THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF TRUTH

Abstract

Examining some theological and philosophical theories of truth, the author concentrates his attention on the experience of giving concrete reality to the Christian discourse about truth and at the same time contrasting this search with the attempts of philosophy to define truth. He draws the reader’s attention to the understanding of truth in language and communication. In his article he discusses the essential theories of truth which are characteristic of western philosophy: classical, correspondent, coherent, pragmatic, communicative and ontic. The author notes the specific traits of a theological understanding of truth and contends that it is based on an ontologically higher level than that of the classic definition of truth viewed simply in relation to reality and the understanding. The knowledge of God given to the Christian faith by the activity of the triune God, is in itself perfect and therefore in no need of further development. It is on this basis that theology develops its knowledge of faith, sweeping aside everything which is not in accord with this fundamental affirmation of faith or with the witness of revealed truth

Keywords

• TRUTH
• THEOLOGY
• PHILOSOPHY
• CORRESPONDENT
• COHERENT
• PRAGMATIC
• ONTIC THEORY OF TRUTH
• CONSENSUS
• FAITH
• REVELATION