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The Crisis, the Conscience, and the Consecrations, by Kennedy Hall – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine, Feb. 20, 2026

Kennedy Hall is the author of multiple best-selling books. He is a freelance author, audiobook narrator and host of the podcast Mere Tradition with Kennedy Hall. He is married with six children and lives in Ontario, Canada. He can be contacted through, and his work can be found at www.kennedyhall.ca.

Much like St. Thomas More’s refusal to swear an oath to a legitimate authority, today’s Church crisis likewise calls for fidelity to the Faith when faced with conflicting human laws.

Not long before he was martyred, St. Thomas More wrote a series of letters to his daughters. In those letters, which have been compiled into a work called A Dialogue on Conscience, we find his daughter Margaret attempting to persuade him to swear the oath that would save his life, which he did not do, of course. We also find More’s insistence on the primacy of the conscience and why it would be impossible for him to swear the oath.

Many casual observers have misunderstood More’s life and believe that he would not consent to the king’s desire to have a divorce, but this is untrue. Henry VIII sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon, not a divorce. His argument was that the marriage had never been valid to begin with, primarily on the grounds that Catherine had previously been married to his brother Arthur and that Leviticus 20:21 prohibits a man from marrying his brother’s wife. Henry’s position was that the papal dispensation granted by Julius II to allow the marriage was itself invalid, meaning he and Catherine had never truly been married in the eyes of God. …..

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