Systematic Index

Human reason is not immune from all error 1618; wherefore it is not to be relied upon very much 1679; it is not autonomous, but subject to uncreated truth 1789, 1810; it is not the sole norm by which truths (necessary for salvation) are known 1616 f., 1619 ff., 1634 f., 1636, 1639, 1703 f., 1786, 1793, 1808; nor is it to be made equal to religion 1642, 1708.

Man does not have an unmodified freedom of feeling, speaking, writing 1613 f., 1666 ff., 1674, 1679, 1690, 1779, 1877, but limited 1932.

THE MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REASON AND REVELATION

I e Revelation and reason cannot contradict one another 738, 1634 f., 1649, 1797 ff., 1878, 1947, 2023 f., 2109, 2146, nor is faith opposed to human reason 1635, 1706.

Reason explains, guards, and defends revealed truths 1635, 1652, 1799.

Revelation, on the other hand, frees reason from errors, enlightens, and strengthens it 195, 1616, 1635, 1642 ff., 1786, 1799, 1807, 3005; fosters the rectitude and purity of natural knowledge 1786; is the infallible director of philosophy 1656, 1681, and its negative norm 1681, 1714; not only the philosopher but philosophy itself is under the teaching authority of faith 1674 ff., 1682 f., 1710, 1714, 2073, 2085 f., and ought to be ancillary to theology 442 f., 1656, 1710, 2087, 2120; hence errors of reason are rightly and beneficially proscribed by the Church 1674 ff., 1711, 1798, 1817, 2093; whose judgment is to be followed even with regard to things not yet expressly defined 1683 f., 1712, 1722, 1820, 2008, 2113 f., 3013, C1324.

Theology is to be treated otherwise than natural science 442 f., 1642, 1656, 1666 f., 1670 ff., 1681, 1708, 1795, 1808, 2104; the method and principles of scholastic theology are not to be rejected 1657, 1680, 1713, 3008; all speculation concerning revealed truths should be founded upon the teaching of the Church and the Fathers 320, 323, 325, 1616 f., 1619 ff., 1657, 2086, 2120, 3012 f., and even a reasonable form in words is to be retained and the commonly received terminology is to be preserved 320, 442 f., 1658, 1800, 3009 ff.

THE SOURCES OF REVELATION

The written source of revelation is the canonical books of both Testaments 32, 84, 92, 162, 245, 706 f., 783 f., 1787, 1809, 2001 ff., 2116 ff., C1323 sec. 1, of which the authentic version is had in the Vulgate 785, 1787, 2292.

These complete books with all their parts are to be received as sacred and canonical 784, 1787, and to be faithfully guarded 2198, as from God, who is the author of both Testaments 28, 348, 421, 464, 706 f., 783, 1787, 1952, 2009 ff., or from the Holy Ghost speaking 1951; inspired 706 (the nature of inspiration: 1952, 2009 f.) and as such handed down to the Church 783 f., 1787, 1809, 2010 f., 2061, 2090, 2100, 2102, 2115, 2179 f.; and to be judged and interpreted according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers and the sense of the Church 786, 995, 1788, 1944, according to sound principles 1946 ff., 2012 ff., 2061, 2146, 2186 ff., 2293, 3002, 3016, 3029 f., in particular the books which are considered historical 1979 f., 2013 ff., 2186 f., 2294; Pentateuch 1997 ff., and its early chapters 2121 f., 3002; the Book of Isaias 2115 ff.; Book of Psalms 2129 ff.; the Gospels according to Matthew 2148 f., 2164 ff., Mark, and Luke 2155 ff., 2164 ff., John 2110 ff.; Acts of the Apostles 2166 ff.; pastoral epistles of St. Paul 2171 ff.; Epistle to the Hebrews 2176 ff.

True inerrancy belongs to Sacred Scripture 494, 570 f., 783, 1707, 1787, 2011 ff., 2102, 2179 ff., 2186 ff., 3015.

The reading of Sacred Scripture is not necessary for all 1429, 1567; nor fitting