The question is about this quote: In different ways faith supports reason and reason help faith. On matters which belong to both reason and faith, faith provides a greater certitude. On matters strictly of faith, reason provides some understanding, however remote and inadequate of the mysteries of religion. “The use of human reason in religion,” Bacon writes, “is of two sorts: the former in the conception and apprehension of the mysteries of God to us revealed; the other, in the inferring and deriving we see God vouch safeth to descend to our capacity, in the expressing of his mysteries in sort as may be sensible unto us; and doth grift his revelations and holy doctrine upon the notions of our reason and applieth his inspiration to open our understanding, as the form of the key to the ward of the lock. For the latter, there is allowed us an use of reason and argument, secondary and respective, although not original and absolute."
2006-09-27 14:11:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People like to make a simple answer complicated. It really simple no vague stories or quotes just the plain simple Truth and the facts, read this; http://www.godisimaginary.com/
2006-09-27 14:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perfect Reasoning comes through The Faith of God in Christ. What is Perfectly Reasonable to God might appear to be foolishness to men. There is a big chasm of difference between the faith of men and Faith which is of God. the faith of men is closely paralleled to wishful thinking and depends on outside circumstances, That which is of God as far as He is Concerned is already and has already BEEN TRUE in Eternity.
2015-03-02 00:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by Steve S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ says I am the way the truth and the life and the only way to the father is through him john 14-6 so you see human opinions do not matter the only thing that matters is what the word of God says,because God is truth and his word is truth so that should let us all know if it ain't the truth it is a lie,because the relationship that I have with my heavenly father is very important to me,because I believe and I am still standing because of a faithful God in heaven.
2006-09-27 14:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by donangelo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this sound like hokus pokus to me, what is your source, who is the author? faith does not need reason, faith is the evidence of things hoped for, and sometimes the things hoped for are beyond reason. yet faith brings them to pass. not really sure what you are asking. nor can I grasp the need for the above rantings. I take it on faith that God will reveal to me all that needs to be revealed, and I can trust in that without the need for reason, I believe this is called faith.
2006-09-27 14:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You use Faith to change things (through the Spiritual Realm) in the Natural Realm. And you have to be Reasonable about it.
2006-09-27 14:19:01 · answer #5 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you believe the sun will be up tomorrow.Is that rational since tomorrow has never existed?
2006-09-27 14:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋