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6. Complete the quote from Tillich: 'A symbol...

  • participates in a particular form of life'
  • participates in what it points to’
  • participates in the life of the community'
  • participates in a deception'

7. Who said: ‘In regard to what they express, these words apply literally to God…But as regards to their manner of expressing it, they don’t apply literally to God; for their manner of expression is appropriate only to creatures’

  • Aquinas
  • Tillich
  • Ramsey
  • Maimonides

8. Via Negativa sees language applied to God as...

  • Equivocal
  • Metaphorical
  • Univocal
  • Symbolic

9. What is meant by Aquinas' analogy of proportion?

  • When using finite human language to refer to God, he is an infinite being, we need to understand that the proportion is different.
  • Our qualities such as love and wisdom stem from God, so we can use the terms to apply to God also.
  • Language can only be used symbolically.
  • When using language we need to understand the origin of terms and their original use.

10. Tillich claimed symbols come from the collective unconscious, which psychologist developed this idea?

  • William James
  • Jean Piaget
  • Carl Jung
  • Sigmund Freud

11. How does Tillich refer to God?

  • The Ground of Being
  • The central mystery.
  • That than which nothing greater can be conceived.
  • The great symbol.

12. Which of the following term refers to the idea that God is beyond understanding and beyond comprehension?

  • Inflamable
  • Ineffable
  • Inerrant
  • Inert

13. Who argued that God is ‘beyond assertion’ and ‘beyond denial’?

  • Ramsey
  • Pseudo-Dionysius
  • Maimonides
  • Aquinas

14. What analogy did Hick use to explain the analogy of proportion?

  • The colour of light and the colour and eyes.
  • The faithfulness of humans and the faithfulness of dogs
  • The size of the brain and the intelligence of humans.
  • The health of urine and the health of bulls.

15. Which of the following terms refers to via negativa?

  • The Apophatic Way
  • The Way of Eminence
  • The Cataphatic Way
  • Language Games

16. What is meant by Aquinas' analogy of attribution?

  • Language can only be used symbolically.
  • Our qualities such as love and wisdom stem from God, so we can use the terms to apply to God also.
  • When using finite human language to refer to God, he is an infinite being, we need to understand that the proportion is different.
  • When using language we need to understand the origin of terms and their original use.

17. Who wrote The Guide for the Perplexed?

  • Maimonides
  • Pseudo-Dionysius
  • Ramsey
  • Aquinas

18. What example did Aquinas use to explain the analogy of attribution?

  • Bread and Wine
  • Bull and Urine
  • Horse and Cart
  • Toddler and Scientist

19. Which of the following terms refers to via positiva?

  • The Cataphatic Way
  • Symbol
  • The Apophatic Way
  • Language Games

20. Who argued religious language was symbolic?

  • Tillich
  • Aquinas
  • Pseudo-Dionysis
  • Maimonides