Originally published under the title, "Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching", this classic includes the following lectures:
Part 1. Communion with the Roman See the Legitimate Issue of the Religious Movement of 1833
Lecture 1. On the Relation of the National Church to the Nation
Lecture 2. The Movement of 1833 Foreign to the National Church
Lecture 3. The Life of the Movement of 1833 Not Derived from the National Church
Lecture 4. The Providential Course of the Movement of 1833 Not in the Direction of the National Church
Lecture 5. The Providential Course of the Movement of 1833 Not in the Direction of a Party in the National Church
Lecture 6. The Providential Course of the Movement of 1833 Not in the Direction of a Branch Church
Lecture 7. The Providential Course of the Movement of 1833 Not in the Direction of a Sect
Part 2. Difficulties in Accepting the Communion of Rome as One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
Lecture 8. The Social State of Catholic Countries No Prejudice to the Sanctity of the Church
Lecture 9. The Religious State of Catholic Countries No Prejudice to the Sanctity of the Church
Lecture 10. Differences Among Catholics No Prejudice to the Unity of the Church
Lecture 11. Heretical and Schismatical Bodies No Prejudice to the Catholicity of the Church
Lecture 12. Ecclesiastical History No Prejudice to the Apostolicity of the Church
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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