The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume IX: Littlemore and the Parting of Friends May 1842-October 1843 / Edition 9

by Francis J. McGrath, Gerard Tracey

Overview

John Henry Newman (1801-90) was brought up in the Church of England in the Evangelical tradition. An Oxford graduate and Fellow of Oriel College, he was appointed Vicar of St Mary's Oxford in 1828; from 1839 onwards he began to have doubts about the claims of the Anglican Church and in 1845 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church. He was made a Cardinal in 1879. His influence on both the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England and the advance of Catholic ideas in the Church of England was profound.

This volume covers a crucially important and significant period in Newman's life. The Church of England bishops' continuing condemnation of Tract 90 - plus Pusey's two-year suspension for preaching a university sermon on the Real Presence - are major factors in Newman resigning as Vicar of St Mary's, Oxford. His doubts about the Church of England are deeper and stronger than ever, and he is moving closer to Rome. William Lockhart's sudden defection to Rome in August 1843 precipitates his resignation. He preaches his final Anglican sermon, 'The Parting of Friends', and retires into lay communion at Littlemore. The first edition of University Sermons, including the celebrated sermon on theological development, virtually sells out within a fortnight.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199254583
Publisher:	OUP/Birmingham Oratory
Publication date:	05/04/2006
Series:	Newman Letters & Diaries
Pages:	924
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 6.20(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Dr Francis J. McGrath B. A. (University of Queensland); M.Ed. (Boston College); D.Phil. (Oxon); holder of the Centenary Medal of Australia is an Australian Marist Brother (FMS).

Gerard Tracey (1954-2003), former Librarian and Archivist at the Birmingham Oratory, took over the care of the Newman papers following the death of Fr. Dessain in 1976. In addition to editing volumes 6, 7, and 8 of the Letters and Diaries he was a member of the Historical Commission for Newman's Cause for Beatification. He had started work on volume 9 before his unexpected death on 20 January 2003.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductory NoteSummary of Events covered by this VolumeTHE LETTERS AND DIARIES OF JOHN HENRY NEWMANAppendix 1. Articles and Writers in the British Critic, July 1842-October 1843Appendix 2. Bishops' Charges, May-October 1842Appendix 3. 'Episcopal Charges of the past Year', British Critic, January 1843Appendix 4. University Sermon: 'The Theory of Developments in Religious Doctrine', preached 2 February 1843, first editionAppendix 5. Correspondence between Edward Badeley, ecclesiastical lawyer, and Philip Wynter, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 28 July-14 August 1843Appendix 6. A Letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford by the Revd James Garbett, 21 and 28 September 1843Appendix 7. 'The Parting of Friends', preached 25 September 1843Appendix 8. Prospectus for the Lives of the English Saints, October 1843List of Letters by CorrespondentsIndex of Persons and Places

Editorial Reviews

UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "Review from previous edition It is a massive, superbly edited collection, one that impressively reveals the range and continuity of Newman's correspondence."—Thought

UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "The Letters themselves will never be superseded as biography and portrait. It is wonderful to live with Newman day by day and almost hour by hour. The character there revealed is so consistent, the words so inevitable, the narrative so vivid, there is no greyness as of printed pages but everywhere life and colour."—The Heythrop Journal

"A ready criterion to bring to these recently discovered letters is to ask, 'So what's new?'. . . We learn a few things. . . but we gain much more from the exhaustive scholarship of Francis McGrath, whose footnotes to the letters and whose 150 pages of appendices make this concluding volume to the entire series a bookshelf treasure trove." —The Thomist

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