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 a medieval work by Peter Abelard that compiled seemingly contradictory statements from theologians and attempted to reconcile them through reasoned argument, demonstrating that conflicting opinions of theologians could indeed be reconciled through dialectics.

Sic Et Non Was an Effort to Demonstrate That