John Henry Newman : Spiritual Writings

by Ford, John T.

• ISBN13: 9781570759543
• ISBN10: 1570759545
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Through his writings, the spiritual journey of one the most beloved and influential Catholic voices of the modern era. Book jacket.

Author Biography

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) is among a handful of religious figures of the nineteenth century whose influence today remains broad and ongoing. A famous convert to Catholicism, his writings on the development of doctrine, the role of a Catholic university, the rights of conscience, and the role of the laity, helped shape the church of the twentieth century. He was beatified in 2010. Rev. John T. Ford, CSC, is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. He is the editor-in-chief of Newman Studies Journal, and has served as President of the North American Academy of Ecumenists and as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Biography: John Henry Newman (1801-1890)	p. 1
Family, Ealing School, "First Conversion"	p. 33
Newman's Doubts about Christianity	p. 33
Newman's "First Conversion"	p. 33
Newman's Call to Celibacy	p. 35
"A Particular Providence as Revealed in the Gospel"	p. 36
Student at Trinity College	p. 40
"Love of Relations and Friends"	p. 40
Student Drinking	p. 44
Baccalaureate Examinations	p. 46
Fellow of Oriel College	p. 47
"Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed"	p. 47
Candidate for Oriel Fellowship	p. 54
Election as Oriel Fellow	p. 55
Anglican Deacon and Priest	p. 56
Memorizing Scripture	p. 56
Parish Visitation	p. 56
Changing Theological Views	p. 57
Newman's Father's Death	p. 59
Reflections on Preaching	p. 60
Visiting the Sick	p. 60
"Acceptance of Religious Privileges Compulsory"	p. 61
Tutor of Oriel College	p. 63
Concern for Students' Moral Dispositions	p. 63
View of the Oriel Tutorship	p. 63
Reforming the Tutorship	p. 65
Tutorship Dispute in Retrospect	p. 66
Tutorship Letters	p. 67
Vicar of Saint Mary's	p. 69
"Religious Joy" (December 25, 1825)	p. 69
"Consolations in Bereavement"	p. 76
Discovery of the Patristic Church	p. 78
"The Greek Fathers"	p. 78
"Religion a Weariness to the Natural Man"	p. 79
Mediterranean Pilgrim	p. 87
"Wanderings"	p. 87
"The Immortality of the Soul"	p. 88
"Lead, Kindly Light"	p. 96
"Hope in God-Creator"	p. 97
Early Years of the Oxford Movement: 1833-1839	p. 99
Tract Number One	p. 99
"Christian Zeal"	p. 104
"Liberalism"	p. 111
Crisis Years of the Oxford Movement: 1839-1845	p. 113
"Love, the One Thing Needful"	p. 113
"The Visible Church": Tract XC §4	p. 123
"The Parting of Friends"	p. 126
"To Live Is to Change"	p. 130
"Athanasius and Ambrose"	p. 131
Oratorian	p. 133
"Farewell to Oxford"	p. 133
St. Philip Neri	p. 135
"Men not Angels, the Priests of the Gospel"	p. 138
"The Second Spring"	p. 139
Educator	p. 151
"Intellect, Instrument of Religious Training"	p. 151
"The Religion of the Pharisee, the Religion of Mankind"	p. 160
Relationship between Teachers and Students	p. 171
Advocate for the Latty	p. 173
Knowledge and the Laity	p. 173
Sensus Fidelium	p. 175
Defender of Belief	p. 186
"Reflections" on Kingsley-Newman Correspondence	p. 186
"Coming into Port after a Rough Sea"	p. 188
"Faith and Doubt"	p. 188
Three Brothers with Different Certitudes	p. 201
Champion of Conscience	p. 203
Vatican I: Description of Infallibility	p. 203
"Conscience and the Pope" (Norfolk)	p. 204
"Conscience and the Existence of God"	p. 206
Interpretation of the "Vatican Definition"	p. 216
Honorary Fellow of Trinity College	p. 217
Cardinal	p. 219
Congratulatory Messages	p. 219
Biglietto Speech	p. 220
Roman Address to Cardinal Newman	p. 225
Newman's Homecoming Address	p. 226
Blessed John Henry Newman	p. 228
Bicentennial of Newman's Birth: John Paul II	p. 228
Beatification Homily: Benedict XVI	p. 230
John Henry Newman: A Brief Chronology	p. 235
Persons	p. 238
Select Bibliography	p. 251
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