What is the relationship between reason and faith, according to aquinas?
reason is subservient to faith.
faith is subservient to reason.
faith and reason are equal.
faith and reason contradict.

According to Aquinas faith and reason are equal.

Thomas Aquinas or known as Saint Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Catholic priest, a philosopher, and Doctor of the Church. He wrote The Summa Theologica or "Summary of Theology" between 1265-1274, although unfinished this book considered as the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas.

Summa Theologica is a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church. It is intended as an instructional guide for theology students. Summa Theologica answers many questions regarding Western Christianity and its beliefs. This book describes the relationship between God and man and how the reconciliation has been made through Christ.

According to Aquinas, faith and reason are equal. It is two ways of knowing something. Reason means that we know something by experience or logic, with reason we know that there is God. Faith means we know something because God reveals to us, which comes from the Bible and Christianity. Faith build on reasons, and there is no conflict between them. Faith is the evidence of things that we can not see.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)