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Episode 3 – The Light of Faith: Why It's Not Irrational to Believe | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 1: Why Aquinas?

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The Object of Faith Is Exactly Truth First

In response to that objection, saint thomas is clear, the object of faith is precisely truth first. We believe in god's truth, and we believe that it's god's truth. And we believe it because it's the truth, the truth that has come to us through the preaching of the gospel. What you are saying, evidentilist objector, sounds like wisdom, but for something in our hearts and many, many,. many, many, many other corroborating evidences that tell us otherwise. Those are two common objections to the rationality of faith, in addition to the evidentialist objection.

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