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Fides quaerens intellectum
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Fides quaerens intellectum, means "faith seeking understanding" or "faith seeking intelligence", is a Latin sentence by Anselm of Canterbury, which had been the first title for his Proslogion (I).[1] It articulates the close relationship between faith and human reason.
Anselm states: "Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam"[2] ("I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand").
The sentence represents the theological method stressed by Augustine (354–430) and Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109), in which one begins with faith in God and on the basis of that faith moves on to further understanding of Christian truth[3] or faith: intellectus fidei.[4]
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