Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.27.1.4
Josef Pieper and John Henry Newman on the informal security of faith
Šimo Šokčević
orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-3437
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
This article is an attempt to interpret Pieper’s philosophical treatise On Faith with the help of Newman’s thoughts given that Pieper in his treatise refers to certain Newman’s theses, but he does not delve deeper into them. Apart from comparing these two authors in the context of philosophical discussion of faith, this paper aims to show that a properly understood faith has a capacity to provide man with that which is most needed today, both in personal and in social context, and that is security. To this end, in four parts, the article presents the meaning of faith, the aspects of informal security of faith and moral predispositions that are necessary for living personal faith in a general cognitive and religious form. In this sense, love imposes itself as the final imperative – the fundamental moral predisposition that protects faith from all abuses, shapes it, gives it consistency, direction, and leads it to the truth.
Keywords
Josef Pieper; John Henry Newman; faith; reason; security; moral predisposition; love
Hrčak ID:
218824
URI
Publication date:
9.4.2019.
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