Common-Sense Philosophy of Religion of Bishop Edward Stillingfleet 1635-1699

I. Reason and Religion "Si on soumet tout a la raison, notre religion n''aura rien de mysterieux et de surnaturel; si on choque les principes de la raison, notre religion sera absurde et ridicule",l In this passage from his Pensees Pascal summarizes what is perhaps the most basic problem for the defender of the reasonableness of Christianity: the necessity of upholding beliefs which Reason is inca...