Chapters 1 and 2 Quiz will be on WEDNESDAY, September 9th!
Study Guide
Name: _______________________________________________
Part One: Vocabulary to know!
Match the following descriptions with the appropriate terms.
a. Reason
E. Form
b. Faith
f. Change
K. primary matter
c. St. Thomas Aquinas
d. Matter
g. Potency
h. Act i. Substance
j. Accident
l. Secondary matter
m. accidental change
n. Substantial change
______ 1. Change in the essence of a thing, in what a thing is.
______ 2. The determining principle of a physical thing that makes it to be the kind of thing
that it is.
______ 3. Able to exist but does not yet exist; the capacity or ability of a thing to be
actualized.
______4. That which is able to exist in and for itself and not in another.
______ 5. The receptive principle of a physical thing; that out of which a physical being is
made.
______ 6. Matter which exists because it has already received a substantial form
______ 7. The source or origin of something; that from which a thing comes into being.
______ 8. Pure potentiality; matter which substantial form actualizes.
______ 9. A movement from potency to act.
______ 10. That which we know by Divine Revelation as communicated by Scripture and
Tradition (Church).
______ 11. That by which we know truths about ourselves and understand reality.
______ 12. A Dominican monk who wrote the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra
Gentiles on every aspect of our Catholic faith. He combines Theology and Philosophy to
defend the truth of the Faith.
_____ 13. Changes in size, hair color, skill level, etc.
Part Two: Short Answer for review
14. How are Faith and Reason compatible? Explain!
15. Give an example of a truth we can know by
a. Faith alone
b. Reason alone
16. Give an example of a DIFFERENCE IN KIND and an example of a DIFFERENCE IN DEGREE:
17. How would you argue that the unborn child is NOT a potential person but a complete human
person?
18. How do Functionalists define a human person?
19. What is WRONG with that definition?
20 What is the TRUE DEFINITION of a HUMAN PERSON?
21. Using your understanding of SUBSTANCE and ACCIDENT, how can you argue that RACISM is
UNJUST?
22. WHEN does a new human life begin based on science and reason?
23. Give an example of a SUBSTANCE and then some of its ACCIDENTS: