Understanding Divine Naming

According to Aquinas, how do we know God?

• By studying the effects of God and reflecting on their cause

• By directly experiencing God's presence

• By analyzing ancient texts and scriptures

• By relying on personal intuition and beliefs

What is the theory of divine naming based on?

• The idea that God is identical to His effects

• The concept of analogy, which denotes likeness and unlikeness

• The direct revelation of God through miracles

• The study of ancient philosophers' writings

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which God is named according to Dionysius the Areopagite?

• The way of causality

• The way of negation

• The way of preeminence

• The way of transcendence

How does Aquinas describe the goodness of God?

• God's goodness is identical to human goodness

• God's goodness is completely dissimilar to any goodness found in creation

• God's goodness is preeminent and the source of goodness in all other things

• God's goodness is hidden and cannot be comprehended by humans

What does Aquinas mean by analogical terms used to signify God?

• They are purely symbolic and have no real meaning

• They accurately describe God in the same way as they describe creatures

• They are completely incomprehensible and cannot be understood

• They denote what God is, but in a different and superior way