Tomaszowe rozumienie wiary jako aktu intelektu i kwestia intelektualności treści wiary (intellectus fidei)
The Faith as an Act of the Intellect and the Issue of the Intellectuality of the Content of Faith (intellectus fidei) in Thomas Aquinas’s Thought

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to turn attention to works of Thomas on the human intellect in the context of faith, especially to understanding faith as an act of the potential intellect. Its aim is also exploration of the topic of intellectuality (cognoscobility) of truths which are considered the object of faith (intellectus fidei). This differentiation seems to be in line with the thought of Aquinas who in a different way presents the role of the intellect in the context of faith than he does in domain of theology (sacra doctrina). In the entire different way Thomas presents the intellect as that which acknowledges- directed by the will- statements about God and His relation to the creatures and the intellect which penetrates, recognises, justifies and allows the will to rejoice truths flowing from the systematic presentation of the dogmas of faith. In this article we show faith as an act of the intellect along with doubt, conviction about something and hence acknowledging some statement or certainty. Faith is not any of the above acts but it consists of something that relates to them. Faith is an act of the intellect who recognised a statement on the basis of authority of a speaker, hence on the basis of truth which presents. In this paper we also present faith as one of the theological virtues and the role of intellectual activities in the area of faith and theology.

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