Deck 17: Thomas Aquinas

Question 1

Thomas Aquinas's family had hopes for him to become what?

A) Businessman
B) University professor
C) Pope
D) Abbot of the monastery

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which Greek philosophy did Aquinas especially utilize in his theological developments?

A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Marcus Aurelius
D) Epictetus

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What are the "Five Ways"?

A) The number of legitimate vocations for Christians
B) Paths to salvation
C) Proofs for the existence of God
D) Different understandings of Christ

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of these is most consistent with Aquinas's approach to philosophy?

A) Empirical data provides a starting point
B) The Forms are fundamental to all knowledge
C) Pure thought provides the only guide to all knowledge
D) The Bible is the source of all knowledge

Question 5

Which of the following describes Aquinas's approach to reason and revelation?

A) Revelation is opposed to reason
B) Some truths can be demonstrated by reason
C) All truths can be demonstrated by reason
D) No truths can be demonstrated by reason

Question 6

Which of the following was not a work by Thomas Aquinas?

A) Summa Theologica
B) Summa Contra Gentiles
C) On Being and Essence
D) City of God

Question 7

For Aquinas, original sin:

A) affects males but not females
B) eliminates the need for grace
C) does not eradicate all that is good from humans
D) originated with Satan

Question 8

According to Aquinas:

A) grace is needed to complete and perfect nature
B) nature and grace are constantly opposed to one another
C) nature is inherently evil
D) grace cannot co-exist with nature

Question 9

For Aquinas, the goal of human life is to:

A) avoid sin at all costs
B) share the gospel with lost souls
C) exercise the intellect in its knowledge of God
D) live with hope, joy, and faithfulness

Question 10

What title has the Catholic Church bestowed on Aquinas?

A) The Professor
B) The Philosopher
C) Thomas the Great
D) Universal Doctor of the Church