Religious Morality in John Henry Newman

1. Introduction

2. Truth and Holiness

2.1  Seeds of Conversion

     2.1.1 External Pressures

     2.1.2 Doctrine and Salvation

     2.1.3 Reason and Conscience

2.2 Growth to Conversion

     2.2.1 Dogmatic and Sacramental Principles

     2.2.2 Principle of Economy

     2.2.3 Patristic Influence

2.3 Hostility to Religious Liberalism

     2.3.1 Liberalism as Rationalism

     2.3.2 Doctrine and Salvation

     2.3.3 Affinity with Liberal Catholics

2.4 Conclusion

3. Reason and Belief

3.1 Illative Sense.

     3.1.1 Inference and Assent

     3.1.2 Inductive Process

3.2 Sufficient Reasoning

     3.2.1 Conditional Inference

     3.2.2 Unconditional Assent

3.3 Newman's Hermeneutics

     3.3.1 Analogies

     3.3.2 Role of the Will

3.4 Objective Truth

     3.4.1 Subjective Process

     3.4.2 Concrete and Abstract Reasoning

     3.4.3 Exclusion of Doubt

3.5 Moral Demonstration

     3.5.1 Moral Certitude

     3.5.2 Practical Certainty

     3.5.3 Normativity

3.6 Conclusion

4. Hermeneutics of the Imagination

4.1  Theory of Knowledge

     4.1.1 Components of Knowledge

     4.1.2 Role of Hypothesis

4.2 Moral Rhetoric

     4.2.1 Interpretative and Assertive Roles

     4.2.2 Creativity and Intensity

     4.2.3 Imagination and Action

4.3 Theological Hermeneutics

      4.3.1 Abstract and Concrete Reasoning

      4.3.2 New Instrument for Theology

      4.3.3 Notional and Real Assent

4.4 Theological History

     4.4.1 Via Media

     4.4.2 Development of Doctrine

     4.4.3 Principle of Economy

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5. Moral Law

5.1  First Principles

     5.1.1 Experience and Abstraction

     5.1.2 Character and Assent

5.2 Meaning of Moral Law

     5.2.1 Genesis of Moral Law

     5.2.2 Application of Moral Law

5.3 Dispute Over Lying.

     5.3.1 Cautious Dispensation of Truth

     5.3.2 Just Cause

5.4 Refinement of Moral Law

     5.4.1 Historical Consciousness

     5.4.2 Interpretation of Moral Doctrine

5.5 Conclusion

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Chapter 6. Moral Conscience          

6.1  Moral Sense and Rationality

     6.1.1 Informal Inference

     6.1.2 Moral Certitude

6.2 Sense of Duty and Responsibility

     6.2.1 Voice of God

     6.2.2 Theonomous Autonomy

     6.2.3 God, Truth, and Holiness

6.3 Conclusion

Chapter 7. Church Tradition

7.1  The Faithful and Theologians.

     7.1.1 Consent of the Faithful

     7.1.2 Freedom of Theologians

7.2 Church Magisterium

     7.2.1 Church Teaching

     7.2.2 Papal Infallibility

7.3 Truth and Holiness

     7.3.1 Supremacy of Conscience

     7.3.2 Patience, Silence, and Prayer.

7.4 Conclusion

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