![]() It might however be said in advance that his thought is more than a bit complicated. In what follows I attempt to reproduce and interpret as exactly as possible Scheeben's analysis of the notion of credibility, and the operation in the genesis of faith of the intellectual and moral perfections of the speaker which constitute it. The former element, - the moral power of the speaker's will whereby he can demand and impose belief, - is the motive of the pius credulitatis affectus the latter, which goes under the name of credibility, is the motive of the intellectual assent. The starting point for the present discussion has already been given, namely Scheeben's distinction of two elements in the concept of authority as the ground of faith, - the element which it has in common with all authority, and the element which specifies it as faith-authority. It is one of the most interesting and original parts of his work. Moreover in the course of the ensuing developments, Scheeben's theory as to the analysis of faith will appear. ![]() There remains to be considered more explicitly now the origins of the assent of faith, or the relation of faith to its intellectual motive. There however it was a question rather of the origins of that affective motion which impels to faith and is the root of the assent, - in other words, it was a question of the relation of faith to its affective motive. ![]() The foundations of Scheeben's theory as to the genesis of faith have been set forth and judged in the preceding chapter. Booth Family Center for Special Collections. ![]() Rare Books, Manuscripts, Art & Archives. ![]()
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