Religion

Faith is a gift of grace, not the product of reason; the City of God pilgrimages through the earthly city until the end of time.

Faith is an intellectual virtue directed by the will; reason demonstrates God's existence but cannot penetrate the mysteries of revelation.

Religion orders the soul's journey toward the vision of God, and the spiritual and temporal powers must not usurp each other's authority.

The heart has its reasons that reason does not know; Christianity alone explains both human greatness and human wretchedness.

Religion originates in fear of invisible powers, and the sovereign must control religious teaching to prevent civil war.

Religious belief cannot be compelled by force; the state has no jurisdiction over the soul, and toleration is the mark of a true church.

The design argument is inconclusive, miracles defy credibility, and religion originates in human fear and ignorance rather than rational demonstration.

Natural religion speaks through conscience; institutional religion corrupts, and the state needs a civil religion to bind citizens together.

God's existence is a postulate of practical reason; true religion is moral religion, and everything beyond duty is superstition.

Religion is absolute Spirit's self-consciousness in the form of representation; philosophy comprehends in concepts what religion expresses in images.