The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy

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"The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy" is a work, associated with Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu, that argues for the superior value and authority of theological knowledge over the insights of natural philosophy (early modern science).

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instanceOf early modern text ⓘ
religious work ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
addresses authority of Scripture ⓘ
proper scope of natural philosophy ⓘ
value of scientific knowledge ⓘ
advocates primacy of revealed theology over empirical inquiry ⓘ
aimsTo defend the superiority of theology over natural philosophy ⓘ
shape early modern debates on science and religion ⓘ
associatedWith Robert Boyle ⓘ
claims natural philosophy concerns the mutable created world ⓘ
theology concerns eternal salvation ⓘ
compares status of theological knowledge and scientific knowledge ⓘ
concerns epistemic status of theological knowledge ⓘ
limits of natural philosophy ⓘ
relationship between science and religion ⓘ
emphasizes certainty of divine revelation ⓘ
fallibility of human reason in natural philosophy ⓘ
field Christian theology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
genre apologetic work ⓘ
hasTitle The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy ⓘ
historicalContext early modern period ⓘ
influencedBy Reformed Protestant theology ⓘ
early modern scientific developments ⓘ
intellectualContext Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu ⓘ
intendedAudience learned readers interested in theology and natural philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainArgument theological knowledge has superior value to natural philosophical knowledge ⓘ
theology has greater authority than natural philosophy ⓘ
mainTopic natural philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
philosophicalPosition natural philosophy is subordinate to theology ⓘ
theological knowledge is necessary for ultimate understanding of reality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Christian natural theology ⓘ
supportsDoctrine God as creator and sustainer of nature ⓘ
Scripture as a higher authority than empirical observation ⓘ
supportsView theology provides higher and more certain truths than natural philosophy ⓘ

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The Christian Virtuoso → isRelatedTo → The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy ⓘ
The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy → hasTitle → The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy ⓘ