AI OVERVIEW: Conscience guides More's life as a consistent whole, insisting on fidelity to God before service to the king; in April 1534 he writes, I shall neither be forsworn, that is, swear to something untrue, nor swear against my conscience, and elsewhere note that every man should be left to his own conscience. Three preface letters to Meg Roer, to his children’s tutor, and to his wife show formation: place virtue first, learning second; cultivate peace of soul; beware pride; value good advice and education that forms character. In the Tower, he endures interrogation, reads the oath slowly, and refuses to swear; his nourishment comes from prayers, the agony of Christ, and a lifelong friendship with God, so that even approaching execution he comforts others and looks to heaven.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: --- What happens when a man who is a faithful husband, loving father, celebrated lawyer, incisive writer, and devoted son of the Church is asked to either violate his conscience or face being imprisoned, hanged, drawn, quartered, and beheaded? If you are most men, you capitulate....
