Faith and Reason

Faith requires reason; it gains from serious thought and critical reflection. It grows by being reflective and serious and in dialogue with other forms of thinking.

Faith provides some ideas for the human mind that reason couldn't give; it increases the scope of reason. A Catholic university offers a dialogue between faith and reason in which it is understood both must play an essential part.

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition

Ex Corde Ecclesiae

Educating for Fraternal Humanism

Fides et Ratio

Gravissimum Educationis

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Q&A with Professor Hayden Ramsay

The Annual St John Henry Newman Lecture - 2022

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