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Faith and Reason
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| theology | the study of God and of created things insofar as created things come from God and are directed to God |
| ecclesiology | the study of the nature and purpose of the Church |
| reason | the power to know reality, to deliberate, and to think. |
| reality | the way things, in fact, are. |
| illusion | the opposite of reality; not in reality what it appears to be. |
| scientific approach | Method: Observation |
| philosophic approach | Method: Reflection |
| religious approach | Method: Reception |
| natural revelation | What we can know about God by using our reason to reflect on the world around us. |
| supernatural revelation | God reveals things about Himself that human reason alone and unaided cannot discover. What we can know about God by faith. |
| entropy | Measure of disorder in universe. |
| supernatural faith | the ability to believe all that God has revealed |
| general revelation | God’s communication to humanity about himself outside the covenant relationship with Israel |
| special revelation | God’s communication to humanity about Himself through salvation history, culminating in Jesus Christ |
| divine pedagogy | Describes how God communicates himself to man gradually. |
| public revelation | The central events, teachings, and rituals through which God communicates Himself to humanity. |
| private revelation | Events that support and encourage faith in the public revelation. |
| personal revelation | God’s communication to an individual. |
| human soul | The spiritual principle of human beings |
| death | the separation of soul and body |