Knowing God
1). Anselm’s prayer says that the process of knowing God extremely relies on the process of seeking him out continually. The prayer says that we have to believe first before we can truly begin to search for understanding which is the way to understand and have wisdom. Knowing God is the process of looking, searching, inquiring, and praying to him so that he can give you that knowledge that you desire to obtain. God is light for those who are in darkness to seek, and it is through seeking God that we will be delivered from sin.
2). Aquinas explains that the idea of God is the meaning of intelligence. This is because Jesus is the son of God and is known for truth, which is what the good of intelligence seeks to accomplish, turned out to be the testimony of truth. God is presented as the source truth and intelligence, thus God gives knowledge to his creation.
Aquinas says that things associated with reason or sense are linked with God. He is the source that gives everything to nature, and due to this man can reap the benefits of reason and knowledge.
3). Negative differentiation is the reasoning that when concepts, like God, are put in front of a man such that there is a limit to the knowledge and understanding of God. This happens since God is the commander of his creation, so the depth of nature cannot be gathered in of himself. A man is supposed to hope of God and avoid defining falsely. Thus, by getting things from God that are not evident in nature man can gain a better, and false understanding of who he is.
Due to God’s superiority, he was able to create the world and bring up his creation. Therefore, creation is made to look like God, but God is not like his creation since his perfect without sin but his creation is similar in design but sinful in nature.