Many here taqke the view that the Church is not inot reason. I contend it has always been into reason. During a google search on another matter I came up with this quote about reason. It is by Tertullian who wrote from about 190-220 ad.
To quote the source, he wrote in Latin.
"Quippe res dei ratio quia deus omnium conditor nihil non ratione providit disposuit ordinavit, nihil [enim] non ratione tractari intellegique voluit.
This is translated as:
For reason is a property of God's, since there is nothing which God, the creator of all things, has not foreseen, arranged and determined by reason; moreover, there is nothing He does not wish to be investigated and understood by reason.
Text is CCL I, p.321. Translation is ACW 28. See note on p.137: There are 340 passages in Tertullian where the word ratio appears, making it one of the most frequently used nouns in his work."
If that is not the foundation for a scientific approach to life and the world I do not know what else is required.
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