Religious Language (Via Negativa, Via Positiva and Symbol)

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1. What two types of analogy did Aquinas outline?

  • Attribution and Proportion
  • Potentiality and Actuality
  • Proportion and Potentiality
  • Attribution and Actuality
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2. What analogy did Hick use to explain the analogy of proportion?

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

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

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

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

  • Ramsey
  • Pseudo-Dionysius
  • Maimonides
  • Aquinas

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

  • When using language we need to understand the origin of terms and their original use.
  • 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.
  • Language can only be used symbolically.
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