Beauty in Creation: John Wesley's Natural Philosophy
John Wesley's compendium on natural philosophy is comparable to a second book of revelation about God; the first book is scripture. In light of this, scripture can only function as a hermeneutic for creation; it is not a textbook for the discovery of creation. Wesley used the language of Thomas...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2017]
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Wesley and Methodist studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-35 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDE Anglican Church NBB Doctrine of Revelation NBD Doctrine of Creation VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | John Wesley's compendium on natural philosophy is comparable to a second book of revelation about God; the first book is scripture. In light of this, scripture can only function as a hermeneutic for creation; it is not a textbook for the discovery of creation. Wesley used the language of Thomas Aquinas to explain that there is a revealed cause and effect, which leads to a First Cause. With this understanding, creation reveals a beauty that is derivative from God and this type of beauty is an interconnected relationship within all of creation. Because of humanity's limitation of knowledge, empiricism cannot assume a primary source of knowledge for natural philosophy since it can become a misleading source. Natural philosophy, as a result, remains its own objective source of knowledge. |
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| ISSN: | 2291-1731 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Wesley and Methodist studies
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