Knowledge of God

• what are thew 3 types of eyes Bonaventura mentions?

  the eye of the flesh, reason and contemplation
• what is the eye of the flesh?

  empirical evidence, a posteriori knowledge
• what is the eye of reason?

  a priori knowledge
• what is the eye of flesh?


  knowing God in a way that goes beyond experience and reason. Sensus divinitatis
• what did Robert Boyle say the two books of God are?


  the natural world and the Bible- provide two sources of information with the same author
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?

  Paley (1800s)- design argument- the world reflects the traits of the divine
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?

  Aquinas (1200s)- motion/ cause implies an unmoved move/ uncaused causer- 5 ways
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?

  Swinburne (20th-21st century)- universe displays order and regularity
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?

  Anselm- naturally occurring reason enables us to establish that the divine is that which nothing greater can be conceived
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?

  John Calvin- sensus divinitatis- sense of the divine. Not restricted to christians or the intelligent epistemic distance due to human nature (original sin) (Augustine)
• name one scholar that sees natural theology as a legitimate way of learning about God?


  Kant (postulates)- sense of morality
• what is immediate revelation?

  knowledge that comes from direct interactions with the divine (prophets)
• what is mediate revelation?

  indirect exposure to revealed knowledge of the divine e.g reading the Bible
• what is meant by the grace of God?


  knowledge of God is a gift from God which enables us to understand Him. This is done by presence of the trinity (holy spirit). Grace gives us the sensus divintatis