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Credo ut intellegam (Latin for "I believe so that I may understand") is a maxim of Anselm of Canterbury, which is based on a saying of Augustine of Hippo (crede, ut intelligas, "believe so that you may understand")[1] to relate faith and reason. It is often accompanied by its corollary, intellego ut credam ("I think so that I may believe"), and by Anselm's other famous phrase fides quaerens intellectum ("faith seeking understanding").

References

  1. ^ Historical profile: Augustine of Hippo Part 2, Augustine Fellowship.


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