Title: Faith, reason and theology
Subtitle: Questions I-IV of his Commentary on the De Trinitate of Boethius
Description: The topics here are of vital interest to the Christian philosopher and theologian. Question 1 treats of the possibility of our knowing God, and the human limitations of this knowledge. Question 2 concerns theology as a science which reaches out to God by faith in his revealed word and uses philosophical reasoning to throw light on the contents of revelation. In Question 3 Aquinas takes up the nature of faith, showing its relation to religion and its necessity for the welfare of the human race. He argues for the catholicity or universality of the Christian faith and defends the orthodox teaching of the Trinity of Persons in the one God. Question 4 turns to a set of philosophical problems occasioned by Boethius' treatise on the Trinity: the factors that cause a plurality in general, specials and individuals. In this connection Aquinas makes one of his most controversial statements of the principle of individuation.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Trinity, Philosophy, medieval, Thomas, aquinas, saint, 1225?-1274, Theology, doctrinal, Doctrinal Theology, Trinité, Ouvrages avant 1800, Théologie dogmatique, Gotteserkenntnis, Filosofia medieval, Filosofia cristã, Filosofia escolástica, Teologia, Santíssima trindade, Razão, Theology, Christian philosophers, De Trinitate (Boethius), Expositio super librum Boethii De Trinitate (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint), History, Boethius , -524, Thomas , 1225?-1274, Classification of sciences, Trinity--early works to 1800, Theology, doctrinal--early works to 1800, Bt110.b65 t53 1987, 231/.044, Pluralism
People: Boethius (d.524)