Simply to render oneself able to understand what other Christian thinkers have themselves come to understand and to more or less felicitously communicate requires that one's mind not be a blank slate but already properly formed, disciplined, and exercised.
Gregory B. SadlerTags: theology intellect discipline tradition christian-philosophy christian-thought intellectual-life
The more rigid and exclusive one makes the border between philosophy and theology, the more that distinction itself has to fall on the side of theology, and the more inaccessible that very distinction becomes to philosophy
Gregory B. SadlerTags: philosophy religion theology borders christian-philosophy intellectual-life distinctions
The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful, willing to take and follow reason further than the putatively undogmatic unbelieving philosopher
Gregory B. SadlerTags: reason philosophy belief intellect orthodoxy dogmatism philosophy-of-religion christian-philosophy
If the attitude of many non-Catholic modern philosophers toward Catholic thought could be summarized in a single sentence, it would be: It has been tried, it has produced its definitive results, which have been found lacking, and now its time is past
Gregory B. SadlerTags: philosophy christianity catholic rejection catholic-philosophy history-of-philosophy christian-philosophy catholic-thought history-of-ideas
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