Itcanappealtoacriterionwhichisnotsupernatural，andisasvalidforthesinnerasforthesaint。
HereisoneresultoftheOxfordindifferencetoscience。
WhenNewmanwasinvitedbyinnocentpeopletoappearasthechampionoffaithagainstscience，herefused，forthereasonamongothersthathecouldnottellwhatwasthepositiontobeassailed。Hewouldnotdenythat’sciencegrew，butitgrewbyfitsandStarts，’andthrewouthypotheseswhich’roseandfell。’266*Hesupposessciencetorepresentafluctuatingsetofguesses。Evenifitappearedtocontradictrevelation，thecontradictioncouldbeevadedbyaneasydevice。ScienceandScripturecontradicteachotherastothemotionoftheearth。Wecannotdecidetillweknowwhatmotionis，andthenitmayturnoutthatscienceisfalseorreconcilabletoScripture。267*
ThissayingalienatedFroudeandKingsley，and，Ifancy，withgoodreason；butwecanseehowNewmancametoit。Theology，hethought，restedonadeeperfoundationthanscience。Itrepresentedasinglebodyofdeductivetruth；whilesciencerepresentedasetofdetachedconclusionsformeduponparticularfacts。
Thisappearstoreversethetruth。’Thescientificprinciple，inthefirstplace，isatissuewiththetheologynotuponthisorthatpoint，notontheconflictbetweenparticularstatements，butallalongtheline。Twodifferingconceptionsoftheuniverseareatissue，andonemustbeaccepted。Newmansubstantiallyrepliesthatsciencehasitsown——alower——sphere。268*IntheIdeaofaUniversityhearguesthattheologymustbeadmittedintothecourse，becauseitdealswiththerealitiesunderlyingphenomena，andisthereforetherightfulqueenofsciences。Thehistoryoftheactualrelationsofscienceandtheologywouldsupplyacuriouscommentaryuponthisopinion。Newmanmeanwhileholdsthattheconflictarisesfromascientificmisconception。