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Łódzkie Studia Teologiczne

Vol. 30 No. 4 (2021)

Artykuły

Robert Boyle, a Christian virtuoso

Published: 2022-01-05

Abstract

Robert Boyle was one of the greatest scientists of the 17th century, a scientist and a theologian who used his scholarly competence in the service of Christian religion. He particularly cherished the physico-theological proof of the existence and majesty of God by deriving God’s attributes from the orderliness, complexity, and the beauty of the universe in general and all of its elements.

 

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