tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post1436840483202591312..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Thomism and Freedom in TheologyLee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-19636752948416304152010-01-27T21:05:59.801-05:002010-01-27T21:05:59.801-05:00X,
I just followed your profile to your blog and ...X,<br /><br />I just followed your profile to your blog and read your post "8 rules for grand narratives", so I see you agree with me!Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-53804053816376553782010-01-27T20:59:49.547-05:002010-01-27T20:59:49.547-05:00X,
that's what Ockham is for!X, <br /><br />that's what Ockham is for!Michael Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191322302191384384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-34318294703831646712010-01-27T20:57:57.736-05:002010-01-27T20:57:57.736-05:00But if St. Thomas and Bl. John are so close, how a...But if St. Thomas and Bl. John are so close, how are we going to uphold all of the intellectual and cultural narratives in which Aquinas is the hero and Scotus the single greatest enemy of all that is right in the world? We need a villain, don't we!?!?!?<br /><br />;)<br /><br />Pax Christi,X-Cathedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375891103469974428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-41096430052800345862010-01-25T23:33:26.160-05:002010-01-25T23:33:26.160-05:00I think one can go even farther and say that the h...I think one can go even farther and say that the health of philosophy under the guidance of theology depends crucially on cultivating these sorts of disagreements, each reasoning out the disagreement to the best of their ability, because it is through such disagreement, properly guided by Church doctrine, that philosophy becomes better suited to theology. That is how Thomism and Scotism themselves developed so as to become as excellently conformed as they are, and there is still infinite room for further refinement along both lines, because the Christian mysteries are precisely mysteries, and therefore inexhaustible.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com