Podcast—The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive of the Preacher By James T. Majewski. www.catholicculture.org/…/st-john-henry-n… St. John Henry Newman Discourse 1. The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive …More
Podcast—The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive of the Preacher By James T. Majewski.
www.catholicculture.org/…/st-john-henry-n…
St. John Henry Newman
Discourse 1. The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive of the Preacher
{1} WHEN a body of men come into a neighbourhood to them unknown, as we are doing, my brethren, strangers to strangers, and there set themselves down, and raise an altar, and open a school, and invite, or even exhort all men to attend them, it is natural that they who see them, and are drawn to think about them, should ask the question, What brings them hither? Who bids them come? What do they want? What do they preach? What is their warrant? What do they promise?—You have a right, my brethren, to ask the question.
Many, however, will not stop to ask it, as thinking they can answer it without difficulty for themselves. Many there are who would promptly and confidently answer it, according to their own habitual view of things, on their own principles, the principles of the …More
www.catholicculture.org/…/st-john-henry-n…
St. John Henry Newman
Discourse 1. The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive of the Preacher
{1} WHEN a body of men come into a neighbourhood to them unknown, as we are doing, my brethren, strangers to strangers, and there set themselves down, and raise an altar, and open a school, and invite, or even exhort all men to attend them, it is natural that they who see them, and are drawn to think about them, should ask the question, What brings them hither? Who bids them come? What do they want? What do they preach? What is their warrant? What do they promise?—You have a right, my brethren, to ask the question.
Many, however, will not stop to ask it, as thinking they can answer it without difficulty for themselves. Many there are who would promptly and confidently answer it, according to their own habitual view of things, on their own principles, the principles of the …More