Sentences with phrase «on faith seeking understanding»

Since their commitments are not in fact based on faith seeking understanding, the understanding that emerges from faith is of little interest to them.

Not exact matches

Secondly, there is the discernment to be made between critical reason - based methods tending towards secular reasoning that marginalises faith and an approach based on «faith seeking understanding».

I remember that a long time ago I wrote on the evolution of my thought under the title Faith Seeking Understanding and Responsibility, which was not published; and later I published a book on my Ideological Quest within the Christian Commitment.

This is the issue: liberation theology seeks to understand why the actual decisions about the course of history are made on grounds other than Christ - centered faith and tries to connect the faith with the actual course of history.

What has disappeared is the serious activity of faith seeking understanding or self - consciously Christian reflection on important issues.

we seek knowledge... we seek things beyond immortality... we want to see the world with the eyes of god... to be a true christian is to embark on a journey of compassion, forgiveness, love, and understanding... those are the values of our faith

Other groups were the Scotists using the works of the philosopher Duns Scotus, championed by the Franciscans; the Thomists using the texts of Thomas Aquinas, championed by the Dominicans — Aquinas had worked philosophy and religion into a great single Summa, transposing Aristotle into the context of Christian theology under the influence of Augustine and Bernard, in which fides quaerens intellectum, faith seeking understanding, was integrated organically with philosophy; finally there was also a via antiqua, the ancient way, which was centred on Plato, but was also used to describe the Thomists.

This, I believe, is an accurate representation of what Anselm intended by his meditation on the grounds of faith seeking understanding, and Hartshorne's account clearly expresses the situation of the believer in relation to the two opponents.

I understand why people think it's more difficult to assess someone's faith and beliefs on Match, but I feel it's the same there as it is anywhere (including eharmony): when someone loves the Lord and is seeking the same in a partner, they're going to talk about it.

Six years ago, the Modesto school system sought to foster understanding among students of those different faiths through an unusual step: a mandatory course on world religions.