pp. 6-7
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For 30, 40, 50 years I have resisted to the best of my powers the spirit of liberalism in religion... Liberalism in religion is the doctrine that there is no positive truth in religion, but that one creed is as good as another, and this is the teaching which is gaining substance and force daily. It is inconsistent with any recognition of any religion, as true.
— John Henry Newman
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For 30, 40, 50 years I have resisted to the best of my powers the spirit of liberalism in religion... Liberalism in religion is the doctrine that there is no positive truth in religion, but that one creed is as good as another, and this is the teaching which is gaining substance and force daily. It is inconsistent with any recognition of any religion, as true." in the context of "pp. 6-7" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Henry Newman" (Quotes, 1870s, Speech of His Eminence Cardinal Newman on the Reception of the "Biglietto" at Cardinal Howard's Palace in Rome (12 May 1879): Speech of His Eminence Cardinal Newman on the Reception of the "Biglietto" at Cardinal Howard's Palace in Rome on the 12th of May 1879. With the Address of the English-Speaking Catholics in Rome and His Eminence's Reply to it, at the English College on the 14th of May 1879 (1879).)
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About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
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