Larson: "Tyrrell...founder...of Modernism...declared himself to be a 'devout follower of Newman'...a 'Father' of Modernism...should [not]...be bewildered by his canonization by...Francis...proposing statements & pastoral practices which are in direct contradiction to this Faith"
The independent scholar James Larson says that the “Father of Vatican Council II" Cardinal John Newman was a Nominalist whose philosophy was apparently accepted by Francis and explains why he keeps "proposing statements and pastoral practices which are in direct contradiction to... Faith": An examination of the Epistemology of John Henry Newman Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration. (James 1: 17). After all, man is not a reasoning animal; he is a seeing, feeling, contemplating, acting animal (Newman, Grammar of Assent, p. 90). Epistemology is the philosophical science of how we know, and of what we can know. It deals with the depths of the human mind and its relationship to reality, both natural and supernatural. In other words, it is concerned, in the most profound sense, with mental health. Therefore, when th...