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2001    3,  29     |                 ultimate questions. The thirst for truth is so rooted in
2002    6,  69     |              allowing as it does a more thorough knowledge of the subject
2003    2,  23     |     relationship to philosophy requires thorough-going discernment. In the New
2004    6,  65     |                often adopt concepts and thought-forms drawn from a particular
2005    6,  77     |               locking themselves within thought-structures poorly adapted to the understanding
2006    5,  49     |    controversial philosophical opinions threaten right understanding of what
2007    7,  91     |            century, one of our greatest threats is the temptation to despair.~
2008    5,  55     |            which means that none of the three can survive without the
2009  Int,   6     |              this theme so that, on the threshold of the third millennium
2010    5,  63     |                 the intimate bond which ties theological work to the
2011    1,  10     |          invisible God (cf. Col 1:15; 1 Tim 1:17), out of the abundance
2012  Int,   1     |                 and in the preaching of Tirthankara and Buddha; they appear
2013    6,  77     |                 ancilla theologiae. The title was not intended to indicate
2014    7,  99     |                saves (cf. .Acts 4:12; 1 Tm 2:4-6).~In this respect,
2015    4,  48     |               superstition. By the same token, reason which is unrelated
2016    4,  40     |              the least misleading to be told by the Church to believe
2017    5,  52(57) |                          Cf. Council of Toledo I, DS 205; Council of Braga
2018    4,  43(45) |                 2: “cum enim gratia non tollat naturam sed perficiat”.~
2019    6,  71     |                 them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God” (
2020    4,  46     |              social plane, gave rise to totalitarian systems which have been
2021    5,  51     |       legitimately claim to embrace the totality of truth, nor to be the
2022    1,  13(15) |                  Since human beings are totally dependent on God as their
2023    4,  38     |               prime implication of this touched the theme of truth. The
2024  Int,   1     |              both East and West, we may trace a journey which has led
2025    4,  37     |                                  37. In tracing Christianity's adoption
2026    5,  52     |                  fideism 59 and radical traditionalism,60 for their distrust of
2027    5,  52(60) |             Index, Decree Theses contra Traditionalismum Augustini Bonnetty (11 June
2028    5,  56     |               meaning of life which has traditionally been the goal of philosophy.
2029  Int,   1     |              poetry of Homer and in the tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles,
2030    7,  80     |          problem of moral evil—the most tragic of evil's forms—is also
2031    7,  86     |           search for truth and does not train reason—whether theological
2032    4,  42     |                 role of philosophically trained reason becomes even more
2033 Conc, 105     |             provide for the appropriate training of those charged with teaching
2034    5,  61     |                 will allow the positive traits of popular wisdom to emerge
2035    4,  46     |               sought in various ways to transform faith and its contents,
2036    6,  77     |              shows as well the profound transformations which philosophy itself
2037    6,  70     |               see how the Gentiles were transformed once they had embraced the
2038    3,  31     |                that, after this time of transition, these truths are “recovered”
2039    7,  94     |         theologian interprets primarily transmit a meaning which needs to
2040    6,  72     |                for the most part orally transmitted.~
2041    3,  28     |                course, is not always so transparent nor does it always produce
2042    7,  91     |    technological phenomena. It was then transposed into the philosophical field,
2043    4,  41     |                their work simply to the transposition of the truths of faith into
2044 Conc, 108(132)|                    He noera tes pisteos trapeza”: Pseudo-Epiphanius, Homily
2045  Int,   3     |               which, as a true cultural treasure, tends to find voice and
2046    3,  24     |             which the Church has always treasured: in the far reaches of the
2047 Conc, 108     |           giving birth to the Truth and treasuring it in her heart, has shared
2048    2,  16     |                 of Israel, but also the treasury of cultures and civilizations
2049    5,  54     |           because diseases are properly treated only if rightly diagnosed
2050    2,  22     |               of which there stood “the tree of knowledge of good and
2051    1,   8     |               set out by the Council of Trent, the Second Vatican Council'
2052    6,  74     |         Medieval Doctors with the great triad of Saint Anselm, Saint Bonaventure
2053 Conc, 108     |             September, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, in the year
2054    7,  91     |             which viewed history as the triumphant progress of reason, the
2055    7,  88     |                progress. The undeniable triumphs of scientific research and
2056    4,  38(32) |                           Dialogue with Trypho, 8, 1: PG 6, 492.~
2057    5,  52(61) |                  Pius IX, Brief Eximiam Tuam (15 June 1857), DS 2828-
2058    3,  25     |            values is to be found not by turning in on oneself but by opening
2059    6,  73     |               as if, moving between the twin poles of God's word and
2060    5,  60     |              Adam, the first man, was a type of him who was to come,
2061    6,  76     |            reason from presumption, the typical temptation of the philosopher.
2062    6,  69     |                 mean the rejection of a typically philosophical and critical
2063    3,  33     |                 search looks towards an ulterior truth which would explain
2064    5,  53     |             need for rational and hence ultimately philosophical knowledge
2065    7,  86     |         therefore run the risk of being unable to distinguish the part
2066    6,  76     |               been discovered by reason unaided, although they are not of
2067    7,  98     |                a careful enquiry rooted unambiguously in the word of God. In order
2068    2,  17     |                to every question as yet unanswered.~
2069    7,  99     |               living which is otherwise unattainable, since what is communicated
2070    7,  95     |          universality of truth with the unavoidable historical and cultural
2071    3,  28     |                 be grounded upon doubt, uncertainty or deceit; such an existence
2072    7,  92     |        completely; and this certain and unchangeable doctrine, always to be faithfully
2073    4,  48     |                of the imaginary and the unconscious, of personhood and intersubjectivity,
2074    4,  38     |         Christians were “illiterate and uncouth”31—is unfounded and untrue.
2075    5,  54     |           re-emphasize the danger of an uncritical adoption by some liberation
2076    5,  55     |                 themselves to be swayed uncritically by assertions which have
2077    4,  44(48) |                 per infusionem habetur, unde inter septem dona Spiritus
2078    5,  55     |                Moreover, one should not underestimate the danger inherent in seeking
2079 Conc, 104     |                   will provide a potent underpinning for the true and planetary
2080    5,  55     |                 their own philosophical underpinnings, which need to be carefully
2081    7,  98     |             Throughout the Encyclical I underscored clearly the fundamental
2082    4,  42     |         contents of faith. Saint Anselm underscores the fact that the intellect
2083    7,  87     |      theological discourse relevant and understandable to our time, some theologians
2084      |                    Wisdom knows all and understands all” (Wis 9:11)~
2085    4,  43     |                of the dialogue which he undertook with the Arab and Jewish
2086    4,  39     |               once adopted by theology, underwent profound changes, especially
2087  Int,   5     |             positions has yielded to an undifferentiated pluralism, based upon the
2088 Conc, 101     |        Revelation; and this has been an undoubted boon for philosophy which
2089    6,  76     |                equality and freedom has undoubtedly influenced modern philosophical
2090    6,  71     |                 rest of creation: their unfailing openness to mystery and
2091  Int,   1     |               It is a journey which has unfolded—as it must—within the horizon
2092    4,  47     |               too soon, and often in an unforeseeable way, what this manifold
2093    4,  38     |            illiterate and uncouth”31—is unfounded and untrue. Their initial
2094    2,  16     |                 to its end, quickly and unhindered, only if with a rightly
2095    7,  81     |                and women and provides a unifying explanation of all that
2096    7,  90(106)|              freedom, every superficial unilateral freedom, every freedom that
2097    6,  77     |                 autonomy, which remains unimpaired when theology calls upon
2098    5,  55     |              Embracing this deposit and united with their pastors, the
2099               | unless
2100               | unlike
2101    4,  43     |               Gospel, thus avoiding the unnatural tendency to negate the world
2102    1,  13     |               Just as Jesus Christ went unrecognized among men, so does his truth
2103  Int,   4     |                 albeit in a general and unreflective way. Precisely because it
2104    4,  48     |             same token, reason which is unrelated to an adult faith is not
2105    4,  44     |                of the truth”.52 Looking unreservedly to truth, the realism of
2106    4,  38     |       satisfying answer to the hitherto unresolved question of life's meaning
2107    3,  26     |                of our death. Given this unsettling fact, the search for a full
2108 Conc, 103     |              evangelization. 125 I have unstintingly recalled the pressing need
2109    3,  33     |              discovery which is humanly unstoppable—a search for the truth and
2110    7,  83     |          metaphysics would be radically unsuited to the task of mediation
2111    6,  70     |              creates unity in a new and unsurpassed way through our sharing
2112    6,  73     |                reason discovers new and unsuspected horizons.~
2113 Conc, 105     |                 without humility, study unsustained by divine grace, thought
2114    7,  95     |       historicism, I noted earlier, are untenable; but the use of a hermeneutic
2115    4,  48     |          insistent appeal—not, I trust, untimely—that faith and philosophy
2116    6,  75     |                 later in regions as yet untouched by the Gospel. We see here
2117    4,  38     |             uncouth”31—is unfounded and untrue. Their initial disinterest
2118    5,  52(57) |                4/4, Rome 1747, 176-179; Urban VIII, Inscrutabilis Iudiciorum (
2119 Conc, 106     |                 which humanity needs so urgently at this particular time.
2120    1,  13     |            interpersonal communication, urges reason to be open to it
2121               | using
2122    4,  47     |                 or a pragmatic sense of utility. This in turn has obscured
2123    1,   7     |            nature”.5 This initiative is utterly gratuitous, moving from
2124    2,  20     |                in this light, reason is valued without being overvalued.
2125    2,  16     |           civilizations which have long vanished. As if by special design,
2126    7,  93     |              give her growth. From this vantage-point, the prime commitment of
2127    1,  11     |             speaking in many places and varied ways through the prophets,
2128  Int,   4     |                a single term conceals a variety of meanings. Hence the need
2129    2,  17     |               your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I
2130    7,  96(112)|              October 1989): Enchiridion Vaticanum 11, 2717-2811.~
2131  Int,   1     |               of Israel, as also in the Veda and the Avesta; we find
2132    6,  78     |              without ever demeaning the venture proper to reason.~
2133    1,  15(21) |                                      De Vera Religione, XXXIX, 72: CCL
2134    3,  29     |               search of the logical and verifiable explanation of a phenomenon,
2135    3,  31     |             acquired by way of personal verification. Who, for instance, could
2136    1,  15     |                interiore homine habitat veritas).21~These considerations
2137    4,  44     |               of the Holy Spirit” (omne verum a quocumque dicatur a Spiritu
2138    4,  42     |            which I was conceived (Ad te videndum factus sum; et nondum feci
2139    7,  81     |                 array of theories which vie to give an answer, and the
2140    5,  52(58) |               Cf. Ecumenical Council of Vienne, Decree Fidei Catholicae,
2141    7,  97     |                dynamic philosophy which views reality in its ontological,
2142    5,  52     |                Church was obliged to be vigilant lest these philosophies
2143    5,  54(71) |                Nuntius (6 August 1984), VII-X: AAS 76 (1984), 890-903.~
2144    7,  83     |               and the empirical, and to vindicate the human being's capacity
2145    4,  38     |              protective wall around the vineyard”.37~
2146    3,  32     |             them. Neither suffering nor violent death could ever lead them
2147    5,  60     |            Gaudium et Spes amounts to a virtual compendium of the biblical
2148    3,  25     |               things really are. Within visible creation, man is the only
2149    6,  71     |                belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and
2150 Conc, 101     |             which has thus glimpsed new vistas of further meanings which
2151    7,  89(105)|            Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae (25 March 1995), 69: AAS
2152    2,  22     |             This is the human condition vividly described by the Book of
2153    7,  92(109)|            Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivificantem, commenting on Jn 16:12-
2154    5,  60(84) |               Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis (25 March 1992), 52: AAS
2155    2,  16     |               if by special design, the voices of Egypt and Mesopotamia
2156  Int,   5     |                that reason, rather than voicing the human orientation towards
2157 Conc, 105(128)|            Opera Omnia, Florence, 1891, vol. V, 296.~
2158    7,  89     |            admissible is decided by the vote of a parliamentary majority. 105
2159    4,  38     |              those who betray truth and wage war upon it, Greek philosophy
2160    2,  16     |               like a hunter and lies in wait on her paths. He peers through
2161    4,  47     |              against himself”.53~In the wake of these cultural shifts,
2162    7,  92     |            together towards full truth, walking those paths known only to
2163    1,  15     |           theologian Augustine: “Do not wander far and wide but return
2164    4,  38     |               who betray truth and wage war upon it, Greek philosophy
2165    6,  74     |                 speculative value as to warrant comparison with the masters
2166    2,  16     |        non-believer, to reach “the deep waters” of knowledge (cf. Prov
2167    2,  21     |              Book of Proverbs notes the weariness which comes from the effort
2168    3,  30     |               of philosophy needs to be weighed.~
2169  Int,   5     |             truth, has wilted under the weight of so much knowledge and
2170    1,  12     |                 man and woman who would welcome it as the word which is
2171    4,  41     |                accomplished. They fully welcomed reason which was open to
2172    6,  75     |                believer who deep within welcomes what has been revealed.~
2173    2,  23     |                 a decisive step towards welcoming something radically new: “
2174    3,  28     |               Truth can also drown in a welter of other concerns. People
2175    6,  74     |             whom I gladly mention, in a Western context, figures such as
2176               | whence
2177               | whenever
2178               | wherein
2179    1,  15     |               open to the transcendent, whilst respecting both their autonomy
2180  Int,   4     |              always be respected in its wholeness, without any instrumentalization,
2181    1,  15     |                   Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself.
2182    2,  19     |              animals and the tempers of wild beasts” (Wis 7:17, 19-20)—
2183    1,   9     |                  Jn 1:14) which God has willed to reveal in history and
2184    5,  56     |                beyond all isolation and willingly to run risks so that it
2185  Int,   5     |          orientation towards truth, has wilted under the weight of so much
2186    3,  32     |         interest, to draw agreement, to win such a hearing and to invite
2187    2,  16     |             paths. He peers through her windows and listens at her doors.
2188 Bles          |                 and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit
2189    4,  36     |                   the Apostle judged it wiser in his speech to make the
2190    1,  15     |                 with creation. To those wishing to know the truth, if they
2191    4,  48     |             then runs the grave risk of withering into myth or superstition.
2192    6,  71     |                 seen repeated the event witnessed by the pilgrims in Jerusalem
2193    1,  14     |              ever greater insistence... Woe is me, one of the poor children
2194    1,  11     |                and deeds, his signs and wonders, but especially though his
2195    2,  16     |               in the flux of events the workings of Providence. Here the
2196    6,  69     |                 to discern in different world-views and different cultures “
2197  Int,   5     |                people's lives ever more worthy. She sees in philosophy
2198    7,  80     |           material deficiency, but is a wound inflicted by the disordered
2199  Int,   6     |               is a further reason why I write these reflections. In my
2200    2,  16     |                20-27).~For the inspired writer, as we see, the desire for
2201    5,  54(67) |                                Cf. Pius XI, Encyclical Letter Divini
2202    7,  92     |           regard the words of Pope John XXIII at the opening of the Council?
2203    1,  15(21) |                      De Vera Religione, XXXIX, 72: CCL 32, 234.~
2204    1,  13(15) |                truth, we are obliged to yield through faith to God the
2205  Int,   5     |           thought have thus been built, yielding results in the different
2206    5,  61     |               of faith. The life of the young Churches in particular has
2207  Int,   6     |                can leave especially the younger generation, to whom the
2208    3,  33(28) |                human reason reaches its zenith and opens to the religious