Obiectio
Does reality explain itself, or must there be a first principle of being?
I · Deus et prima principia
God and First Principles
Before comparing religions, apologetics asks whether God exists and whether reason can know Him.
Ratio→Revelatio→Ecclesia→Traditio
I · Deus et prima principia
The first step prepares the mind: being, truth, order, morality and the possibility of revelation.
RatioFirst cause and being
Does reality explain itself, or must there be a first principle of being?
CosmosOrder and intelligibilityWhy is the world intelligible and ordered rather than irrational?
Lex naturalisMoral lawCan binding moral obligation be explained without God?
RevelatioFrom God to revelationIf God exists, can He speak, covenant and reveal?
Ratio
First cause and being
Responsio catholica
Natural reason can know that God exists, but deism fails to account for covenant, prophecy, Incarnation, Church and sacramental grace.
Fontes
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
Cosmos
Order and intelligibility
Obiectio
Why is the world intelligible and ordered rather than irrational?
Responsio catholica
Natural reason can know that God exists, but deism fails to account for covenant, prophecy, Incarnation, Church and sacramental grace.
Fontes
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
Lex naturalis
Moral law
Obiectio
Can binding moral obligation be explained without God?
Responsio catholica
Natural reason can know that God exists, but deism fails to account for covenant, prophecy, Incarnation, Church and sacramental grace.
Fontes
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.
Revelatio
From God to revelation
Obiectio
If God exists, can He speak, covenant and reveal?
Responsio catholica
Natural reason can know that God exists, but deism fails to account for covenant, prophecy, Incarnation, Church and sacramental grace.
Fontes
Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.