Aquinas on Believing God
Aquinas says that faith is belief about things one does not "see" for oneself. But if you do not see it for yourself, what makes your belief reasonable? Recent interpreters have missed a key part of Aquinas's answer, namely, that faith is believing God (credere Deo). In other words, t...
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2015, Volume: 89, Pages: 97-107 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church VA Philosophy |
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BELIEF & doubt
B Justification (Christian theology) B FAITH & reason B Translators B theory of knowledge |
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