A Sectional Confession of Faith.
Part II.—Dubious or Spurious Writings.
I. Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension of the Soul.
III. Whether the Soul is a Substance.
IV. Whether the Soul is Incorporeal.
V. Whether the Soul is Simple or Compound.
VI. Whether Our Soul is Immortal.
I. Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension of the Soul.
All things that exist are either known by sense172 Trias. αἰσθήσει. or apprehended by thought.173 ἀνυπόστατον. νοήσει. And what falls under sense has its adequate demonstration in sense itself; for at once, with the application, it creates in us the impression174 δημιουργίας. φαντασίαν. of what underlies it. But what is apprehended by thought is known not by itself, but by its operations.175 φυσικῶς ἐν Τριάδι μαρτυρουμένη. ἐνεργειῶν. The soul, consequently, being unknown by itself, shall be known property by its effects.