Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology · §55 · Robert Baron

Whether theology is a speculative or a practical discipline

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Article XXVIII. Whether theology is a speculative or a practical discipline.

1. Opinions vary: merely speculative, merely practical, or mixed.

2. Wayfarers' theology is principally practical — its ultimate end is not bare contemplation but enjoyment of God through faith, hope, charity, and obedience — though it contains much that is speculative.

3. Homeland theology is more speculative or contemplative, ending in God's vision. Even in the way, theology does not shut out speculation; it orders it to the practice of piety.

Latin

ART. XXVIII. Utrum Theologia sit disciplina speculativa, an practica. 1. In hac controversia variae sunt Philosophorum & Theologorum sententiae. Alii Theologiam mere speculativam; alii mere practicam; alii mixtam faciunt. 2. Nos: Theologia viatorum est principaliter practica, quia finis ejus ultimus non est nuda contemplatio, sed fruitio DEI per fidem, spem, charitatem, & obedientiam — etsi multa in ea speculativa continentur. 3. Theologia patriae est magis speculativa seu contemplativa, quia in visione DEI terminatur. Attamen etiam in via Theologia non excludit speculationem; sed ordinat eam ad praxim pietatis.

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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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