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THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY: The Christian philosophy of 'Aeterni patris' -- Is nature something complete? -- The notion of Catholic philosophy -- The distinguishing feature in Catholic philosophy -- The objectives of the American Catholic Philosophical Association -- Christian conscience vs. Aristotelian right reason -- SOME THEMES IN CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY: God in philosophy today -- This truth sublime -- "Darkness of ignorance" in the most refined notion of God -- "Cause of necessity" in Aquinas's 'Tertia via' -- The special characteristic of the Scotistic proof that God exists -- Soul as agent in Aquinas -- Aquinas on the inseparability of soul from existence / Joseph Owens

It is controversial whether 'Christian Philosophy' is a useful or even consistent notion. After providing some historical background to the problem, I will distinguish and explicate two possible understandings of 'Christian Philosophy' which should be kept apart: a 'Thomistic' and an 'Augustinian' one, of which the latter has garnered more attention in the recent literature. A sketch of the most prominent current 'Augustinian' position (Alvin Plantinga's 'reformed epistemology') leads to some considerations for why a 'Thomistic' understanding of 'Christian Philosophy' has more to recommend it, if the term is regarded as useful at all.