An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent was Newman's most difficult work. While not a formal epistemology (theory of knowledge), Newman prompted a movement away from modern epistemology, stressing certainty that is best found in logic and mathematics, to common sense epistemology, affirming truth that is not absolutely certain. Bishop Barron explains why this epistemology is proper to religious knowledge, which includes notional and real assent.  

Topics Covered:

• Why assent is not certitude 
• Religious Liberalism 
• Notional and Real Assent 
• Conscience 

Links:

• Article: A Meditation on the Grammar of Assent
• Video: Dr. Reinhard Huetter on Newman
• Word on Fire Institute: https://institute.wordonfire.org/

 

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