Date of Award
4-18-1966
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Theology
Abstract
John Henry Newman's most penetrating and personal analysis of the nature of conscience is the work of his Anglican years. As a non-Catholic his basic and primary guide to salvation was conscience . The problem for Newman, a deeply religious man and a conscientious and zealous past0r of souls was how to make conscience, exposed' and influenced by many factors, a safe guide, that is, one which would be conformed to objective reality . 1 After his conversion conscience is no longer a personal problem for Newman . Finding the true Church of Christ, he possessed the infallible norm in the light of which his moral decisions could accurately and incontestably be judged true or erroneous .
Recommended Citation
O'Brien, Christian T., "The Nature and Function of Conscience In The Writings of John Henry Newman" (1966). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2662.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2662
Comments
An Essay submitted to the Theology Department of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Theology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin