Published: 2010-12-31

Structure of the theological cognition act according to J. Ratzinger/Benedict XVI

Jerzy Szymik

Abstract

The article raises a question of the process of origins underlying theological contents, that is, in other words, the individual stages of the theological cognition act. The basis of theology is philosophy, understood as a set of existential questions concerning happiness and immortality. God “touches” human hearts with His Grace, answering those questions, and this Grace is taken in faith. Whereas, theology is a “heart-seeking thought”, the heart having been moved by Divine revelation and faith itself. While developing throughout the space of thinking, theology looks for rational arguments for God’s answers given to existential questions. This is how theology gets to know reality and its epistemological acts are based on a source of the rationality of faith.

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Szymik, J. (2010). Structure of the theological cognition act according to J. Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 43(2), 263–274. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ssht/article/view/16514

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2010)
Published: 2021-01-30


ISSN: 0137-3447
eISSN: 2956-6185

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Księgarnia św. Jacka

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