The Layman and His Conscience Luckhardt from Edmund Burke to Roger

from Edmund Burke to Roger Scruton

First published as The True Vine and Its Branches in 1938

new dogmatisms clash with old

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he has—with the help of his new fiancée

The Layman and His Conscience Luckhardt from Edmund Burke to RogerBy Ronald Knox A proper examination of conscience is surely one of the most challenging tasks of the Christian life. For the laity, charged with the work of sanctifying the world from within as a leaven (in the words of Lumen gentium), this task is made especially difficult by the clamorous distractions which come simply from being in the world, even if not of the world. To ease the difficulty of this task, Monsignor Knox offers in The Layman and His