He asserts in chapter two that "of all human pursuits, that of wisdom is the most perfect, the most sublime, the most profitable, the most delightful.""... Aquinas also makes it a point to explain that there are other things that reason may not be able to explain that are not about God but they are still a part of faith (ch 5 pg9). ...
Antonio's thoughts in this chapter indicate a new obsession with sin and punishment. ... In this chapter, he begins to include forgiveness as an element of moral dilemmas. ... Antonio's dream in Chapter 7, in which his brothers are three giants who ask for his "saving hand," is also a very confusing dream. ... Part of Ultima's authority in the community and in Antonio's family comes from the fact that even though she is not a member of the Catholic Church, she rigorously follows a philosophy that highly values harmony and free will. ...
In his book "The Craft of Theology," Avery Dulles (1992) starts chapter four; "Fundamental Theology and the Dynamics of Conversion," by making reference to one of the best known essays by Bernard Lonergan where he states that, Theology is entering a new age it is changing from a deductive science into an altogether empirical discipline. ... The linkage of fundamental theology with conversion does not mean a limit in the scope of the discipline so that it deals only with the initial approach to faith on the part of one who has previously been a nonbeliever. ... In this chapter, however, the ...
