Mary, immaculately conceived and free from all concupiscence, did not have a mind darkened by sin. She could clearly perceive the good objectively.
Theology, the science of discerning God’s truth, is, in the classical phrase, the “Queen of the sciences.”
If there is a Supreme Being, then theology is the Supreme Science.
Theology is “…the subject-matter of a science, far wider and more noble than any of those which are included in the circle of secular Education.”
The Church aims to educate the nations in the fullness of truth–to give them first faith, then civilization.
Education is an art reflective of the needs of particular places, times, and peoples.
This Advent, may we listen to what Newman calls the “aboriginal Vicar of Christ in the soul,” our Conscience, the objective sense of God’s religious and moral commands in our hearts,
The end of a University education is the total integration of knowledge into the heart, mind, and soul of a well-cultivated person.
The Church offers the student more than what studies alone can provide: the grace that cannot be acquired with books.
Describing the essence of a University, John Henry Newman offers hope and wisdom for education.