Water Shaping Stone: Faith, Relationships, and Conscience Formation

The Catholic Tradition requires the faithful to form and follow their conscience. This is the case even with the recognition that consciences can be malformed and one can make errors in practical judgments. Water Shaping Stone examines various aspects of this tradition regarding conscience by using, among other sources, twentieth-century magisterial documents, theologians’ works, and Scripture.

Kathryn Lilla Cox argues that while the Magisterium retains teaching authority, and a responsibil...