---
title: 'The Moral Quality of Conscientious Error'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John William Yeomans'
date: 1855-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ethics (General)'
- 'Sin'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 9'
- 'Isaiah 5'
- 'Luke 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/yeomans-1855-the-moral-quality-of-conscientious-error
---

# The Moral Quality of Conscientious Error

Essay argues that sincerity does not excuse error or sin; conscientious wrongdoing is moral disease. Using Paul's conversion and Scripture, it warns against dogmatism and self-deception.

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