Category: History
Why Lingard Didn’t Like Newman
Lingard remarked upon Newman’s career several times in his correspondence, usually with a mixture of suspicion and curiosity.
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Pusey’s 1843 Sermon on the Eucharist: A Rejected Eucharistic Theology
This article aims to understand why a defense of a corporeal, real presence of Christ in the sacrament was problematic in nineteenth-century England.
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The “Happy Months” of Newman at the College of Propaganda in Rome (1846–1847)
Tuninetti argues that at the College in Rome he eventually found, and was profoundly attracted by, what he had long been looking for: the opportunity to participate in the daily life of an established Catholic community—at a time when he was considering his own vocation within the Church of Rome.
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Newman’s Campaign in Ireland: A Review of Paul Shrimpton’s New Edition
The newest volume in the Birmingham Oratory’s Millennial Edition of Newman’s works published My Campaign Part I for the first time.
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John Henry Newman’s Pandemic Ministry: A Balm for the Bereaved
Newman ministered to the sick and dying cholera victims and their families in Oxford, Birmingham, and Bilston.
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John Henry Newman’s Second Journey to Rome: 1846-1847
In 1846 Newman traveled to Rome a second time, specifically for his seminary studies in preparation for his ordination as a Catholic priest.
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Reading Newman Philosophically: An Integrative Exercise
This article argues that Newman’s notion of a philosophical habit of mind can provide a helpful conceptual framework for navigating conversations about reading, appropriating, and extending his philosophical thought.
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“Telling Stories that Matter”: Reading Marvin O’Connell’s Memoirs
The book, Telling Stories that Matter: Memoirs & Essays, is comprised of O’Connell’s late-in-life memoirs of how he became interested in the academic study of history, as well as some of his shorter essays and book reviews.
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Blessed Ignatius Spencer’s Correspondence with Saint John Henry Newman
Just last month, on February 20th, Pope Francis declared that the nineteenth-century Passionist priest, Fr. Ignatius Spencer, would be known as the Venerable Ignatius Spencer.
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Newman’s University Journal and Its Significance
The journal is perhaps one of Newman’s most practical texts on education due to the intimate voice that Newman uses to describe the difficulties and particularities of founding a university.
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Letters from a Scientist: Newman’s Correspondence with St. George Jackson Mivart
While the unravelling of Mivart’s reputation among the Catholic leadership primarily occurred after Newman’s death in 1890, a correspondence between Newman and Mivart is housed in the NINS Digital Collections.
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Newman in America: Correspondence with J. B. Purcell, Archbishop of Cincinnati
In 1875 John Baptist Purcell wrote to Newman that some in the United States were opposed to a pamphlet he published in a Catholic Liverpool paper.
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Why Lingard Didn’t Like NewmanSeptember 24, 2021Lingard remarked upon Newman’s career several times in his correspondence, usually with a mixture of suspicion and curiosity. […]
A Collaborative Digitization Project between the National Institute of Newman Studies, Pittsburgh and the Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives, EnglandSeptember 9, 2021As an archivist, I was incredibly excited by the platform and conceptualization of access that NINS was creating, showing a forward-thinking vision that was almost unheard of at the time. […]
Reading Louis Bouyer with Keith Lemna: A Review of The Apocalypse of WisdomAugust 18, 2021The primary purpose of Lemna's masterful book The Apocalypse of Wisdom: Louis Bouyer's Theological Recovery of the Cosmos is to shed light on the "twists and turns of the path Bouyer charts in Cosmos" (xiii). […]
Pusey’s 1843 Sermon on the Eucharist: A Rejected Eucharistic TheologyAugust 11, 2021This article aims to understand why a defense of a corporeal, real presence of Christ in the sacrament was problematic in nineteenth-century England. […]
The “Happy Months” of Newman at the College of Propaganda in Rome (1846–1847)August 4, 2021Tuninetti argues that at the College in Rome he eventually found, and was profoundly attracted by, what he had long been looking for: the opportunity to participate in the daily life of an established Catholic community—at a time when he was considering his own vocation within the Church of Rome. […]