A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III]

The author examines whether early Christian letters were authored by prophetic revelation or by ordinary reasoning, arguing from style and practice that apostles wrote as teachers rather than as prophets. He traces the origin and authority of divine law, contending that scripture is sacred insofar as it preserves moral guidance and has been transmitted reliably. He distinguishes faith from philosophy, defining faith as obedience grounded in simple doctrines sufficient for conduct, and rejects subordination of theology to reason or vice versa, holding that scripture and reason are independent, that faith's certainty is moral rather than mathematical, and that revelation retains practical utility.