Philosophy:Credo ut intelligam
Credo ut intelligam, alternatively spelled credo ut intellegam, is a Latin sentence of Anselm of Canterbury (Proslogion, 1). The sentence is a reference to Isaiah 7:9.[1] The sentence translates as: "I believe so that I may understand".
In Anselm's writing, it is placed in juxtaposition to its converse, intellego ut credam ("I think so that I may believe"), when he says Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam[1][2] ("I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand").[2]
The phrase credo ut intelligam is often associated with Anselm's other famous phrase fides quaerens intellectum[3][2] ("faith seeking understanding").[2]
The phrase is based on a sentence of Augustine of Hippo (crede ut intellegas,[4] lit. "believe so that you may understand")[5][2] to relate faith and reason. Augustine understood the saying to mean that a person must believe in something in order to know anything about God.[6] This sentence by Augustine is also inspired from Isaiah 7:9.[7]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anselmus Cantuariensis - Proslogion, 1" (in la). The Latin Library. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/anselmproslogion.html+%22Neque+enim+quaero+intelligere+ut+credam,+sed+Credo+ut+intelligam%22. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Folsom, Marty (2016). Face to Face. Volume Three: Sharing God's Life. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-49820761-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=hwIdDQAAQBAJ.
- ↑ "Anselmus Cantuariensis - Proslogion, Proemium" (in la). The Latin Library. https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/anselmproslogion.html. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Sermo 43, 7,9" (in la). https://www.augustinus.it/latino/discorsi/discorso_054_testo.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ↑ Hütter, Reinhard (2019). Bound for Beatitude. A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics. Washington, D.C.: CUA Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-81323181-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=wr-VDwAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Nash, Ronald H., Faith and Reason, p. 88.
- ↑ TeSelle, Eugene. "Crede ut intellegas". https://www.augustinus.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/stellen/4/228/.
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