Sic et Non was an effort to demonstrate that
A)there was an irreconcilable conflict between reason and faith and that the Christian must choose faith.
B)different theologians had conflicting opinions and hence, the enterprise of theology in general was vain.
C)Aquinas's Summa Theologica was methodologically flawed.
D)the conflicting opinions of theologians could be reconciled through reasoned argument (dialectics).
E)questioning inconsistencies in Church pronouncements should be prohibited.

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Sic et Non was an attempt by Peter Abelard to reconcile the conflicting opinions of theologians through reasoned argument (dialectics). He presented opposite opinions of Church Fathers and then attempted to reconcile them through arguments based on reason.

Sic Et Non Was an Effort to Demonstrate That