Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 243

IN

Chap. V]

THE ORGANISM OF SCIENCE ?

219

the ectypal revelation (revelatio ectypa) which has been

This revelation does but in the cosmos, and never presents itself Without the least to us in any but its cosmical form. modification, therefore, of our definition of the object of

made not

hioivn,

is

the object of Theology.

lie outside of,

science. Theology, interpreted in this wa,y, certainly obtains its

proper place in the organism of science.

And

Theology

For though the assumption extends no further than this. of a cosmos implies the confession of a ground of being for

and therefore not Theology, but only the mysticism of our inner life, which involves the data by which we personally know and experience that we stand in communion with that extracosmical ground of that cosmos,

it is

not science,

being. § 55.

The Influence of Palijigenesis upon our View of

Theology and

its

Relation

to

the

Other Sciences

In the preceding sections the difference has repeatedly been shown between the conceptions which, according as you reckon with or without palingenesis, you must entertain of the task of the several faculties and their mutual relations. In this closing paragraph this difference is more definitely considered. There are two sorts of people, both of which claim to be the interpreters of our human race in its normal manifestation, and who, because thinking that their own apprehension is the scientific consciousness, cannot

abandon the pretension that the result of their scientific work alone leads to the knowledge of the object; which knowledge is indeed not adequate, but as pure as lies within our reach. The difference between these two groups can briefly be designated by the word Palingenesis, in so far as this implies, first, the abnormal character of that which has not undergone this palingenesis, and, on the other hand, the gradual growth into normality again of what exhibits itseK as fruit of this palingenesis. This accounts for the fact that he who not only stands outside of palingenesis but also rejects it as a play of the imagination, must consider everything as normal and can only view the divergenciejs

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