His conclusion was able to incorporate both viewpoints of the crisis, mollifying the rivalry. Aquinas concluded that faith completes reason. The essence of his concluded position is summed up in his statement, “‘For faith rests upon infallible truth, and therefore its contrary cannot be demonstrated’” (Hollister). He claimed that one cannot survive without the other; one cannot reason without keeping faith and one cannot keep faith without demonstrating reason. Furthermore, Aquinas approached the basis of why faith and reason had been separate. He claimed that “some things can be known only through reason because revelation is not concerned [in the matter] and…[others] can be known through [only]…revelation”, thus separating the two (“St. Thomas Aquinas”). Aquinas saw his task as destroying the separate paths of revelation and reason and to create a way for truths to be solved using both reason and revelation. In completing this task, Aquinas created the Quinque Viae, “The Five Ways”, a scientific proving of Christian belief, the existence and unity of God. The Quinque Viae fused science
His conclusion was able to incorporate both viewpoints of the crisis, mollifying the rivalry. Aquinas concluded that faith completes reason. The essence of his concluded position is summed up in his statement, “‘For faith rests upon infallible truth, and therefore its contrary cannot be demonstrated’” (Hollister). He claimed that one cannot survive without the other; one cannot reason without keeping faith and one cannot keep faith without demonstrating reason. Furthermore, Aquinas approached the basis of why faith and reason had been separate. He claimed that “some things can be known only through reason because revelation is not concerned [in the matter] and…[others] can be known through [only]…revelation”, thus separating the two (“St. Thomas Aquinas”). Aquinas saw his task as destroying the separate paths of revelation and reason and to create a way for truths to be solved using both reason and revelation. In completing this task, Aquinas created the Quinque Viae, “The Five Ways”, a scientific proving of Christian belief, the existence and unity of God. The Quinque Viae fused science