Quote#God & Faith
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ, a prophet in its…
Quote byJohn Henry Newman · 1801–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk (1875), Part V: Conscience, p. 57.
English (original)
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ, a prophet in its informations, a monarch in its peremptoriness, a priest in its blessings and anathemas, and, even though the eternal priesthood throughout the Church could cease to be, in it the sacerdotal principle would remain and would have a sway.
— John Henry Newman
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