DOGMATIC THEOLOGY

I

GOD:

HIS KNOWABILITY, ESSENCE, AND

ATTRIBUTES

A DOGMATIC TREATISE

PREFACED BY A BRIEF GENERAL INTRODUCTION
TO THE STUDY OF DOGMATIC THEOLOGY

BY

THE REVEREND JOSEPH POHLE, PH.D., D.D.

FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF APOLOGETICS IN THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF
AMERICA, NOW PROFESSOR OF DOGMA IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU

NIHIL OBSTAT.

Sti. Ludovici, die 14 Dec. 1910

F. G. HOLWECK,

Censor Librorum.

IMPRIMATUR.

Sti. Ludovici, die 15 Dec. 1910
JOANNES J. GLENNON,

Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici.

Copyright, 1911,
by

JOSEPH GUMMERSBACH.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO DOGMATIC THE-

OLOGY.

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GOD: HIS KNOWABILITY, ESSENCE, AND AT-

TRIBUTES

PART I. THE KNOWABILITY OF GOD

CH. I. Human Reason Can Know God.

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§ 1. Man Can Gain a Knowledge of God from the

Physical Universe.

ART. 1. The Positive Teaching of Revelation

ART. 2. The Idea of God Not Inborn . .

§ 2. Our Knowledge of God as Derived from the

Supernatural Order

ART. 1. The Facts of the Supernatural Order Con-

sidered as Premises for Unaided Reason 33

ART. 2. The Supernatural Facts as a Preamble to

our Belief in the Existence of God

CH. II. The Quality of Man's Knowledge of God Accord-

ing to Divine Revelation

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§ 1. Our Knowledge of God as it is Here on Earth. 57

ART. 1. The Imperfection of Our Knowledge of