Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities (G.K. Chesterton)
Day: October 4, 2020
Saints Newman and Paul’s Logical Minds
Much of the pleasure in writing about John Henry Newman comes from the opportunity to quote his exquisite prose. Consider this statement from a sermon he preached as a young cleric in 1826: . . . men often regard Christianity as a slavish system which is prejudicial to the freedom of thought, the aspirations of[…]