{"product_id":"with-a-pure-conscience-christian-liberty-before-the-reformation-hardback-9781531510473","title":"With a Pure Conscience; Christian Liberty Before the Reformation (Hardback) 9781531510473","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWith a Pure Conscience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChristian Liberty Before the Reformation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Christopher Levy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531510473\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.612 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers new perspectives on freedom of conscience and religious liberty by tracing their origins to the Middle Ages, thereby challenging the common assumption that these core tenets of modernity were products of the Enlightenment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Deeply committed to the formation of a just and sacred society, medieval theologians and canonists developed sophisticated arguments in defense of religious liberty and freedom of conscience. They did so based upon the conviction that each human person possesses an inalienable right to pursue his or her spiritual vocation and to inquire into the truth, provided that such pursuits were not deemed injurious to the commonweal. For this was an age in which all power, whether secular or sacred, was held to be exercised legitimately only insofar as it served the common good. Within these basic parameters there existed a domain of personal freedom guaranteed by natural and divine law that could not be infringed by either secular or ecclesiastical authority. Theologians and canonists did not countenance blind obedience to reigning powers nor did they permit Christians to stand idle in the face of manifest transgressions of sacred tradition, constitutional order, and fundamental human rights.\u003cbr\u003e Such foundational principles as the sacred domain of conscience, freedom of intellectual inquiry, dissent from unjust authority, and inalienable personal rights had been carefully developed throughout the later Middle Ages, hence from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. Contrary to the popular conception, therefore, the West did not need to wait for the Protestant Reformation, or the Enlightenment, for these values to take hold. In fact, the modern West may owe its greatest debt to the Middle Ages. \u003ci\u003eWith a Pure Conscience \u003c\/i\u003esheds further light on these matters in a variety of contexts, within and without the medieval university walls, and often amid momentous controversies. This was a robust intellectual culture that revered careful analysis and vigorous disputation in its relentless quest to understand and defend the truth as it could be ascertained through both reason and revelation.\u003cbr\u003e With a Pure Conscience: Christian Liberty before the Reformation \u003ci\u003eis available from the Knowledge Unlatched on an open-access basis.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/i\u003e  xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e University Masters and the Commonweal   9\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eConscience and Censure   28\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Right to Dispute   63\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e From the Interior to the Exterior Forum   87\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. \u003c\/b\u003eTo Swear, Correct, and Obey   131\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003ePapal Power and the Religious Life   166\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003eChristians May Correct the Pope   205\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion \u003c\/b\u003e  249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  311\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685673365784,"sku":"9781531510473","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/with-a-pure-conscience-christian-liberty-before-the-reformation-hardback-9781531510473","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}