Faith: Beyond Intellect

[Crumpy]

see

chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/147832/jewish/Beyond-Intellect.htm

 

[sovegna_vos]

Interesting quote.

I was thinking about this question today when talking to someone about faith.

It seems to me that faith, the experience of belief, is neither emotion nor intellect but something of an entirely other order, a third category, ontologically seperate, even though the emotions and intellect are exercized by it.

 

[kentuckyliz]

A rather brittle hyper-Thomism in the early 20th century church almost had everyone believing that you could believe in God solely on reason.

I think we all know better now.

You could understand all the reasons and explanations and content…but there is assent of the will.

I have a rather obscure tape by Fr Benedict Groeschel where he discusses this in depth with an audience of priests and seminarians. Excellent tape. Just re-listened within the last week.