Question

Breifly explain the roles of reason, faith, and tradition in Aquinas approach to answering theological questions

Answer 1

Aquinas is known for his theologic writing. He has explained mostly about christianity and wrote Thealogy. In his theological writings it is evident to find out the things of reason, faith and tradition.

REASON :

In this theology aquinas discussed about REASON which strengthens the presence of god. He said teachings on very sacred preachings on god, his existence in nature, developing trust on god. He will tell that with reason god has created humans on earth to fulfill gods desire in doing good things. He focused teaching on christianity by revealing secrets of god and why it is important to believe in god.

FAITH :

Aquinas demonstrate faith in terms of keeping hope on god. by doing of good things in life we have to keep faith on god that something good to be happened, In other words he will tell that if we are keeping faith on god either in good or bad things, our waiting will not be wasted, because god is seeing all the good and bad of ours.Hope for the best by continuous keeping faith on god,believing on god, existence in god will make a person convert into a sacred person.

TRADITION :

He said following christianity, keeping gods pathway in a good way will bring good luck in ones life. Following those traditions we are inviting god to take care of us, protect our health and family members from bad. As aquinas explain about these theologies his approaches are different from other theories.