God


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1 The polytheistic conception of the supernatural order.
2 The nature and existence of the gods.
3 The hierarchy of the gods, their relation to one another.
4 The intervention of the gods in the affairs of men, their judgment of the deserts of men.
5 The existence of one God.
6 The revelation of one God.
7 The evidences and proofs of God's existence.
8 Criticisms of the proofs of God's existence, agnosticism.
9 The postulation of God, practical grounds for belief.
10 Man's relation to God or the gods.
11 The fear of God or the gods.
12 The reproach or defiance of God or the gods.
13 The love of God or the gods.
14 Obedience to God or the gods, the trials of individuals by God.
15 The worship of God or the gods, prayer, propitiation, sacrifice.
16 The imitation of God or the gods, the divine element in human nature, the deification of men, man as the image of God.
17 The divine nature in itself, the divine attributes.
18 The identity of essence and existence in God, the necessity of a being whose essence involves its existence.
19 The unity and simplicity of the divine nature.
20 The immateriality of God.
21 The eternity and immutability of God.
22 The infinity of God, the freedom of an infinite being.
23 The perfection or goodness of God.
24 The intellect of God.
25 The happiness and glory of God.
26 The divine nature in relation to the world of creatures.
27 God as first and as exemplar cause, the relation of divine to natural causation.
28 God as final cause, the motion of all things toward God.
29 The power of God, the divine omnipotence.
30 The immanence of God, the divine omnipresence.
31 The transcendence of God, the divine aseity.
32 God's knowledge, the divine omniscience, the divine ideas.
33 God's will, divine choice.
34 God's love, the diffusion of the divine goodness.
35 Divine justice and mercy, the righteousness of God in relation to divine rewards and punishments.
36 Man's knowledge of God.
37 The names of God, the metaphoric and symbolic representations of God, the anthropomorphic conception of God.
38 Natural knowledge, the use of analogies, the evidences of nature, the light of reason.
39 Supernatural knowledge.
40 God as teacher, inspiration and revelation.
41 The light of faith.
42 Mystical experience.
43 The beatific vision.
44 Doctrines common to the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian conceptions of God and His relation to the world and man, Creation, Providence, Divine government and law, Grace, Miracles, The Book of Life.
45 The resurrection of the body.
46 The Last Judgment and the end of the world.
47 Specifically Jewish doctrines concerning God and His people.
48 The Chosen People, Jew and gentile.
49 God's Covenant with Israel, circumcision as sign of the Covenant.
50 The Law, its observance as a condition of righteousness and blessedness.
51 The Temple, the Ark of the Torah.
52 The messianic hope.
53 Specifically Christian dogmas concerning the divine nature and human destiny.
54 The persons of the Trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
55 The Incarnation, the God-man.
56 The divinity of Christ.
57 The humanity of Christ.
58 Mary, the Mother of God.
59 Christ the Saviour and Redeemer, the resurrection and ascension of Christ, the doctrines of original sin and salvation.
60 The Church, the mystical body of Christ, the Apostolate.
61 The sacraments.
62 The second coming of Christ and the Last Judgment.
63 The denial of God or the gods, or of a supernatural order, the position of the atheist.
64 The denial of God as completely transcending the world or nature, the position of the pantheist.
65 The denial of a revealed and providential God, the position of the deist.
66 God as a conception invented by man, its emotional basis.
67 The worship of false gods, deification and idolatry, the antichrist.


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