Preface
Introduction:
Cardinal Newman: the man & the mystery
The presinding themes in Newman's work
Newman's methods & style
Newman today & tomorrow
Essays & discourses on universities & higher education:
What is a university?
Theology a branch of knowledge
Knowledge its own end
Secular knowledge not a principle of action
Essays & discourses on religious subjects
Genuine developments (of Christian Doctrine) contrasted with corruptions
Protestant view of the Catholic church
The illative sense
Sermons:
The greatest & littleness of human life
Faith & the world
Nature & grace
Faith & doubt
Mental sufferings of our Lord in his Passion
The second spring
Selected passages on miscellaneous subjects:
On the nature of religious doctrine
"To believe much is more blessed"
On miracles
On the nature of God
On the individuality of the soul
On nature & supernature
On the Church
On the Church & the world
On monarchism & the monastic ideal
On saints & saintliness
On the gentleman
On Christianity & civilization
On the decay of conscience in a civilized age
On religion & science
On the menace of secularism in religion
On noteriety
Aphoristic selections:
On creeds & dogmas
On conscience
On education
On England & the English
On evil, pain, suffering
On faith & belief
On literature & literary men
On rationalism
On reason & knowledge
On religious mysteries
On nature & the physical world
On the nature of religion
On the Scriptures
On the spiritual life
On tradition
On the world
Meditations & devotions:
Hope in God:
creator
God all-sufficient
God alone unchangeable
The infinite perfection of God
Apologia pro vita sua (selections)
Chronology
Bibliography
John Henry Newman was a Roman Catholic priest 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 Catholic roots.
Eventually his studies in history persuaded him to become a Roman Catholic. Both before and after becoming a Roman Catholic, he wrote a number of influential books.
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