Dei Filius

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Dei Filius is a dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church from the First Vatican Council that defines key teachings on faith, reason, and divine revelation.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document
conciliar document
dogmatic constitution
theological text
adoptedBy First Vatican Council
affirms that God can be known with certainty by natural reason
that faith is a free and reasonable assent
the authority of the Catholic Church to teach infallibly on faith and morals
the existence of one personal God
the harmony of faith and reason
the supernatural character of divine revelation
church Catholic Church
condemns atheism
fideism
indifferentism
materialism
pantheism
rationalism
council First Vatican Council
dateOfPromulgation 1870-04-24
definesDoctrineOn God the creator
faith and reason
revelation and faith
the Catholic understanding of dogma
hasChapter On Faith
On Faith and Reason
On God the Creator of All Things
On Revelation
hasEnglishTitle The Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
hasLatinTitle Dei Filius
hasType dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith
historicalContext controversies over rationalism and modern thought in the 19th century
influenced Catholic teaching on faith and reason in the 20th century
Second Vatican Council documents on revelation
language Latin
placeOfPromulgation Vatican City
promulgatedBy Pope Pius IX
relatedTo Pastor Aeternus
subject divine revelation
faith
reason
the assent of faith
the existence of God
the knowability of God by natural reason
the nature of revelation
the relationship between faith and reason
the role of the Church in teaching doctrine
theologicalTradition Catholic theology


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