A) It would be impossible to choose between good and evil. B) The will would cease to exist. C) A person could not be held morally responsible. D) God would be the cause of all sin.
A) Natural movements cannot be judged as good or evil. B) God predetermines all movements of the will. C) The movement of the will is blameworthy and originates in the will itself. D) The movement is determined by external circumstances.
A) God does not have foreknowledge of human sin. B) God is not the cause of everything He foreknows. C) God only foreknows things that He does not cause. D) God's foreknowledge prevents human free will.
A) Some parts of creation were mistakes by the Creator. B) The world is fundamentally flawed and needs fixing. C) Everything has its place and could not have been made differently. D) The order of creation is constantly changing.
A) Because existence is a punishment for sin. B) Because everyone desires to exist. C) Because the Creator demands gratitude. D) Because life is always perfect.
A) The world would be more perfect. B) The world would have no need for God. C) The world would stop existing. D) The world would be imperfect.
A) By punishment. B) By the increase of virtuous deeds. C) By divine forgiveness only. D) By the elimination of evil beings.
A) It is inherently good. B) It is inherently broken. C) It is inherently sinful. D) It is inherently neutral.
A) It is transformed into a different nature. B) It receives new gifts from the Creator. C) It gains wisdom through experience. D) It deservedly forfeits its own happiness.
A) The influence of the devil. B) The ignorance inherent in human nature. C) Free will. D) The original design of the body.
A) They are given as punishment for original sin. B) They are trials meant to strengthen the soul. C) They are natural features of a healthy soul. D) They are results of environmental factors.
A) They do not need salvation. B) Their own future potential. C) The faith of their relatives. D) They are judged based on their parents' sins.
A) Pain is the primary motivator for all life. B) Animals have moral agency. C) The Creator is indifferent to suffering. D) All creation strives towards unity.
A) Full of complete wisdom. B) An intermediate state between foolishness and wisdom. C) Perfectly innocent but without the ability to choose. D) Inherently foolish.
A) Due to pride. B) Due to a lack of free will. C) Due to ignorance of God's power. D) Due to God's deliberate testing.
A) Reason. B) Memory. C) Imagination. D) Emotion.
A) 388 B) 395 C) 391 D) 387
A) Evodius B) A Manichaean priest C) The Pope D) Thomas Aquinas
A) Manichaeism B) Catholicism C) Pelagianism D) Dualism
A) Evodius B) Augustine of Hippo C) Thomas Aquinas D) Pelagius
A) 388 B) 391 C) 387 D) 395
A) Jerusalem B) Africa C) Rome D) Greece
A) A legal treatise B) A series of letters C) A collection of sermons D) A dialogue
A) Greed B) Murder C) Sacrilege D) Adultery
A) The nature of animals B) The structure of the law C) Divine providence D) Passion
A) Putting the Eternal before the temporary B) Punishing the sinner C) Putting the temporary before the Eternal D) Submitting to reason
A) Two B) Four C) Three D) Ten
A) A British king B) Thomas Aquinas C) The Pope D) Pelagius
A) Summa Theologica B) Retractationes C) De natura et gratia D) De libero arbitrio
A) The laws of nature B) Pure free will C) Human intellect D) Divine grace
A) Summa Theologica B) Retractationes C) De natura et gratia D) De libero arbitrio
A) Around 427 B) Around 411 C) Around 400 D) Around 1200
A) De natura et gratia B) Retractationes C) Summa Theologica D) De natura
A) Inconsistent themes B) Strong resemblances C) No relationship D) Total opposition |