Love and Man’s Search for God

Is it possible for man, by searching, to find out God? Thomas Aquinas (d. March 7, 1274), the great theologian opines a qualified ‘Yes’.

Aquinas posits that while it ought to be expected, to wit, there are things in respect of Himself only God can be expected to reveal, simultaneously it ought be expected that man can, via reasoning, arrive at some perceptions of God. Rightly, Aquinas asserts that man’s search for God must consist in synergy of reasonings in respect of things that reside within reach of man’s cognition, and faith in respect of things only God is able to reveal.

For concreteness, while it necessarily is the case that God is Creator, absent revelation of ‘how of Creation’ by God Himself, man, being himself or herself God’s creation, cannot via reasoning figure out ‘how’ of God’s creation. In presence of a claim to revelation from God of ‘how’ of His creation, we arrive at imposition of reasoning on the supposed disclosure for ascertainment of its reasonability.

There are matters of which faith precedes reasoning, yet faith in the supposed disclosure from God is validated by reasoning.

The demand for reasoning declares faith that has character of sensibility does not contradict principles or laws that already are evident…