court of conscience

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Therefore human law cannot impose its precept in a Divine court, such as is the court of conscience.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

One may have worried long in the preparation and preliminaries of the issue, one may bring the case at last into the final court of conscience in an apparently hopeless tangle.

From God the Invisible King by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

They are not sufficient proof in any court of conscience, law, or public opinion.

From The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors by Sherley, George Douglass

The principle of Probabiliorism, likewise, is just as applicable to the court of conscience as to the civil court, since in both courts the aim is to get the truth as nearly as possible.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience.

From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry