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A Pilgrimage with Newman: Reading Patricia O’...
By Gerriet Suiter | Jul 1, 2021 | New and Noteworthy, Newman Today, Spirituality | 0
“Knowing God, Being Made holy,” A Lect...
By Elizabeth Huddleston | Dec 15, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Spirituality, Theology | 0
It is Better for Sun and Moon to Drop from Heaven
By David Mills | Sep 11, 2020 | Newman Today | 0
A Chapel, a Desk, and One Man’s Saintly Witn...
By Ryan Marr | Nov 20, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
Paraclete Essentials Releases Edition of Newman...
By Ryan Marr | Sep 19, 2019 | New and Noteworthy | 0
Ecclesiology in Newman’s Sermons, 1825–1835
by Pablo Blanco | Oct 29, 2021 | Ecclesiology, Theology | 0
The cumulative effect of the theological debates at Oxford, together with his pastoral experience and personal reflections, gradually led Newman to a more high church ecclesiological approach, especially on visibility, invisibility, and apostolicity of the church.
Read MoreA Pilgrimage with Newman: Reading Patricia O’Leary’s The Gentleman Saint
by Gerriet Suiter | Jul 1, 2021 | New and Noteworthy, Newman Today, Spirituality | 0
Patricia O’Leary’s The Gentleman Saint (Gracewing, 2020) is a short and delightful introduction to John Henry Newman.
Read More“Knowing God, Being Made holy,” A Lecture by Jennifer Newsome Martin
by Elizabeth Huddleston | Dec 15, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Spirituality, Theology | 0
This lecture addresses the theme in St. John Henry Newman of the gradual—some would even say ordinary—pursuit of holiness throughout the course of the course of our human lives.
Read MoreIt is Better for Sun and Moon to Drop from Heaven
by David Mills | Sep 11, 2020 | Newman Today | 0
It’s one of Newman’s most notorious lines, and a claim I for one wish were untrue:”The Catholic Church holds it better for the sun and moon to drop from heaven, for the earth to fail, and for all the many millions on it to die of starvation in extremest agony
Read MoreA Chapel, a Desk, and One Man’s Saintly Witness – Reflections on the Canonization of John Henry Newman
by Ryan Marr | Nov 20, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
A Chapel, a Desk, and One Man’s Saintly Witness – Reflections on the Canonization of...
Read MoreParaclete Essentials Releases Edition of Newman’s “Meditations and Devotions”
by Ryan Marr | Sep 19, 2019 | New and Noteworthy | 0
In a letter from 1863 to his sister Jemima, John Henry Newman remarked that “a man’s life lies in his letters.” Equally revealing, perhaps—at least in Newman’s case—are the prayers that he composed and recited.
Read MoreSaints are Sometimes Literary Men: A Reflection on the Announcement of Newman’s Canonization
by Ryan Marr | Jul 1, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
The news finally arrived today. Ever since it was announced in February that Newman would be canonized, we’ve been waiting eagerly to learn the details of when and how the ceremony would take place.
Read MoreNewman, Lent, and Popular Culture?
by Steven D. Aguzzi | Apr 3, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
One of the great challenges in Newman scholarship today has to do with making Newman’s work more applicable for members of the younger generations, many of whom have never been exposed to his thought and writings.
Read MoreNewman’s Quest for God: Living the Light of Truth
by Ryan Marr | Feb 13, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
A bit of a confession: there may have been some dancing in the offices of the National Institute for Newman Studies (NINS) this morning. This is not a common occurrence at the Institute, but today was a special day, as news reached us from Rome that Pope Francis has approved the canonization of John Henry Newman.
Read MoreFrancis de Sales the Oratorian
by Ryan Marr | Feb 5, 2019 | History, Spirituality, Theology | 0
There is something stirring about seeing two greats from different generations together in the same place. In the world of sports, for instance, some memorable photo-ops have come about this way—say, with a young Lebron James standing next to Bill Russell or with Derek Jeter warming up on the same baseball diamond as Cal Ripken Jr.
Read MoreNeither Death Nor Life: The Story of One Woman’s Trust in God
by Ryan Marr | Jan 10, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
As news is now reaching us that the Vatican has reportedly approved a second miracle toward the canonization of John Henry Newman, it’s worth reflecting on the process that brought us to this point.
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Newman and Locke on the Epistemic Scope of Certitude
By Frederick D. AquinoApril 27, 2022In the scholarly literature, John Locke (1632–1704) features as a formative influence on Newman’s philosophical thought. What usually gets highlighted, for example in the Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent, are Newman’s criticism of Locke’s notion of degreed assent and his call for a broader and more nuanced account of the rationality of religious belief. However, some have argued that the Grammar largely focuses on the psychological conditions of religious belief. […]Unlikely Soul Mates: Robert Browning and St. John Henry Newman
By Joan Liguori PerilloApril 5, 2022Despite their differences, and although Newman and Browning never met, they shared similar life experiences, and literary techniques, and both were concerned with the justification of Christianity, as well as the struggle between faith and doubt. Another parallel between these writers concerns their poetic interests. […]NINS’s Expanding Collections
By Christopher CimorelliFebruary 23, 2022The National Institute for Newman Studies (NINS) is pleased to announce the ongoing expansion of our digital collections through formal agreements with several institutions in England. […]The Idea Idearum in Newman and Bouyer
By Keith LemnaDecember 16, 2021An important theological theme in the Christian tradition is that of the divine ideas or logoi in the mind or Word of God by which God knows and loves in himself eternally all the ways that creatures can or do participate in a living likeness of him. […]Pusey House, Oxford Joins NINS Digital Collections
By Jessica WoodwardDecember 8, 2021For readers who are interested in using the Pusey House collections for their research, here is an overview of what we have. Only original materials have been digitized, so the digital collection is slightly smaller than the physical one, but every authentic Newman item we have should now be accessible online. […]
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