John Henry Cardinal Newman

Trust the Church of God implicitly even when your natural judgement would take a different course from hers and would induce you to question her prudence or correctness. Recollect what a hard task she has; how she is sure to be criticized and spoken against, whatever she does; recollect, too, how long is the experience gained in 1800 years; and what a right she has to claim your assent to principles which have had so extended and triumphal a trial. Thank her that she has kept the faith safe for so many generations and do your part in helping her to transmit it to generations after you.

John Henry Cardinal Newman
An Address to the Students of Medicine
The Idea of a University, 1854

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