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Joshua a Type of Christ and His Followers
When we read the Scriptures, especially the Old Testament, we have the opportunity to reflect on ourselves.
1 year, 1 month ago
Oxford Univ. Sermon n. 15, The Developments of Religious Doctrine, part 3
This final of three posts covers the last part of Newman’s important sermon, The Developments of Religious Doctrine. Newman will end the sermon asse…
1 year, 2 months ago
Oxford University Sermon, n. 15. The Theory of Developments in Religious Doctrine
Newman wishes to show how faith and reason work closely together. As St. Augustine had said centuries earlier faith seeks understanding.
1 year, 2 months ago
“The Trance of Time” in honor of St. John Henry Newman’s 224th birthday
Newman's love of Nature, his love of friends, his love of the Catholic Church were all because he loved God, for whom they were intimations.
1 year, 3 months ago
Implicit and Explicit Reason
Implicit faith, or trust in God and the Church, forms the foundation, while explicit reasoning enriches and defends belief.
1 year, 3 months ago
Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul
Everywhere in our culture we are urged to be ourselves, to buck the system, to express our unique individuality, to break the glass ceiling, to stand…
1 year, 4 months ago
Human Responsibility, as Independent of Circumstances, Oxford Univ. Sermon, No. 8
Newman teaches that God who is faithful does not tempt men. We are moral agents responsible for our actions. We should not try to rid ourselves of re…
1 year, 4 months ago
Religious Joy
With our Lord so close to us, residing in our souls, how can we be anything but joyful?
1 year, 4 months ago
Contest between Faith and Sight
Newman writes, “the world overcomes us, not merely by appealing to our reason, or by exciting our passions, but by imposing on our imagination.”
1 year, 5 months ago
Prayer of the Rosary, Newman’s Advice to Children
St. John Henry Newman told boys that the rosary makes the Creed into a prayer.
1 year, 6 months ago