contritionis

Updated: July 27, 2026

They may be in involuntary ignorance. Yet I fear that, taking the whole nation, there are few who on this score can lay claim to faith." "Errantes invincibiliter circa aliquos articulos, et credentes alios, non sunt formaliter hæretici, sed habent fidem supernaturalem, quâ credunt veros articulos, atque adeo ex eâ possunt procedere actus perfectæ contritionis, quibus justificentur et salventur."

John Henry Newman - Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert