An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent Apologetics disdaining both the crass excesses

disdaining both the crass excesses of the world and the pusillanimous explications found even among Christians

ISBN: 978-1685953676

and then the profound crises that beset Christian Europe—the Thirty Years War

the Battle of Zeus and the Titans

Paperback: 260pp

An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent Apologetics disdaining both the crass excessesBy Saint John Henry Newman Introduction by tienne Gilson Belief and experience: these realities are necessary for the continuation of life. In an age deeply scored by empiricism, materialism, and skepticismas were the eighteenth and nineteenth centuriesit is belief which comes under close scrutiny; under the harsh light of new scientific standards and methods, beliefthe assent to mysteryis interrogated, its legitimacy as a rational exercise contested,