Top 30 Apologetics Books (#9): Hugo Grotius, On the Truth of the Christian Religion
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Quotable While Augustine and his followers reject the notion that reason can draw us toward faith, Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) disagrees. His faith completes reason position says that God uses reason to reveal his existence, attributes, and expectations to humanity. Although this revelation through reason is faint, partial, and susceptible to error, it can make us receptive to a higher truth that is embraced by faith and brings salvation. In this way, faith completes what begins in reason.
Top 30 Apologetics Books (#9): Hugo Grotius, On the Truth of the Christian Religion
Top 30 Apologetics Books (#9): Hugo Grotius…
Top 30 Apologetics Books (#9): Hugo Grotius, On the Truth of the Christian Religion
Quotable While Augustine and his followers reject the notion that reason can draw us toward faith, Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) disagrees. His faith completes reason position says that God uses reason to reveal his existence, attributes, and expectations to humanity. Although this revelation through reason is faint, partial, and susceptible to error, it can make us receptive to a higher truth that is embraced by faith and brings salvation. In this way, faith completes what begins in reason.