Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology · §53

That theology in the third sense — scholastic theology — is an aggregate habit from faith and the philosophical disciplines

Article XXVI. That theology in the third sense — scholastic theology — is an aggregate habit from faith and the philosophical disciplines.

1. Scholastic theology uses faith's principles together with philosophical middles — logic, metaphysics, ethics — to explain and defend conclusions.

2. So it is not a simple habit but an aggregate of faith and philosophical habits: logic for arguments, metaphysics for being and causes, ethics for the Decalogue's virtues and vices.

Latin

ART. XXVI. Probatur Theologiam tertio modo acceptam, hoc est, Theologiam Scholasticam esse habitum aggregatum ex Fide, & Philosophicis disciplinis. 1. Theologia Scholastica utitur principiis fidei & simul mediis philosophicis (logica, metaphysica, ethica) ad conclusiones explicandas & defendendas. 2. Ideo non est habitus simplex, sed aggregatum ex fide & habitibus philosophicis. Beneficio Logicae disponit argumenta; Metaphysicae explicat terminos entis & causarum; Ethicae virtutes & vitia decalogi.

About this text

Robert Baron — Philosophia theologiae ancillans from the 1658 Oxford Latin. Exercitatio Prima Art. I-XII On Being and Essence; Exercitatio Secunda Art. I-XV On the origin of the soul and the propagation of sin. Later Exercitationes / remainder of 213 pp remain.

English follows locked 1658 Oxford Latin. Prima Art. I-XII from IA PDF leaves ~15-53. Secunda Art. I-XV from PDF leaves 56-107 / printed pp.54-105 (tess+pdftotext+DjVu). No modern English copied. Exercitatio Tertia+ remain.

Catalogue & scope

Wing B887. IA bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_philosophia-theologi-an_baron-robert_1658. Exercitatio Prima Art. I-XII; Exercitatio Secunda Art. I-XV (De origine animae & propagatione peccati). Not whole Philosophia (213 pp). Exercitatio Tertia+ remain.

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