Speaking of God, Discerning the Limits of Philosophy - 2022 National Convivium
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Luther's Distinction Between Reason and Nature
I struggle some with exactly how Luther is a funny reason and Luther throws term around sometimes like if he is strictly talking about what can be known through natural revelation. So I mean it seems I will say in the Galatians commentary reason associates both the law and reason with light. He's kind of actually taking Dionysius so the reading that I provided of pseudo Dionysius Dionysius says that what's necessary is you leave the light behind and you enter the dimness of fate. And Luther has an early admiration for Dionysius then he kind of sours on him pretty quickly once he sort of begins his career as a reformer.
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