Developing one's conscience

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A local priest has said he doesn’t feel its his job to tell anyone to do anything. He supports an Yves Congar approach to developing one’s conscience. Could someone dechiper that preceding sentence for me. It is way over my head.
 
Strange that he should use Yves Congar as an excuse for not evangelizing. As far as I know, Congar, a French theologian was a staunch traditionalist. Unfortunately, this priest doesn’t think much of what our Lord said regarding this matter.

Matt. 28:18-20 clearly states:
Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, **teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.**This does NOT mean that we are to sit around on our collective duffs as observers of the faith. We are to live the faith and engage others as active participants. Jesus didn’t say, "Go, therefore and sit around and wait for my return."Tell your preist that Jesus died for him. He paid the ultimate price for his soul. The least he can do is to obey Him.“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” - St. Jerome
 
I was hoping someone would help me. Thanks! I am going to show my ignorance here by saying I have no idea who Yves Congar is. Are there some books or articles out there I could read that would give me a little more insight?
 
I have no idea who Yves Congar is. There’s a short article on Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar (April 8, 1904-June 22, 1995) at Wikipedia. However, there is nothing there about his views on the formation of conscience.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on The Formation of Conscience.
 
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I was hoping someone would help me. Thanks! I am going to show my ignorance here by saying I have no idea who Yves Congar is. Are there some books or articles out there I could read that would give me a little more insight?
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As I stated in my last post, Yves Congar was a French Theologian.

“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” - St. Jerome
 
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As far as I know, Congar, a French theologian was a staunch traditionalist.
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”Two star progressivists who undermined this dogma were Father Henri de Lubac and Father Yves Congar. Both were proponents of the New Theology that taught religion must change with the times. Both were considered theological misfits by Pope Pius XII’s Vatican. Both had their writings and activities curtailed under Cardinal Ottaviani’s Holy Office. Yet both Yves Congar and Henri de Lubac, along with other progressivist theologians, emerged as leading lights of Vatican II, and of the post-Conciliar period, without ever changing their heretical views.”
THE SECRET OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’s SUCCESS
 
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