Christians have access to
the truths of common culture the same way as do non-Christians, through common grace.
Not exact matches
But in the face
of a society marked by unbelieving ideologies and the
culture of death, we deem it all the more important to affirm together those foundational
truths of historic Christian orthodoxy that we do hold in
common.
The pragmatists correctly noted that the
truth of interpretations is relative to
common culture, shared goals, and mutually critical communication.
Moreover, the premises
of freedom within the scientific tradition imply wider freedoms; a
culture which believes in the universality
of truth and shares a
common dedication to it will encourage freedom
of discussion, rather than the settlement
of arguments by force.
The fourth century each new generation
of Europeans and Americans is brought up on «a crucial role
of science and mentality incognition
of «a natural order», on «need
of distribution
of knowledge and
culture» and on a number other
common truths of the Age
of Enlightenment.