Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, tho…

John Henry Newman
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Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action. ✨ John Henry Newman (1850). Lectures of certain difficulties felt by anglicans in submitting to the Catholic Church, p.236
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