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Understanding Happiness through Christian Ethics: A Study of Augustine and Aquinas, Exams of Law

An in-depth analysis of the concepts of happiness, problem-solving, and theology, focusing on the works of augustine and aquinas. It delves into their perspectives on happiness, the role of love, the structure of their seminal works, and the impact of their ideas on christian ethics. The document also discusses the summa theologiae, a profound synthesis of philosophy and theology by aquinas, and the ontological humility of st. Francis.

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Problem - Correct answeran indeterminate situation in which 2 conflicting elements
must be reconciled
Question - Correct answerraised out of the problem
Dominic Doyle Quote - Correct answer"the quality of the question determines the quality
of the answer"
Thesis - Correct answerproposed/argued out of your question
Sources - Correct answersupport of thesis
Wadell's Problem - Correct answerwe are made/meant to be happy, but people do not
understand happiness OR are not happy
Wadell's Question - Correct answerhow can be people be happy? what is happiness?
Wadell's Thesis - Correct answerthe path determined by Christian ethics will provide
true and lasting happiness
Wadell's Sources - Correct answerAugustine's Confessions, Aquinas' Summa
Theologiae, the Beatitudes and life of Jesus Christ by Matthew
Why does Wadell use MATTHEW's Beatitudes? - Correct answerspirituality based
Augustine context of his life - Correct answer354-430, edict of milan in 313 legalized
Christianity
Augustine's key word - Correct answerLOVE
Augustine's theory of happiness - Correct answerlove -> love things in proportion to
their goodness and ordered to God, balance good things
Augustine Theologian - Correct answerstudied God intensely
Augustine Wanderer - Correct answerspent his life searching for satisfaction, "not all
who wander are lost"
Augustine Confessions - Correct answerread by people in a variety of academic
disciplines
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theo unit 1 continued | theo unit 1 continued.

Problem - Correct answeran indeterminate situation in which 2 conflicting elements must be reconciled Question - Correct answerraised out of the problem Dominic Doyle Quote - Correct answer"the quality of the question determines the quality of the answer" Thesis - Correct answerproposed/argued out of your question Sources - Correct answersupport of thesis Wadell's Problem - Correct answerwe are made/meant to be happy, but people do not understand happiness OR are not happy Wadell's Question - Correct answerhow can be people be happy? what is happiness? Wadell's Thesis - Correct answerthe path determined by Christian ethics will provide true and lasting happiness Wadell's Sources - Correct answerAugustine's Confessions, Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, the Beatitudes and life of Jesus Christ by Matthew Why does Wadell use MATTHEW's Beatitudes? - Correct answerspirituality based Augustine context of his life - Correct answer354-430, edict of milan in 313 legalized Christianity Augustine's key word - Correct answerLOVE Augustine's theory of happiness - Correct answerlove -> love things in proportion to their goodness and ordered to God, balance good things Augustine Theologian - Correct answerstudied God intensely Augustine Wanderer - Correct answerspent his life searching for satisfaction, "not all who wander are lost" Augustine Confessions - Correct answerread by people in a variety of academic disciplines

How is Augustine's Confessions an autobiography? - Correct answerAugustine is to God as creator is to creation Arrupe Prayer - Correct answerall about love and its connection to God = way to describe it as Augustinian Thomas Aquinas context of his life - Correct answer1224-1275, Dominicans started in 1216 = radical decision to join Aquinas Dominican - Correct answerradical decision to join because this order was on the margins of Christianity, but he wanted to preach/teach God in this order Mendicant Orders - Correct answerreligious orders which depend directly on charity for their livelihood Aquinas Theologian - Correct answerhad multiple books he was writing at a time, most famous = Summa Theologiae Theology definition - Correct answerThe study of God St. Anselm Theology - Correct answerfaith seeking understanding Michael Buckley theology - Correct answerstudy of all things in their relation to God Aquinas Summa Theologiae - Correct answersummary of theology (incomplete) Why was the Summa Theologiae profound? - Correct answerplace where Athens (philosophy, reason) and Jerusalem (faith, revelation) meet = synthesis of philosophy and theology Summa Theologiae structure - Correct answer3 parts in Exitus-Reditus scheme, wrote in Scholastic method I - God, God's primary activity (creation) All things EXIT from God I-II, II-II - Humans & morality RETURN to God III - Jesus, Church, Sacraments In the Summa, the objections represent - Correct answerarguments which oppose Aquinas' -> come from Scripture, theologians, philosophers, or the general use of reason In the Summa, on the contrary represents - Correct answeranother opinion In the Summa, I answer that represents - Correct answerAquinas' thesis

How is our last end acquired? - Correct answerby knowing/loving God which allows us to gain true and perfect happiness How does Jesus believe true happiness is acquired? - Correct answerlearning Happiness according to Christian Ethics - Correct answerlove, service, & humility Mentor requirements - Correct answerknowledge on the topic, close relationship, desire to be a mentor, personal knowledge St. Francis' ontological humility - Correct answerhumility of his existence where love is the foundation of all things What does ontological humility help us to do? - Correct answerappreciate life and see ourselves as in community w/creation -> ALL AS GIFT How did St. Francis understand our existence? - Correct answerunderstood that we are not necessary St Francis worldview - Correct answerwe are created and held into existence by God's love Gratitude - Correct answerappreciating all as gift virtue - Correct answera good, operative hait