Hello, friends.
I am trying to read through Turretin's Institutes this year. Right now I am early in the prolegomena, specifically where he is asking whether reason has any place in theology.
He makes the distinction between something which is above reason (e.g., the Trinity or predestination) and something which is contrary to reason (e.g., Ubiquity or transubstantiation). My question is, How do we determine what is above reason and what is contrary to reason? I can imagine a Unitarian, when presented with this argument, saying, "That's all well and good, but the Trinity is still contrary to reason."
I find the distinction between being above vs. being contrary to reason to be very helpful, but it still remains to be demonstrated, for example, that the Trinity is indeed above and not contrary to reason (I obviously, for sake of clarity, affirm the former).
I am trying to read through Turretin's Institutes this year. Right now I am early in the prolegomena, specifically where he is asking whether reason has any place in theology.
He makes the distinction between something which is above reason (e.g., the Trinity or predestination) and something which is contrary to reason (e.g., Ubiquity or transubstantiation). My question is, How do we determine what is above reason and what is contrary to reason? I can imagine a Unitarian, when presented with this argument, saying, "That's all well and good, but the Trinity is still contrary to reason."
I find the distinction between being above vs. being contrary to reason to be very helpful, but it still remains to be demonstrated, for example, that the Trinity is indeed above and not contrary to reason (I obviously, for sake of clarity, affirm the former).