Folia Theologica 22. (2011)
Juhász Gábor Tamás: Equality and Inequality of "Christ's Faithful" from a Perspective of Philosophy and Theology of Canon Law
170 Gábor Tamás JUHÁSZ to each other than mathematics to either of them (psychology, ethics and sociology may be considered as the specific parts of cosmology). Empirical sciences (among them natural sciences) are to be considered as imperfect sciences, because their method is always the "not complete and not sufficient induction", which never gives certainty only probability, and therefore these one lack the essential means of the perfect sciences. From this comes that a proposition of a natural science can never invalidate a philosophical proposition.26 7. What is the place of theology among sciences, because canon law belongs to theology?27 Theology as a science, which is built upon revelation, is logically and ontologically possible.28 It is also provable historically that in fact it has happened. It is a perfect science, because it participates in the absolutely certain divine knowledge which does not deceive and cannot be deceived. The subject of the science of theology is God revealing himself. 8. What is the analogy of the concept? Analogy is something which mediates between univocation and equivocation, that means, a universal concept may be stated not only in a univoc sense. The analogy of predicability is determined by the analogy of the being. The two kinds of species of analogy: a) Analogia proportionis (or otherwise analogia attributionis). This is founded upon the relationships of causalities, because every efficient cause brings into being an effect similar to itself. In the case of such an analogy the being that bears a certain given perfection is called the princeps analogatum, and the other beings in a causal relation with this are called analogata. b) Analogia proportionalitatis is the analogy founded upon proportions. The concept of ens is this sense predicable about God and the creatures, as well as about the substance and the accidents. The ens is not predicable about God and the creatures in a univoc sense, because God's essence is being itself, while creatures only participate from being. But there exists an analogy between God and the creatures. The foundation of this is the equality of the proportion of essence and being. The essence of God relates to His being just as the essence of a crea26 Wallace, W.A., The Elements of Philosophy, 201-218. 27 Cf. Erdő, P., Teológia del derecho canónico, 60-67. 28 Analogy in Theology, in Edwards, P., The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, New York-London 1972. 94-97.
