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1、FaithandPraxisinNewman’sCatholicNotionofFaithJohnR.ConnollyThepurposeofthispaperistopresentasystematicandconstructiveviewofNewman'snotionofCatholicDivineFaithandtoexaminethesignificanceofthisviewforhisunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenfaithandpraxis.Newman
2、definesCatholicDivineFaithastheacceptanceofthepublicrevelation(therevelationofChristgiventotheApostles)onthebasisoftheauthorityofGodrevealingthroughthevoiceoftheinfallibleChurch.'InthispaperNewman'snotionofCatholicDivineFaithwillbe,referredtosimplyasCatholicF
3、aith.AccordingtoNewmanCatholicFaith,andtheprocessbywhichitisobtained,isanalogoustotheprocessbywhichthemindarrivesatcertitudeinmattersofconcretehumantruths.IntheGrammarofAssentNewmandoesnotfullydrawouttheconsequencesoftheanalogyofhumancertitudeforhisunderstand
4、ingofCatholicFaith.However,hedoesapplytheresultsofhisanalysisofhumancertitudetoCatholicFaithintwoinstances.InChapterVoftheGrammarofAssent,Newmanappliestheresultsofthefirstpartofthebook,thediscussionofassentandapprehension,totworevealedtruthsofCatholicFaith,"H
5、e[God]isOne"and"He[God]isThree."2Theresults,ofthesecondpartoftheGrammarofAssent,thediscussionofinference,assent,certitude,informalinference,andtheillativesense,areappliedtoCatholicFaithinChapterXwhereNewmanexaminestheevidencesforChristianity..Thispaperwillatt
6、empttoshowinamorecompleteandsystematicwayhowNewmanappliestheanalogyofhumancertitudetoCatholicFaith.IndoingsothispaperwilldrawuponNewman'sapplicationsofhumancertitudetoCatholicFaithinthe.GrammarofAssentaswellashisstatementsonCatholicFaithinhisotherwritings.Thi
7、spaperwillfocusexclusivelyonNewman'sdefinitionofCatholicFaith.Itwillnotdiscusstheevidencesforfaith.InChapterVoftheGrammarofAssentNewmandoesmakeadistinctionbetweentheactoffaithandtheobjectoffaith.Newmansaysthatheisgoingtotalkabouttwoelements.Firstofall,hesays,
8、heisgoingtotalkaboutassent,,theactoffaith,"toinvestigatewhatitistobelieveinthe[doctrines],whattheminddoes,whatitcontemplates,whenitmakesanactoffaith."3Secondly,Newmanstatesthatheisgoingto
