Ah, the search for truth. As Christians, we are called to live truth (1). It leads us to question things, which is a great thing! If we did not question things, how are we to know what is true? Truth opens and unites our minds in the Lógos of love (2). Lógos is another name for the “Word of God” or the “Incarnate”, simply means Christ. This makes sense, especially when we know Christ is the way, the truth, and the life (3).
There is this quote from Thomas Aquinas that takes a step further. He says that “We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.”
I love the way Aquinas goes on to say we must love those we agree with and those we do not agree with. For the most part, we are on a path in discovering what is true. Every good Christian ought to be prepared to give a favorable interpretation to another’s view than to condemn it (4). Now, that does not mean we do not correct, rather correct the person with love. We are to help one another get to Heaven. Many of us know what is true, but many do not. Let us continue our path together towards truth. For by this, salvation will be ours.
Refer:
- CCC 2465-2467
- Caritas In Veritate (CiV £ 4)
- John 14:6
- CCC 2478
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