Tag: Natural Law
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Four Books for Philosophy and Theology
During the second century, the theologian Tertullian famously asked, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?” In these questions from Tertullian, a display of Christian theological resistance to Greek philosophical influence is evident. In The Book of Concord (here), we find the Apostles’ Creed…
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Natural Law: Morality Written on the Heart
Similar to the moral laws of the Ten Commandments that were written in stone (Exodus 20:1-17), the natural law is a moral law written on the heart (Romans 2:14-16). More concisely, the natural law is the moral law accessible to human reason. It is a cognitive and realist branch of moral philosophy. In the book…