St. Augustine

At the beginning of St. Augustine’s life he followed Manichaeism which was:

• A religion that believes that good and evil are forces of duality that rule the universe
• A religion that believes in Christianity but with the force of the trinity
• A religion that focuses on the individual and his sense of liberty

St. Augustine believed that God who was entirely good and all-powerful had created evil as a dual force to goodness. 

• True
• False

Evil was seen by St. Augustine as:

• A shortage or privation of something
• Ignorance
• An error of God

St. Augustine believed that the proof that God created humans as rational beings was:

• That they were capable of using their capabilities to the maximum to achieve virtue
• They had freedom of choice
• They were capable of understanding that knowledge did not exist

Human beings are able to choose between good and evil because they were given freedom of will by God. 

• True
• False

Rationality is seen as:

• The capability to evaluate choices through reasoning
• The ability to use your senses to understand the world around you
• The reason for the creation of evil by God, to give a better meaning to the world

St. Augustine believed that evil existed in the universe:

• To achieve something good once we know what evil is and then understand beauty
• To make humans seek only good since evil will destroy us
• Because it was a weaker force that could not compete with the idea of goodness

St. Augustine thought that knowledge:

• Existed because of human reason
• Was only possible in a world of ideals or perfection
• Was not attainable by human cognition

St. Augustine thought that since man is rational, we didn’t necessarily need God since we would be able to choose good over evil easily. 

• True
• False

St. Augustine believed in predestination which is:

• Believing that your fate is already established once you are born
• Believing that as rational and free human beings we create our own destiny
• Believing that God is the almighty force and that the ultimate Good is wisdom