Spadaro denies the second article of the
Summa (I q. 1 a. 2): "Whether sacred doctrine is a science?":
Sacred doctrine is a science. We must bear in mind that there are two kinds of sciences. There are some which proceed from a principle known by the natural light of intelligence, such as arithmetic and geometry and the like. There are some which proceed from principles known by the light of a higher science: thus the science of perspective proceeds from principles established by geometry, and music from principles established by arithmetic. So it is that sacred doctrine is a science because it proceeds from principles established by the light of a higher science, namely, the science of God and the blessed. Hence, just as the musician accepts on authority the principles taught him by the mathematician, so sacred science is established on principles revealed by God.
St. Thomas understands science in the traditional sense of "knowledge through causes" or "
certain knowledge from established principles" (not "uncertain knowledge" in the Spadaroan sense).
The philosophical root of Modernism is agnosticism (denial we humans can know anything with certainty).
Considering Sparado has actually read St. Thomas (judging by
Amoris's copious quotes/citations of St. Thomas), it seems he would know
Summa I q. 1 a. 2…
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