Theology o Presented “5 proofs of God’s

“theos”- God existence

“Logos”- discourse / explanation o Before there were agnostics
(atheist)
Misconceptions:
- Contemporary experiences = not important - Faith- Human response to the divine
in understanding the faith action by way of assent or affirmation of
- Only meant for priest & professors the mind to the revealed truths = believe
- Western in expression & thought (thought
processes of different cultures is different) - Truth= what is real and what is in one’s
Purpose mind by way of concepts (identical with
- “Fides Quarenes Intellectum” – St. reality)
Anselem (faith seeking understanding)
- Lk 1: 26-28 (Mary’s experience about to o Absolute (unchangeable)- not
receive the truth of being the mother of God) bound by culture and history
- To understand faith in the context of one’s
culture - Logical conclusion:
- To make sense of a western formulation o Ecumenism & Inter-religious
based on our daily experience Dialouges
Neo-Scholastic Catholicism 1. Presentation of Doctrine
- 1. Interpretation of faith developed initially 2. Proof Supporting doctrine
in universities 3. Speculate elaboration of the doctrine
- “schola” – University 4. Practical application
- Proponent – Pope Albert The Great
(Dominican) – Doctors of the faith

- 2. Wanted to meet the challenges of

rationalistic philosophy and the protestant
manner of perceiving faith

- 3. To make sense Catholicism vis-à-vis

with the development of empirical sciences.

- Central Theme:

o Rationalistic description of
the relationship between God
and human beings.

o Making faith more intelligible

using reason (Capacity)

- Rationalistic Description
o “revelation and faith”
o God revealing himself –
supernatural truths

- St. Thomas Aquinas