proofs of Gods existence

By: Sanjay Belani, Czarina Dalmacio, Eeda Duques

known as

Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Universalis Familys against to become a monk,

he joined the Dominican Order

His two masterpieces,

the Summa

theologiae and the Summa contra gentiles canonized July 18, 1323 feast day January 28

These proofs assumes the existence of a God who is

uncreated

and independent of the world and the universe, and their respective processes.

means that God is not reliant on the world and the universe, for God's existence.
the world and the universe are reliant on God for theirs

Motion
action or process of moving or of changing place or position.

st way

Nothing can be moved from a state of potentiality to actuality,

except by something in a state

of actuality.

Therefore, whatever is moved must

be moved by another.

But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover,

BUT THEN

If everything that is moved is caused by another mover then there has to be a first mover and that first mover is :

GOD

Causation
there is an order

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of efficient causes

nothing is found to be the efficient

cause of itself

to take away the cause is to take away the effect

The notion of cause and effect simply means that you cannot have the latter(effect) without having the former (cause).
It is not possible to go on to an infinity cause and effects, therefore there had to be a first cause and the first cause was

GOD.

Contingency
taken from possibility and necessity Since things are found to be generated, and to be corrupted, and consequently, it is possible for them

rd way

to be and not to be.

If nothing exists, it would have been impossible for anything to have begun to exist till today.

Therefore, if everything can not-be, then at one time there was nothing in existence.

Goodness
more and less are predicated of different things according as
they

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resemble in their different ways

Now the maximum in any genus is the cause of all in that genus
Therefore, there must also be something which is to

cause of their being, goodness, and every other perfection; and this we call God
all beings the

Design
taken from the governance of the world

th way

whatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end

unless it be directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence

some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are directed to their end; and this being we call God. (Aquinas)