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Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.
Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.
Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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- Thomas Merton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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