Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology · §53 · Robert Baron

That theology in the third sense — scholastic theology — is an aggregate habit from faith and the philosophical disciplines

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Article XXVI. That theology in the third sense — scholastic theology — is an aggregate habit from faith and the philosophical disciplines.

1. Scholastic theology uses faith's principles together with philosophical middles — logic, metaphysics, ethics — to explain and defend conclusions.

2. So it is not a simple habit but an aggregate of faith and philosophical habits: logic for arguments, metaphysics for being and causes, ethics for the Decalogue's virtues and vices.

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ART. XXVI. Probatur Theologiam tertio modo acceptam, hoc est, Theologiam Scholasticam esse habitum aggregatum ex Fide, & Philosophicis disciplinis. 1. Theologia Scholastica utitur principiis fidei & simul mediis philosophicis (logica, metaphysica, ethica) ad conclusiones explicandas & defendendas. 2. Ideo non est habitus simplex, sed aggregatum ex fide & habitibus philosophicis. Beneficio Logicae disponit argumenta; Metaphysicae explicat terminos entis & causarum; Ethicae virtutes & vitia decalogi.

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Robert Baron, Philosophia theologiae ancillans (Philosophy in Service to Theology): exercises on being and essence, on the origin of the soul and the spread of sin, and on faith, science, and opinion, rendered from the 1658 Latin.

Dateby 1621 AD (first printed at St Andrews, 1621; this text is from the corrected Oxford reprint of 1658; Reformed)

English follows 1658 Oxford Latin. Prima Art. I-XII from IA PDF leaves ~15-53. Secunda Art. I-XV from PDF leaves 56-107 / printed pp.54-105 (tess+pdftotext+DjVu). No modern English copied. The third exercise, on faith, science, and opinion, is included.

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Wing B887. IA bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_philosophia-theologi-an_baron-robert_1658. Exercitatio Prima Art. I-XII; Exercitatio Secunda Art. I-XV (De origine animae & propagatione peccati). Exercitatio Tertia Art. I-XXX is included.

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