It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
John Henry NewmanRead
I want a laitywho know their creed so well, that they can_x000D_ give an account of it, who know so much of history that_x000D_ they can defend it.
Interpretation
Knowledge empowers individuals to defend and understand their beliefs.
John Henry Newman emphasizes the importance of having a well-informed laity who not only understands their faith but is also capable of articulating and defending it intellectually. In a world where beliefs are often challenged, being knowledgeable about oneβs creed and historical context strengthens oneβs ability to engage in meaningful discussions and defend personal convictions.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech at a church event to encourage congregants to deepen their understanding of their faith.
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
A cloud of incense was rising on high; the people suddenly all bowed low; what could it mean? The truth flashed on him, fearfully yet sweetly; it was the Blessed Sacrament - it was the Lord Incarnate who was on the altar, who had come to visit and bless his people. It was the Great Presence, which makes a Catholic Church different from every other place in the world; which makes it, as no other place can be - holy.
It is seldom we have the heart to throw ourselves, if I may so speak, on the Divine Arm; we dare not trust ourselves on the waters, though Christ bids us. We have not St. Peter's love to ask leave to come to him upon the sea. When we once are filled with that heavenly charity, we can do all things, because we attempt all things - for to attempt is to do.
Now what is it moves our very hearts, and sickens us so much at cruelty shown to poor brutes? I suppose this first, that they have done no harm; next, that they have no power whatever of resistance; it is the cowardice and tyranny of which they are the victims which makes their sufferings so especially touching.
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.
My worst subject in school was school, but it turns out I'm great at starting them.
If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet.
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
She has spent most of the day reading and is feeling rather out of touch with reality, as if her own life has become insubstantial in the face of the fiction she's been absorbed in.
The entering class I joined in 1956 included just nine women, up from five in the then second-year class, and only one African American. All professors, in those now-ancient days, were of the same race and sex.
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