Abelard believed in the power of reason and thought that if God existed, then all methods of inquiry should be able to prove it. He did not advocate blind faith without reason or evidence, which rules out options A and B. Option D seems to be unrelated to Abelard's views on the existence of God.

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Abelard Taught That

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Abelard taught that:

A) the existence of God cannot be proved;God's existence must be taken on faith
B) average people cannot reason carefully and therefore they must take God's existence on faith
C) if God exists,all methods of inquiry should prove that fact
D) if we have a word for something then something must exist that corresponds to that word

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