Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 247

;

UPON OUR VIEW OF THEOLOGY

Chap. V]

away.

And

nomena

as well as in the postulates that

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everything that relates to religion, in its pheproduce these phenomena, as a department of study, goes to the Philological faculty.

The

so-called history of religions is classed with

more appropriately with the science of countries and nations. Religion as a psychological phenomenon is

history,

relegated to the

psychological

sciences.

And

finally the

assumptions to which religion leads find their place in speculative philosophy, which here finds a point of support for its favorite monistic conclusions.

This whole matter assumes an entirely different phase, however, when palingenesis is taken as the starting-point. For then it ceases to be a problem whether there is a God

God can be obtained is certain and which corresponds to this palingenesis there is presented of itself an ohjectum sui generis^ which cannot be subserved under any of the other faculties; this imthat the knowledge of

;

in the revelation

pels the tion,

human mind

which

is

of the

to a very serious scientific investiga-

utmost importance to practical

life.

Then every

necessary claim, for the emergence of Theology as a proper de]3artment of science, is fully met; and its

right to a special faculty

who knows from

is

entirely indisputable.

personal experience that there

He

such a palingenesis, and conceives something of the important change wrought by this fact in our entire sensibility, cannot remain in the suspense of this vague impression, but feels impelled to explain

is

and to give himself an which flow from it and which are bound to affect his entire world- and life- view. And since this fact does not stand by itself in it

to his consciousness,

intelligent account of all the consequences

him, but corresponds to similar facts in the spiritual existence of others, and to analogous facts in the cosmos and in history, the demand of the human spirit is absolute, that

him as well as outside of him, must be investigated and placed in relation and in order. And this no other science can do hence a special science must be

these facts, in

;

found to do this since the object to be investigated bears an entirely independent character. The further exposition of ;

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