This article suggests that the religious epistemology of John Henry Newman can be enhanced if read through the philosophical lens of Gabriel Marcel. After briefly describing Newman’s epistemology as it appears in his most philosophically mature work, An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, and with particular attention paid to the illative sense, the charge of relativism will be considered. The answer to this concern of relativism is found in embryo in the pages of the Grammar itself, when it highlights not only the personal nature of assent but also suggests a communal dimension. To make this point explicit, I suggest reading Newman’s epistemology through the lens of Marcel’s philosophy. While being akin to Newman in terms of what constitutes genuine knowledge and one’s attainment of it, Marcel provides a richer philosophical story as to why our knowing is both personal and communal. To this end, the Marcelian understanding of situated existence and testimony will be explored. In sum, a Marcelian optic helps to supplement Newman’s epistemology while not detracting from it.

本文认为，如果通过加布里埃尔·马塞尔（Gabriel Marcel）的哲学视角来阅读，约翰·亨利·纽曼（John Henry Newman）的宗教认识论可以得到加强。在简要介绍了纽曼的认识论之后，他的认识论出现在其最成熟的哲学著作《同意的语法帮助》中，并特别注意了指称意义，我们将考虑相对主义的指责。相对论的这种关注的答案在语法的页面中的胚胎中找到。本身，不仅强调了同意的个人性质，而且还暗示了公共层面。为了使这一点明确，我建议从马塞尔的哲学的角度阅读纽曼的认识论。在构成真正知识和获得知识方面与纽曼类似的同时，马塞尔（Marcel）提供了更丰富的哲学故事，说明我们的知识为何既是个人知识又是公共知识。为此，将探索马赛人对情境存在和证言的理解。总而言之，马氏光学有助于补充纽曼的认识论，同时又不减损它。