John Henry Newman

A highly influential figure in the Church of England, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he left his position as vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford, to join the Roman Catholic church. Perhaps no one took greater offense than Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley, whose scathing attacks against Newman's faith and honor inspired this brilliant response. Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Newman's spiritual autobiography, explores the depths...

Cardinal John Henry Newman was a major figure in the Oxford Movement, a response by the members of the Church of England to a perceived attack by the reforming Whig administration who had already legislated a restructuring of the Church of Ireland. Members of the Oxford Movement feared the secular appropriation of ecclesiastical property and moved to assert their religious authority by returning the church to its Catholic origins. In 1854 John Henry...

A compilation of a representative collection of Newman's writings designed to present the full range of Newman's life and thought. This comprehensive anthology records Newman's intellectual, spiritual and emotional growth by grouping his writings -- entire essays, poetry, sermons, letters and generous excerpts from his books -- into the major and critical periods of Newman's life. In this sweeping anthology, and in the thorough introduction that precedes...