Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 642

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ORGANIC ARTICULATION

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Being itself a department of ideal organism of science. science, theology naturally demands such a general develIn the opment as is indispensable to all ideal sciences. conflict waged as to the precedence of humanistic and naturalistic studies in preparatory schools, the humanistic must be preferred for theological propaedeutics. But it is a mistake appear that the humanistic training, indicated as such historically, is sufficient for the theologian. In the main, directed themif not exclusively, humanistic propaedeutics

to

make

it

selves to the beautiful form, and were but little impressed Ancient with the importance of philosophy and history.

philosophy was taught, and Greek and Roman history, together with their proper antiquities, but rather as a means for the understanding of the classics than as a proper factor

And

for the forming of the mind.

this

is

not tolerated by

the position of theology in the organism of science. sure, theology does not allow neglect of beauty of

To

be

form.

mind that sensitive discernand which with this But discarded. be not to is in its reproduction too excesThe satisfied. is not formal scholarship theology

The finer form ment which is

alone lends to the indispensable to

all ideal science,

sive admiration of the world of old Hellas

pediment in the way

To

is

rather an im-

to the deeper study of her principles.

her the old classic world

is

simply a link in that great

process of development that extends to the present time. Hence she demands a propaedeutic which embraces the entire

course of philosophy and history down to our times, and which from first to last is subject to the criticism of Christian principles.

be ended

For which reason

in the preparatory school,

this propaedeutic

but must reach

cannot

its

com-

Even in itself the limipletion in academic propaedeutics. cannot be approved, gymnasia the to tation of propsedeutics since for every truly scientific study a scientific introduction and this into the scientific treatment of it is indispensable ;

gymnasium can never give. Theology, moreover, must be able to make use of a critical knowledge of human thought

the

and act (philosophy and history)

as its background, such as

cannot be taught in the preparatory school.

This implies at

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