The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy

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early modern text religious work theological treatise

"The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy" is a work, associated with Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu, that argues for the superior value and authority of theological knowledge over the insights of natural philosophy (early modern science).

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern text ⓘ religious work ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ
addresses	authority of Scripture ⓘ proper scope of natural philosophy ⓘ value of scientific knowledge ⓘ
advocates	primacy of revealed theology over empirical inquiry ⓘ
aimsTo	defend the superiority of theology over natural philosophy ⓘ shape early modern debates on science and religion ⓘ
associatedWith	Robert Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ
claims	natural philosophy concerns the mutable created world ⓘ theology concerns eternal salvation ⓘ
compares	status of theological knowledge and scientific knowledge ⓘ
concerns	epistemic status of theological knowledge ⓘ limits of natural philosophy ⓘ relationship between science and religion ⓘ
emphasizes	certainty of divine revelation ⓘ fallibility of human reason in natural philosophy ⓘ
field	Christian theology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ
genre	apologetic work ⓘ
hasTitle	The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	early modern period ⓘ
influencedBy	Reformed Protestant theology ⓘ early modern scientific developments ⓘ
intellectualContext	Robert Boyle’s intellectual milieu ⓘ
intendedAudience	learned readers interested in theology and natural philosophy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainArgument	theological knowledge has superior value to natural philosophical knowledge ⓘ theology has greater authority than natural philosophy ⓘ
mainTopic	natural philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	natural philosophy is subordinate to theology ⓘ theological knowledge is necessary for ultimate understanding of reality ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Christian natural theology ⓘ
supportsDoctrine	God as creator and sustainer of nature ⓘ Scripture as a higher authority than empirical observation ⓘ
supportsView	theology provides higher and more certain truths than natural philosophy ⓘ

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