The Layman and His Conscience Luckhardt ’” Saint Thomas More: His

’” Saint Thomas More: His Life and Works gainsays the very existence of such a paradox: More’s faith in Christ’s Church “is the key to his life and death and glory

The Month of the Falling Leaves

First published as The True Vine and Its Branches in 1938

Douglas and Louis de Wohl

still more impressive

The Layman and His Conscience Luckhardt ’” Saint Thomas More: HisBy Ronald Knox A proper examination of conscience is surely one of the most challenging tasks of the Christian life. For the laity, charged with the work of sanctifying the world from within as a leaven (in the words of Lumen gentium), this task is made especially difficult by the clamorous distractions which come simply from being in the world, even if not of the world. To ease the difficulty of this task, Monsignor Knox offers in The Layman and His