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t. e. John Henry Newman CO (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.
John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was a Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and cardinal who converted to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism in October 1845. In early life, he was a major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring the Church of England back to its roots. Eventually his studies in history persuaded him to ...
Lead, Kindly Light. " Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the encircling gloom " is a hymn with words written in 1833 by Saint John Henry Newman as a poem titled "the Pillar of the Cloud", which was first published in the British Magazine in 1834, and republished in Lyra Apostolica in 1836. [ 1]
Apologia Pro Vita Sua ( transl. 'A defence of one's own life') is John Henry Newman 's history of his religious opinions, showing how his opinions had been formed and how they had led him from Anglicanism to the Catholic Church. [1] It was originally published as a series of pamphlets in 1864 in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley against ...
Development of doctrine. Development of doctrine is a term used by John Henry Newman and other theologians influenced by him to describe the way Catholic teaching has become more detailed and explicit over the centuries, while later statements of doctrine remain consistent with earlier statements.
Tract 90. Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine Articles, better known as Tract 90, was a theological pamphlet written by the English theologian and churchman John Henry Newman and published 25 January 1841. [ 1] It is the most famous and the most controversial of the Tracts for the Times produced by the first generation of the Anglo ...
Grammar of Assent. An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (commonly abbreviated to the last three words) is John Henry Newman 's seminal book on the philosophy of faith. [1] Completed in 1870, the book took Newman 20 years to write, he confided to friends. Newman's aim was to show that the scientific standards for evidence and assent are too ...
1848. Publication place. England. Loss and Gain is a philosophical novel by John Henry Newman published in 1848. It depicts the culture of Oxford University in the mid-Victorian era and the conversion of a young student to Roman Catholicism. The novel went through nine editions during Newman's lifetime, [ 1] and thirteen printings. [ 2]