[T]here is much in the liberalistic theory which is good an… - John Henry Newman

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[T]here is much in the liberalistic theory which is good and true; for example, not to say more, the precepts of justice, truthfulness, sobriety, self-command, benevolence, which, as I have already noted are among its avowed principles, and the natural laws of society. It is not till we find that this array of principles is intended to supersede, to block out, religion, that we pronounce it to be evil. There never was a device of the Enemy, so cleverly framed, and with such promise of success.

John Henry Newman

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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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Alternative Names: Cardinal Newman • Blessed John Henry Newman • Catholicus • John Henry, Cardinal Newman • Cardinal John Henry Newman • Saint John Newman • John H. Newman

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