Natural Theologies: A Compendium
Man by his use of Reason can come to a certain understanding of the Divine.
"For passing by, and seeing your idols," St. Paul once spoke to the Athenians, "I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God. What therefore you worship, without knowing it, that I preach to you: God, who made the world, and all things therein; He, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands..." (Acts 17:23).
Discoursing on natural theology among the Roman congregations, the Apostle made the case for God's given accessibility to the human mind: "For the invisible things of Him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made; His eternal power also, and divinity: so that they are inexcusable." (Romans 1:20).
Far from an indication of "indifferentism" or acceptance of religious pluralism, what we term "natural theology" is both Biblical and consistent with Tradition (see Justin Martyr's Apologies and the "Summa Contra Gentiles" of St. Thomas Aquinas).
The task we have before us then is to discern the mystical depths of the human heart and its own obscure understanding of the truth while acknowledging the uniquely self-justified truth claims of Jesus Christ as a fulfillment of these otherworldly passions and intimations of the Divine that underpin the human condition.
In this section, we list the sources and provide weblinks for those building their own domestic church in a world that is increasingly re-paganizing!