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'''Scholastic Theology''' (also called "dogmatic theology" or "systematic 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]].
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"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 of Canterbury|Anselm]]: 'I believe so as to understand.' "<ref>[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/hierotheos_difference.aspx The Difference Between Orthodox Spirituality and Other Traditions] by Metropolitan [[Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos|Hierotheos (Vlachos)]]</ref>
 
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==Sources and external links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_theology Wikipedia - Scholastic Theology]
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==Reference==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury Anselm of Canterbury]
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** [http://www.archive.org/details/curdeushomo00anseuoft ''Cur Deus homo'' : to which is added a selection from his letters (1909) by Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109]
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** [http://www.archive.org/details/anselmstheory00foleuoft Anselm's theory of the atonement (1909) by Foley, George Cadwalader, 1851-1935]
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==See also==
* [http://www.zeitun-eg.org/Scholastic_Theology_Arabic.pdf A Brief History of Medieval Western Scholastic Theology and How It Crept into the Orthodox Church (Arabic - PDF - 145 KB)]
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*[[Augustine of Hippo]]
* [http://www.zeitun-eg.org/members_contrib/Resalah_Salvation.pdf Salvation between Scholasticism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy (Arabic - PDF - 250 KB)]
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*[[Barlaam of Calabria]]
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/hierotheos_difference.aspx The Difference Between Orthodox Spirituality and Other Traditions - by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos]
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*[[Thomas Aquinas]]
* [http://www.traditioninaction.org/ProgressivistDoc/A_018_RatzingerScholasticism.htm Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) takes a position against Scholasticism]
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==External links==
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*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/hierotheos_difference.aspx The Difference Between Orthodox Spirituality and Other Traditions] by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos
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*[[w:Scholasticism|''Scholasticism'' at Wikipedia]]
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*[[w:Anselm of Canterbury|''Anselm of Canterbury'' at Wikipedia]]
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**[http://www.archive.org/details/curdeushomo00anseuoft ''Cur Deus homo'': to which is added a selection from his letters (1909)] by Anselm, Saint, [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], 1033-1109
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**[http://www.archive.org/details/anselmstheory00foleuoft Anselm's theory of the atonement (1909)] by Foley, George Cadwalader, 1851-1935
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*[http://www.zeitun-eg.org/Scholastic_Theology_Arabic.pdf A Brief History of Medieval Western Scholastic Theology and How It Crept into the Orthodox Church] (PDF, Arabic)
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*[http://www.zeitun-eg.org/members_contrib/Resalah_Salvation.pdf Salvation between Scholasticism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy] (PDF, Arabic)
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*[http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/AG_DFE/aim_of_scholastic_theology_and_i.htm 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)
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*[http://www.traditioninaction.org/ProgressivistDoc/A_018_RatzingerScholasticism.htm Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) takes a position against Scholasticism]
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13548a.htm Scholasticism] from the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''
  
 
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Scholastic Theology (also called "dogmatic theology" or "systematic 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.' "[1]

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