知しらんがために我われは信しんず

expression

I believe in order to understand; credo ut intelligam

A quotation of the maxim attributed to Saint Anselm of Canterbury. Used in theological or philosophical contexts to express the idea that faith precedes understanding.

• 「知しらんがために我われは信しんず」はアンセルムスの有ゆう名めいな言こと葉ばです。

  'I believe in order to understand' is a famous saying of Anselm.