Newman, John Henry
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Newman, John Henry (1801–90), became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, where he came in contact with
Keble and
Pusey and later with R. H.
Froude. In 1832 he went to the south of Europe with Froude, and with him in Rome wrote much of the
Lyra Apostolica, which included ‘Lead, kindly Light’. In the same year he resolved with William Palmer (1803–85), Froude, and A. P. Perceval (1799–1853) to fight for the doctrine of apostolic succession and the integrity of the Prayer Book, and began
Tracts for the Times (see
Oxford Movement). He was moving slowly towards the Roman Catholic Church, and in 1841 his celebrated
Tract XC, on the compatibility of the Articles with Catholic theology, brought the Tractarians under official ban. He joined the Church of Rome in 1845, a move which profoundly shocked many of his fellow Tractarians, and caused a rift with Keble and Pusey. He was ordained in Rome in 1846; on his return in 1847 he established the Oratory in Birmingham. He was rector of the new Catholic University in Dublin, 1854–8; his lectures and essays on university education appeared in various forms from 1852, and finally as
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated (1873). In these he maintained that the duty of a university is instruction rather than research, and to train the mind rather than to diffuse useful knowledge. In 1864 appeared his
Apologia pro Vita Sua, in answer to C.
Kingsley, who had remarked in
Macmillan's Magazine, misrepresenting Newman, that Newman did not consider truth a necessary virtue. It is an exposition of his spiritual history, written with much sincerity and feeling, and is now recognized as a literary masterpiece. His poem
The Dream of Gerontius (later set to music by Elgar) appeared in 1866. In 1870 Newman published
The Grammar of Assent, an examination of the nature of belief, which argues that we reach certainties not through logic but through intuitive perception. In 1879 he was created a cardinal.
Newman also published two novels, both anonymously.
Loss and Gain (1848) gives a vivid portrait of the religious ferment of Oxford at the period of the Oxford Movement;
Callista (1856) describes the persecution and martyrdom of a Christian convert, the sculptor Callista, in the 3rd cent.
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John Henry Newman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Henry Newman The English cardinal and theologian John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was a leading figure in the Oxford movement. After his conversion to Rome, his qualities of mind and literary style won him a position of respect among English...
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Newman, John Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Newman, John Henry (1801–90), became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford...Kingsley , who had remarked in Macmillan's Magazine , misrepresenting Newman, that Newman did not consider truth a necessary virtue. It is an exposition...
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Newman, Ven. John Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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Henry Edward Manning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Edward Manning The English prelate Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) was...first half of the 20th century. Henry Manning was born on July 5, 1808...Church. At Oxford he had known John Henry Newman, whose Development of Christian...
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Oxford movement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Oriel College, Oxford. Prominent among them were John Henry Newman , John Keble , Richard Hurrell Froude, Charles Marriott...supporters to Roman Catholicism, including Newman, and Henry Edward Manning . The movement to Roman Catholicism...
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