Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics, Book 1, Part 2 : Theological Epistemology: Theological Knowledge Considered in Itself

Matthias Joseph Scheeben's masterful Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics: Book One, Part Two concludes the first book of Scheeben's magnum opus. Readers will find Scheeben's examination of faith, the subjective principle of theological knowledge.In exact yet beautiful prose, he moves from the study of human belief to supernatural faith, while preserving the reasonableness, freedom, and certainty that accompany faith. Maintaining theology is indeed a "sacred science", Scheeben treats the understanding of faith by demonstrating human reason's relationship to the deposit of faith.He concludes this work by shedding light on the subject of dogmatic theology itself, recounting its history from the Patristic era to his own time.