ogy and all talk
about God re-
quires a spe-
cial use of lan-
guage to disclose
new dimensions
as much as rat-
ify those that al-
ready exist, call-
ing upon us to dis-
close the space
within which the
metaphors move
7. How does Sokolowski view the nature of unbelief in It is complex; on
the life of faith? the one hand, it
is something that
must be avoided
as disease and in-
jury are avoided in
the bodily life, but
on the other hand,
since reason is al-
ways a contrastive
, CTT midterm
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and comparative
faculty, we cannot
think theologically
about faith without
raising the issue of
unbelief.
8. What was the "something new" that Anselm began by Prior to Anselm,
his contribution to the theological tradition, accord- reason was a
ing to Sokolowski? tool used within
faith, but it was
not turned toward
faith until Anselm
made belief itself a
theme of reason,
using the ques-
tion of unbelief
and what it might
mean as the oppo-
site of belief.
9. According to Sokolowski's reading of Aquinas, what God alone is
is the difference between God's act of being (esse) subsistent being
and all other kinds of being? (esse subsistens),
the sheer act of
existing which, as
not limited in any-
way, is infinite
act, while all oth-
er beings are an
essence that limits
esse, the act of ex-
isting, in a partic-
ular way to create
the kind of being
that the thing is.
10. Existing (esse) be-
comes a theme for
, CTT midterm
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What is one special, historical contribution of the thought only with-
Catholic theological tradition in relation to esse, the in the special his-
act of existing, according to Sokolowski? torical tradition of
Christian theologi-
cal thought
11. What model of God is implied in the following pas- Answer: B. Volun-
sage in Sokolowski: "If created natures are inherently taristic god
arbitrary, our recognition of them is merely provision-
al. Things could have been very different from what
they are, so what they are seems quite dispensable.
The true nature and the true reality is then a will, and
not the way things are."
A. Monopolytheistic god
B. Voluntaristic god
C. Deistic god
D. Pantheistic god
12. According to Rahner, for a person of faith what is the There are only
only way to think about the future of the word 'God'? 2 possibilities: the
word will either
disappear without
a trace or residue,
or it will survive as
a question for all
people.
13. Based upon Rahner's analysis of the word "God", Language derives
what accurately describes how Rahner understands from and depends
the relation between language and being/reality? on reality, even if
human beings are
free to construct
the various forms
that language will
take
14. How does the Catholic theological tradition under- It is the faculty
stand the nature of human reason/rationality? consisting of a uni-
ty of heart, mind,
desire, memory,
