Credo Quia Absurdum
Definition
Tertullian treats faith as both a living impulse of the heart toward God and a rational trust in God; faith precedes and makes possible knowledge, taking man beyond the limits of reason because God is outside the world and our rationality is confined to it.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Faith Preceding Knowledge
Biblical References
- Isaiah 7:10 — *The Lord again spoke to Ahaz: *
- Matthew 16:19 — *I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” *
- Galatians 2:11-14 — But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and
- Acts 8:9-24 — Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying,