 Holcot’s view of the relation between faith and reason was very much in the tradition of Anselm, of faith seeking understanding. His adherence to the principle of non-contradiction was uncompromising: “no intellect can assent to the opposite of the first principle or believe that contradictories are true at the same time” (Quod. I, q. 2, in Exploring, 38, ll. 165–166). Faith required that reason believe that all of the truths of the faith are compatible, even when at times they could not be demonstrated or shown to be so.