private judgment
noun
personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
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How to use private judgment in a sentence
This idea of private judgment is what separates the Catholics from the Protestants; not most ostensibly, but most vitally.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI | John LordWe now have the application of the right of private judgment in the theory that one's morals are one's own concern.
Our Lady Saint Mary | J. G. H. BarryProtestantism boasts of having asserted the right of private judgment.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteShe not only had an approximate vision of what every one had done, but she had a private judgment for each case.
The Real Thing and Other Tales | Henry JamesThis principle, my friends, seems to me to be intimately connected with our right of private judgment.
Studies of Christianity | James Martineau
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