Newman On Conscience

Episode 18 September 22, 2019 00:06:00
Newman On Conscience
Journeying With Newman
Newman On Conscience

Sep 22 2019 | 00:06:00

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Show Notes

Fr Paul Pearson of the Toronto Oratory looks at John Henry Newman's reflections on conscience.

"Conscience bows to no man, it acknowledges no authority but that of truth itself. It grants us a freedom for the truth but not a freedom from the truth. Catholics live up to their human freedom and dignity by searching diligently for the truth. They are not to be denigrated as slaves because they are convinced that they have found truth at its very source.

"The same dignity of conscience that calls us to search for the truth also impels us to kneel before it once we have discovered it. Newman found that truth in the Catholic Church headed by the successor of St Peter. It was his greatest freedom to submit himself to it."

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