02: Do we need faith to know that God exists?
It is written (Romans 1:19), "That which is known of God," namely, what can be known of God by natural reason, "is manifest in them."
Our natural knowledge begins from sense. Hence our natural knowledge can go as far as it can be led by sensible things. But our mind cannot be led by sense so far as to see the essence of God; because the sensible effects ofGod do not equal the power of God as their cause. Hence from the knowledge of sensible things the whole power of God cannot be known; nor therefore can His essence be seen. But because they are His effects and depend on their cause, we can…
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