His commitment to truth and holiness that inspired his view of the faithful and theology became a leitmotif for his approach to religious morality.Įxplores the use of poetry as a psychotherapeutic technique and as an aspect of interpersonal communication in order to stimulate group development toward increasing directness of expression. Yet his opposition to liberalism did not prevent him from supporting a new movement of Liberal Catholics that defended a robust role for the faithful as well as for theologians in the Church.
He expressed this progression in his own life as a constant battle against religious liberalism that he perceived to be a form of rationalism. His deliberative process towards conversion illustrates his use of the principle of economy that clarified how truth and holiness progress over time. Rather, he relied on reason to address matters of truth and on conscience to address matters of holiness. However, he did not resort to faith to deal with these. His conversion in 1845 brought these concerns to the surface: his concern with doctrine led him away from Anglicanism to Catholicism as the champion of orthodoxy and his concern with his own salvation led him to a sense of urgency to convert. From his many conflicted endeavors there emerged two substantive concerns that guided his religious quest from the beginning. He was a vigorous controversialist who engaged disputes as they arose throughout his life to advance his ideas and defend religious belief. Newman’s commitment to truth and holiness constitutes a bedrock foundation for his understanding of religious morality.
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