Alethialogy of the Human Person

In the book of Fr. William Malley, SJ, the term Alethialogy is derived from two Greek words: Aletheia (truth) and logia (study of) which means in simpler terms as the study of truth. In man’s journey towards seeking the truth, he must use his giftedness such as the rationality in order to unveil the truth that he is looking for. But using his rationality can never be enough, man must be able to transcend his level of reasoning into the level of genuine truth – the truth of all the truths. Then, how can man reach to the truth of all the truths? At this point, man is no longer challenge in finding the answer into the physical realms but he needs to go beyond the material world by reaching the uncreated world. This is the world in which man can only attain through spiritualization. Man must be able to communicate to his ultimate maker – the Creator of heavens and of earth. This must be God as what St Thomas Aquinas would try to elaborate on his book: Proofs of God’s Existence. In the book, it presented the dependence of man to God as the First Mover, the Uncaused cause, and the Source of all.  St Thomas would speak on how man must realize his very value and importance that is coming from God as the source. Without the idea of God, man’s existence is impossible. The truth about human person is that, man is connected to God and he will always be part of God, since God is the creator of him. Thus, man must be able to live life in accordance to the perfection of the maker – God. But since man is temporal, he sometimes go in different ways, forgetting his ultimate purpose of living in accordance to the perspective of God. This reality seems too unreasonable to the nature of man and of God. But since the reality is continuous, the notion must be, that God as the creator – allowed man to exercise his rationality and freedom responsibly. This special feature given by God to man serves as man’s unique and dignified gift from the creator compared to the rest of the creations. Thus, the truth of the human person must be originated from the reality of a perfect God, perfectly creates every human person in an unique and brilliant way. The dependence of man to God serves as his perfect truth and vitality. Without God, man is nothing and man can never become into something. In the end, the ultimate search of man for the truth and vitality ends the moment he finds God in his midst. That moment is the Kairos – the moment with God. May we arrived to that moment in which God is ever present and near to us.