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Sacred Scripture In The City Of God

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1. In the City of God by Augustine, Sarah is the unbond women and in this she represents the Heavenly City as it is unbound from sin and depravity. Hagar is the bondwoman and she represents the Earthly City as it is bond due to its overrunning with sin and depravity.

2. The most significant difference between sacred Scripture and philosophic tradition: There are many and they all come to different ends hoping to find a way to lay hold of blessedness. Those who are of the sacred Scripture all point to the same thing, to the same God, to the same way to blessedness.

3. Boethius has lost his memory. He has lost his purpose, man’s nature, and God's way.

4. The five pillars of Islam:
a. Shahada- The profession of faith, “there is not god but …show more content…

Zakat- the alms levy or the tax, as well as giving to the poor.
d. Haj- the pilgrimage, going at least once in their life to Mecca.
e. Saum- The fasting ritual. This is during Ramadan and they abstain from food and drink during the day.

5. Aristotle’s teachings, many of which were contradictory to Christian doctrine, were translated from Arabic with Arabic commentary. Thus making Aristotle and his teachings controversial.

6. Five Arguments for the existence of God:
a. The argument of Motion- everything that moves is moved by another; therefore, there must be an unmoved mover.
b. The argument from an Efficient Cause - succession of causes that make up the universe must have a first cause.
c. The Argument to Necessary Being- since all living things depend upon other things for their being, there must be at least one thing that is not dependent and so is a necessary being.
d. The Argument from Gradation- all living things can be correlated to such qualities as degrees of goodness, therefore an absolute good being must exist.
e. The Argument from design- that design and order of living things imply that a great designer exists.

7. In the divine comedy, Virgil is an allegory for Human reason. Beatrice is an allegory of faith and …show more content…

As Christians we find our roots in the Bible, and when disaster or suffering hit we band together because of those roots. Everyone has had some bad thing happen to him or her, some kind of suffering. We go through our period of suffering and we emerge better than before it happened. Therefore, when we see other going through the same thing or something similar we want to help them. For example, American history is riddled with suffering, but when Americans see other nations and countries suffering, they want to help. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis are just a few of the many things that take place and cause suffering during and after the actual event. Americans try to alleviate some of the pain through Red Cross and other humanitarian groups. The link between suffering and compassion is an empathy that is woven when we ourselves go through a trial and see someone else going through a trial as

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