A question of conscience, by Charles David

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A question of conscience, by Charles David

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by Charles David

Instantiates

• A question of conscience

Publication

• New York, Harper & Row, 1967

Bibliography note

Bibliographical footnotes

Contents

• Part One: A personal decision -- Public break with the church -- Through disruption to happiness -- A radical decision -- A wider horizon -- Love and marriage -- Part Two: Faith and the church -- A. My approach to the question -- Reactions to my decision -- Faith and credibility -- Loss of credibility -- B. The church, the sign of Christ -- The general argument -- The church and truth -- The church and love -- The pope and birth control -- The church and hope
• C. The church in the Bible and history -- The Roman claim -- The origin of my doubts -- The general problem -- The early church -- The development of the papacy -- The question of visual unity -- D. Arguments against my conclusion -- Is there a flaw? -- Faith as personal commitment to Christ -- Remain where you are -- Future development -- Catholic institutions and the hierarchy -- Appeal for loyalty -- Part Three: Prospect for the church -- The general problem -- The change in man's self-understanding -- From hierarchical orders to free organizations -- The historical approach to truth and faith -- The Christian church and the wider society -- The sacraments -- Creative disaffiliation

Edition

1st ed.

Extent

viii, 278 p. 22 cm.

Lccn

67-021556

Record ID

1131948

System control number

• 05028173
• (OCoLC)ocm00894843
• 303171
• 303171