TY - BOOK ID - 138360067 TI - Foundations of systematic theology PY - 2005 SN - 1283194112 9786613194114 0567200329 9780567200327 9781283194112 0567029808 9780567029805 0567027511 9780567027511 PB - New York T & T Clark International DB - UniCat KW - Catholic Church -- Doctrines. KW - Catholic Church and philosophy. KW - First philosophy. KW - Theology -- Methodology. KW - Theology KW - Methodology. KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138360067 AB - Guarino argues in this book that the doctrinal form of the Christian faith, in its essential characteristics, calls for certain theoretical exigencies. This is to say that the proportion and beauty of the form is not served or illuminated by simply any presuppositions. Rather, a determinate understanding of first philosophy, of the nature of truth, of hermeneutical theory, of the predication of language and mutual correlation is required if Christian faith and doctrine are to maintain a recognizable and suitably mediative form. Failing to adduce specific principles will lead either to a simple ER -