An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent Patristics planted firmly in the fertile

planted firmly in the fertile soil of authentic experience

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Mary’s Seminary of the West in Cincinnati

An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent Patristics planted firmly in the fertileBy Saint John Henry Newman Introduction by tienne Gilson Belief and experience: these realities are necessary for the continuation of life. In an age deeply scored by empiricism, materialism, and skepticismas were the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesit is belief which comes under close scrutiny; under the harsh light of new scientific standards and methods, beliefthe assent to mysteryis interrogated, its legitimacy as a rational exercise contested,