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Handout #112 |
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Reason and Faith |
| Honorius Augustodunensis is a
mysterious monk who has no connection with Autun, though his name might
suggest that he probably lived in Regensburg in the middle of the twelfth
century. He was interested in all kinds of subjects and among other works
composed an encyclopaedia of the science of his time.
There is no other authority than truth proved by reason; what authority teaches us to believe, reason confirms for us by its proofs. What the evident authority of scripture proclaims, discursive reason proves; even if all the angels had remained in heaven, man and all his posterity would nevertheless have been created. For this rid has been made for man, and by rid I understand the heaven and earth and all that is contained in the universe. Man's exile is his ignorance, his homeland is science. |
