NEO- SCHOLASTICISM

I have already known that neo- scholasticism started with proposition supportive by biblical text that explains something else. It appropriates the Church teachings as the proximate rule of faith. One of the good points of neo- scholasticism is being cognitive because we can know truth grounded from Scriptures and Tradition. In that way, we have a bigger picture about truth. Being cognitive is one of the characters of neo- scholasticism that reminds me on one experience of mine. To know it, let me share it with you.

 

I was not yet a seminarian when my relatives neighbour questioned my Catholic faith. I was afraid because I was not able to answer their question that perhaps led me to join with them. In spite of that, I still held my Catholic faith. I wanted to know my faith that is why when I entered the seminary, one of my intentions is to know the doctrine of the Catholic Church to increase my faith.

 

When I was in my college formation, I encountered some teachings of the church taken from Scriptures and Tradition with the aid of Philosophy I would say that our faith is reasonable. It really needs our faculty of reason and God’s revelation to understand our faith. For instance, the Real Presence, it was revealed by God in the Last Supper. Moreover, we can also know it through metaphysics. Having known that, I would say that the doctrines of my relatives neighbour is wrong because they are illogical for they only explain their teachings according to their own interpretation. Having that experience of mine, I would say that neo- scholasticism helps me for it increase my faith and not to transfer from other sect.