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Apologia Pro Vita Sua
John Newman
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Description for Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Paperback. John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. This autobiography traces his spiritual development since boyhood and his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement. Editor(s): Ker, Ian. Num Pages: 608 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRCM; HRLB; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His Apologia, written nearly twenty years later in response to a scurrilous public attack by Charles Kingsley, is a superbly crafted response to those who criticized his actions and questioned his motives, and traces his spiritual development since boyhood, his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement and his agonizing decision to reject the church he had been born into. Ostensibly an autobiography and a speech for ... Read more
John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His Apologia, written nearly twenty years later in response to a scurrilous public attack by Charles Kingsley, is a superbly crafted response to those who criticized his actions and questioned his motives, and traces his spiritual development since boyhood, his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement and his agonizing decision to reject the church he had been born into. Ostensibly an autobiography and a speech for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140433746
SKU
V9780140433746
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About John Newman
John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) was a vicar of Oxford University's church from 1828 - 1842, when his controversial Tract attempting to interpret the 39 Articles of Faith of the Church of England in a Catholic sense, led to him retiring to Littlemore, where he lived in monastic seclusion. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1845 ... Read more
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