Scholastic Theology

Scholastic Theology is an intellectual way of approaching God, developed in the Western church, and further developed in the Roman Catholic Church. It is a contrast to hesychasm.

"Scholastic theology tried to understand logically the Revelation of God and conform to philosophical methodology. Characteristic of such an approach is the saying of Anselm: 'I believe so as to understand.' "

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See also

• Augustine of Hippo
• Barlaam of Calabria
• Thomas Aquinas

External links

• The Difference Between Orthodox Spirituality and Other Traditions by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos
• Scholasticism at Wikipedia
• Anselm of Canterbury at Wikipedia
  • Cur Deus homo: to which is added a selection from his letters (1909) by Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109
  • Anselm's theory of the atonement (1909) by Foley, George Cadwalader, 1851-1935
• A Brief History of Medieval Western Scholastic Theology and How It Crept into the Orthodox Church (PDF, Arabic)
• Salvation between Scholasticism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy (PDF, Arabic)
• The Aim of Scholastic Theology and Its Results from Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE)
• Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) takes a position against Scholasticism
• Scholasticism from the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Atonement Between the Eastern and Western Traditions, by Dr Hany Mina Mikhail, Reader in the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge University (Nov 1999) (Zipped Word documents, English)
• Divine Justice -- Dr Hany Mina Mikhail (YouTube Video - English)