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A Short Biography of Cardinal John Henry Newman

Author Name:

Cardinal John Henry Newman

Born As:

John Henry Cardinal Newman

Other Names:

The Venerable John Henry Newman, C.O.

Born:

21 Feb 1801

Died:

11 Aug 1890




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Catholic Theologian, historian and hymn writer                          
Selected Works:

Anglican period

Arians of the Fourth Century - 1833
Tracts for the Times - 1833-1841
British Critic - 1836-1842
On the Prophetical Office of the Church - 1837
Lectures on Justification - 1838
Parochial and Plain Sermons - 1834-1843
Select Treatises of St Athanasius - 1842, 1844
Lives of the English Saints - 1843-44
Essays on Miracles - 1826, 1843
Oxford University Sermons - 1843
Sermons on Subjects of the Day - 1843
Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine - 1845
Retractation of Anti-Catholic Statements - 1845.

Catholic Period

Loss and Gain - novel - 1848
Faith and Prejudice and Other Sermons - various
Discourses to Mixed Congregations - 1849
Difficulties of Anglicans - 1850
Present Position of Catholics in England - 1851
Idea of a University - 1852 and 1858
Cathedra Sempiterna - 1852
Callista - novel - 1855
The Rambler - editor - 1859-1860
Apologia Pro Vita Sua - autobiography - 1866, 1865
Letter to Dr Pusey - 1865
The Dream of Gerontius - 1865
An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent - 1870
Sermons Preached on Various Occasions - various/1874
Letter to the Duke of Norfolk - 1875
Five Letters - 1875
Sermon Notes - 1849-1878
Select Treatises of St Athanasius - 1881
On the Inspiration of Scripture - 1884
Development of Religious Error - 1885.                          
Mother Jemima Fourdrinier , 
Father - John Newman - Newman was the eldest of six children.                          
An English convert to Roman Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
A major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring the Church of England back to its Catholic roots.                          
C.O. - Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.