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Faith and Reason

Faith and Reason. f riends or foes?. Must you choose?. Enemies?. St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Albert the Great. Saint Dominic. Exemplars.

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Faith and Reason

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  1. Faith and Reason friends or foes?

  2. Must you choose?

  3. Enemies?

  4. St. Thomas Aquinas St. Albert the Great Saint Dominic Exemplars

  5. “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.” Fides et Ratio Pope John Paul II, Fides Et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter of John Paul II

  6. “Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different modes and forms that the desire for truth is part of human nature itself. It is an innate property of human reason to ask why things are as they are…” Fides et Ratio Pope John Paul II, Fides Et Ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter of John Paul II

  7. “[John Paul II] recognized that science and Scripture sometimes have ‘apparent contradictions,’ but said that when this is the case, a ‘solution’ must be found because ‘truth cannot contradict truth.’” Contradictions? Linder, D. 2004. The Vatican's View of Evolution: The Story of Two Popes. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/vaticanview.html .

  8. Dictionary.com definition of apparent: “according to appearances, initial evidence, incomplete results, etc.; ostensible rather than actual” • The Pope suggests that anything that seems like a contradiction between faith and science is truly a case of misinformation or misunderstanding Contradictions?

  9. The solutions he speaks of are either: • refining a scientific explanation • reexamining scripture in light of current findings • delving into theology to explain the lack of contradiction adequately “Solutions”

  10. The Church’s doctrine is TRUTH • Anything that appears to contradict it is either incorrect or is interpreted incorrectly “Truth cannot contradict Truth”

  11. While never OPPOSED, they do not study the world through the same lens or with the same goal • Science studies the MATERIAL world • Theology sees the material world, but in light of the immaterial world Theology vs. Science

  12. Theology vs. Science

  13. “The gaze of science thus benefits from faith: faith encourages the scientist to remain constantly open to reality in all its inexhaustible richness. Faith awakens the critical sense by preventing research from being satisfied with its own formulae and helps it to realize that nature is always greater…” Pope Francis Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei: Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis

  14. Remember that faith and reason are TWO WINGS, so we don’t “switch” between the two— • We can (must) be SIMULTANEOUSLY faithful and reasonable! • It is about a worldview—seeing the world as ONE Truth—a multifaceted truth, but one Truth Remember!

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