section_path: Theology/Revelation/Reconciling faith and reason
section_name: Reconciling faith and reason
paragraph_text: Reconciling faith and reason
  
  According to Thomas, faith and reason complement rather than contradict each other, each giving different views of the same truth. A discrepancy between faith and reason arises from a shortcoming of either natural science or scriptural interpretation. Faith can reveal a divine mystery that eludes scientific observation. On the other hand, science can suggest where fallible humans misinterpret a scriptural metaphor as a literal statement of fact.