court of conscience

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In the court of conscience the sin, where it exists, is not wholly or mainly in the act.

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

Now, in what was this court of conscience better than these cannibals?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

In the virtues, so-called, he should discern only the rough notes of a general expediency; in fixed moral principles only time-saving predecisions of cases not yet before the court of conscience.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

He lays open obscurities, and is praised for the speech of truth; and in the court of conscience pleads much in forma pauperis, for small fees.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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