{"product_id":"the-commendation-of-faith-baldwin-of-forde-9780879077594","title":"The Commendation of Faith: Volume 59","description":"\u003cp\u003e Archdeacon of Exeter before entering Forde Abbey in 1169, Baldwin was elected abbot in 1175. Six years later he was made bishop of Worcester, and in 1184 became Archbishop of Canterbury. \u003ci\u003eThe Commendation of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e seems to date from his years as abbot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Baldwin stood on the threshold of scholasticism and did not much like what he saw. Many twelfth-century theologians were becoming impatient with the allegorical scriptural commentaries which had long nourished monastic theologians. Instead they turned to the short snappy scholastic \u003ci\u003equestio\u003c\/i\u003e, in which arguments for and against a proposition led logically to a neat, summary resolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using the techniques of nascent scholasticism, Baldwin recommends faith as the foundation of our relationship with God and with our neighbor. His approach has all the precision of scholasticism, but not its style. Expecting those endowed with reason to use it, he urges them to explore God's self revelation in Scripture. Each brief chapter in \u003ci\u003eThe Commendation of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e leads inexorably to the next, and by its solid, logical progression Baldwin demonstrates that the careful and judicious use of reason does not destroy faith but instead strengthens and confirms it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Baldwin of Forde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087907759X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879077594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Baldwin of Forde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082585841919,"sku":"9780879077594","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-commendation-of-faith-baldwin-of-forde-9780879077594","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}