Apologia Pro Vita SuaA classic of Christian apologetics, this 1865 spiritual biography of the vicar who stunned the Church of England when he abandoned it for Roman Catholicism plumbs the depths of the faith that Catholicism inspires. Structured as a response to one of his greatest public critics, it remains a beloved work to this day. First published in the mid 19th century, this is a replica of the 1908 edition, and features the author's thoughts on his religions opinions throughout his life as well as sermons and other addresses and correspondence with other clergy and religious philosophers. British theologian JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN (1801-1890)-a leading figure in both the Church of England and, after his conversion, the Roman Catholic Church-was known as "The Father of the Second Vatican Council." His Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834-42) is considered the best collection of sermons in the English language. He is also the author of A Grammar of Assent (1870). |
Contents
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History of my Religious Opinions from 1833 to 1839 | 24 |
NOTES | 175 |
NOTE A On page 9 Liberalism | 185 |
SUPPLEMENTAL MATTER | 242 |
Addresses from Bodies of Clergy and Laity | 250 |
Note 1 on page 7 Correspondence with Archbishop Whately | 257 |
2 on page 59 Extract of a Letter from the Rev E Smedley | 263 |
Letter to the Very Rev Canon Flanagan | 269 |
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Page v - Truth, for its own sake, had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy. Father Newman informs us that it need not, and on the whole ought not to be; that cunning is the weapon which heaven has given to the Saints wherewith to withstand the brute male force of the wicked world which marries and is given in marriage. Whether his notion be doctrinally correct or not, it is at least historically so.
Page 14 - Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee.
Page 13 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.