Unit quiz: Sources, interpretation and reason

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Question 1

“Catholics profess the Trinity” reports doctrine. “This council met in a given century” is historical. Their truth is investigated through different kinds of sources.

How should a claim about a council’s date be investigated?Through historical sourcesBy treating it as beyond historical inquiry

Question 2

A psalm can describe God as a rock. Reading that as a literal mineral claim ignores the poetic work of protection and reliability.

What does the rock image primarily require?A geological classification of GodAttention to metaphor and context

Question 3

A parish’s preferred hymn is a custom; it is not thereby equivalent to the creed. Longevity alone does not assign the same doctrinal status.

Does an old local custom automatically have creedal authority?No; kinds of authority must be distinguishedYes; anything old is equally binding

Question 4

An argument about contingency can be examined premise by premise. A profession of faith has a different role from a deductive proof offered to any inquirer.

How should a philosophical premise be defended?Only by insisting the conclusion is believedWith reasons open to examination

Question 5

Calling God the ground of being differs from imagining a very large creature inside the universe. Critics can challenge the argument without confusing those concepts.

What conception is being distinguished from classical theism?A powerful creature within the universeThe claim that metaphysical arguments can be debated

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