This is the text of an address that Cardinal Charles Caffarra who died on September 6th, 2017, should have presented on October 21 in London at the conference "The Education of the New Consciousness of Consciousness". The following text is a Gloria.TV translation from the Italian original.
Explaining Newman's doctrine on moral conscience, as well as any other themes of his philosophical and theological thought, is not easy. He builds his thoughts within the path of his inner life, as the exigency of his existence. His theology and philosophy is the answer to the problems of his life. He belongs, like Pascal to the family of Augustine: Speaking of himself, he spoke of every man. Newman is the Augustine of the modern Church. In the following presentation, I will try to stick to his theological style.
1. “MYSELF AND MY CREATOR”: The beginning of the way
In the life of the spirit, there is a moment in which the person becomes their self entirely. He/She awakens as a free and rational individual …More