In Catholic literature I sometimes run across references to the "analogy of faith." Can you explain what this term means? Answer: The New Catholic Encyclopedia gives this definition: Originally a mathematical term, the Greek word for analogy means “proportion” and was borrowed by philosophers to...
Noun1.doctrine of analogy- the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate analogy faith,religion,religious belief- a strong belief in a supernatural...
Although Rahner maintains that "analogy, properly understood, is the basic structure of Catholic theology," some of his own theologizing---for example, on the topics of mysticism and anonymous faith---undercuts this assertion.Harvard University.Caponi, Francis Joseph....
Should we envisage Catholic and Protestant relations to be more like theBattle of the Marneor more like the “mending wall” encounter depicted by Frost in his famous poem? Of course, both scenarios involve, shall we say, different points of view, and the immediate result of both fields of ...
Who's using this analogy? TheMinnesota Catholic Conferenceexecutive director's Jason Adkins, Op-Ed columnistDavid Brooksof The New York Times andAndrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for FOX News Channel (FNC), among others. But the best moment came last night during a panel discussion on ...
Catholic TraditionContemporary PhilosophyGeneral InterestThe author was moved to write this book by reason of his deep concern over contemporary man's loss of a sense of God's reality. This situation can be partly attributed to the way in w...