Albertus Magnus: The Struggle Between Science And Religion

Have you ever wondered how science and Christianity don't constantly contradict each other? Well, before Albertus Magnus, a German philosopher, scientist, bishop, and teacher, they were thought to be contradictory. People believed that science and religion were binary, that one was true and the other false. Albertus helped draw the line connecting faith and reason. I chose Albertus because of this very reason. In my personal struggles in faith , I mostly wonder how science and religion could possibly coexist, so Albertus's work speaks to me on a personal level. I used various Britannica pages for researching this paper this paper. Albertus Magnus was significant in the church, in science, and even still today. Albertus Magnus was born in 1200 A.D. His father was a German Lord, who had acquired some wealth. His father's wealth warned him an early education, leading to him studying liberal arts at the

Magnus studied these works and elaborated on them writing about his own observations, experiences, and experiments. The basic understanding of Aristotle's works in the west are solely due to Albertus. Magnus had Encyclopedic knowledge of the things he discussed and wrote down. Within these works he included writings of Natural Science, Rhetoric, Mathematics, astronomy, politics, economics, logic, and metaphysics. Beyond Aristotlism, Albertus Magnus heavily pushed the idea of "harmony truth," where reason and faith complement each other. This is both scientific and religious. He also lectured on the subject, as well as Aristotle's works, the Bible, and Peter Lambard's "sentences." He is said to have taken Thomas Aquinas as a disciple, who went on to write the Summa theologiae and the Summa contra gentiles, two famous works of theologian text, as well as found an order of monks, Thomism. Albertus Magnus’s legacy continues to live