Week 4: Homework

Reading Assignment:
Read Chapter 4 of Theology and Sanity, “The Mind Works on Infinity”—pp. 61-76.

Questions:
1. Where was God when the universe was created?

2. Why must an infinite being be a spirit? Hint: what are the two kinds of limitations an infinite being is free from?

3. On p. 65, Sheed says that “for all spaceless beings the word ‘where’ has one meaning.” What is it? (Where are spaceless beings?)

4. God’s Immensity is another way of describing what?

5. What is time?

6. What does the phrase “before the universe was created” mean?

7. Does eternity mean time open at both ends? What is the philosophic definition of eternity?

8. On pp. 72-73 Sheed list five limitations on our knowing—three are obvious, two are less so. List all five.

9. Explain (as best you can) how God is His attributes (Knowledge, Love, Justice, Mercy, etc.).

Reflection Questions:
1. Read Matthew 13: 44-46 and then re-read the last paragraph of the chapter. What connections can you make between what Sheed says and the two parables?