John Henry Newman Quotes

“Rejecting this view, Newman maintains that faith has an autonomy of its own; it is “sole and elementary, and complete in itself.”63”
― John R. Connolly, John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium

“As his thought develops in the University Sermons, Newman begins to focus more on the relationship between faith and reason, rather than how they are different. He speaks of faith as a form of reason, an exercise of reason. As an act of reason, faith is described as autonomous and complete in itself.”
― John R. Connolly, John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium

“is the influence of these antecedent considerations that enables faith to accept evidence that is weak and probable. This explains, for Newman, how faith is a moral principle. “It is created in the mind, not so much by facts, as by probabilities.”59 As”
― John R. Connolly, John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium

“Newman’s primary purpose in the Grammar of Assent is to show that the certitude of faith of ordinary Catholics is rational, even though it is not directly based on scientific demonstration.”
― John R. Connolly, John Henry Newman: A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millennium