ONE GOD, THE CREATOR 1. St. Thomas here states the argument from causality or the First Cause for the existence of God. Can you restate it in your own words? 2. Note that the errors of which St. Thomas speaks are similar to certain views held to-day. Thus, the Manicheans and modern "reformers" who consider legitimate pleasures to be evil. Can you think of any errors to-day which correspond somewhat to the other errors mentioned in the text? 3. How does consideration of God as our Creator lead us to greater knowledge of God? 4. Gratitude, patience, and the right use of created things are taught us by our belief in the Creator. How? 5. Where does man belong in relation to the rest of God's creation? 6. Make personal the proof of the existence of God, the Creator: that He created me and is interested in me.
|