Quote#Wisdom
I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious,…
Quote byJohn Henry Newman · 1801–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851), Lecture IX, pp. 372–373.
English (original)
I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious, but men who know their religion, who enter into it, who know just where they stand, who know what they hold and what they do not, who know their creed so well, that they can give an account of it, and who know enough of history to defend it. I want an intelligent, well-instructed laity.
— John Henry Newman
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