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=== Chapter 1 More than a Feeling: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for Dunking === | === Chapter 1 More than a Feeling: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for Dunking === | ||
=== Chapter 2 Ours to Reason Why: On Seeing, Believing, and Flying === | === Chapter 2 Ours to Reason Why: On Seeing, Believing, and Flying === | ||
* "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth" [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_15101998_fides-et-ratio_en.html Fides et ratio ]John Paul II, (recommended) When any winged creature tries to fly on just one wing, it falls to the ground. | |||
* "Reason must always proceed from a set of unprovable first principals. This faith is, for the most part, tacit, unacknowledged, or taken for granted; but is faith nonetheless" (St. Augustine). | |||
==== Four Givens ==== | |||
i.e four propositions that are universally accepted as true, and are practically undeniable. | |||
* "Logic is simply a reflection of how the mind structures its thought, which is itself a reflection of the very structure of reality". | |||
* "Logic is an instrument of reason. It is not, as some would have us believe, merely a set of rules for self consistency. | |||
* If you want to ''demonstrate'' logic's inadequacy, you must make your demonstration in a logical way. | |||
# '''The principle of non-contradiction''' i.e something can not both A and ''not'' A at the same time and in the same way. | |||
=== Chapter 3 Natural Reasons: On the Persuasive Power of the Universe === | === Chapter 3 Natural Reasons: On the Persuasive Power of the Universe === | ||
=== Chapter 4 Right and Wrong: On Doing and Denial === | === Chapter 4 Right and Wrong: On Doing and Denial === | ||
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Title: Reasons to Believe
Author: Scott Hahn
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Content
Part One Natural Resources
Chapter 1 More than a Feeling: On the Love of Learning and the Desire for Dunking
Chapter 2 Ours to Reason Why: On Seeing, Believing, and Flying
- "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth" Fides et ratio John Paul II, (recommended) When any winged creature tries to fly on just one wing, it falls to the ground.
- "Reason must always proceed from a set of unprovable first principals. This faith is, for the most part, tacit, unacknowledged, or taken for granted; but is faith nonetheless" (St. Augustine).
Four Givens
i.e four propositions that are universally accepted as true, and are practically undeniable.
- "Logic is simply a reflection of how the mind structures its thought, which is itself a reflection of the very structure of reality".
- "Logic is an instrument of reason. It is not, as some would have us believe, merely a set of rules for self consistency.
- If you want to demonstrate logic's inadequacy, you must make your demonstration in a logical way.
- The principle of non-contradiction i.e something can not both A and not A at the same time and in the same way.
Chapter 3 Natural Reasons: On the Persuasive Power of the Universe
Chapter 4 Right and Wrong: On Doing and Denial
Chapter 5 The Limits of Reason: On the Testimony of Miracles and Prophecy
Part Two Biblical Reasons
Chapter 6 Bible Stead: On the Church as One Foundation
Chapter 7 Saints Alive: On Love and the Limits of Human Fellowship
Chapter 8 A Mass of Evidence: On the Eucharist and the Purifying Fire of Sacrifice
Chapter 9 Peace of the Rock: On the Papal Office and Its Paper Trail
Chapter 10 Reasons of the Kingdom: On Answering with Your Life
Part Three Royal Reasons
Chapter 11 Created for the Kingdom
- Adam is made in God's "image and likeness" which suggests a father-son relationship and a delegation of royal responsibilities. (see psalm 8:4-6)
- The hebrew word for a covenant oath is sheva which means seven. To swear is, literally, to "seven oneself." Covenant, then is the meaning f God's Sabbath rest. God is creating a covenant bond. - that is a family bond with the cosmos Adam was to rule over the world as son of God
- In giving the world to Adan, God gave the human race a kingdom to rule as His vicars. By their pride and disobedience, however, Adam and Eve forfeited their privileged status.
- The section "The Comeback Trail" recounts numerous breaking and reestablishing of the covenant throughout the OT.
- ... Melchizedek, king of Salem (Gen 14:18), who blesses Abraham as he offers a sacrifice of bread and wine to God. (Salem will later be renamed Jeru-salem and identified with Mount Zion; see Ps 76:2)
- In the promised land, Israel remained a people set apart. A nation unlike any other, they were governed not by human laws, but by God Himself through His prophets.
- God first gathered into one kingdom all the sons of Abraham, so that he might eventually gather all the sons of Ada.
Chapter 12 The Fleeting and Future Kingdom: The Difference David Made
Chapter 13 The Kingdom Come: On Christ the King, the Son of David
Chapter 14 When the Reign Comes: The Church is the Kingdom
Chapter 15 The Catholic Lifetime Readings Plan: An Apologetic Exhortation
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LC control no.: 2007007526 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2007007526 Type of material: Entry Not Found Personal name: Hahn, Scott. Main title: Reasons to believe : how to understand, explain, and defend the Catholic faith / Scott Hahn. Published/Created: New York : Doubleday, c2007. Description: x, 227p. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 9780385509350 (alk. paper) Contents: Natural resources -- Biblical reasons -- Royal reasons. Subjects: Catholic Church --Apologetic works. Catholic Church --Doctrines. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-227). LC classification: BX1752 .H23 2007 Dewey class no.: 230/.2 Electronic file info: Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007526.html Links: Table of contents only CALL NUMBER: BX1752 .H23 2007