John Henry Newman - Life-Teach

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This course will focus on the life and teaching of John Henry Newman (1891-1890), whom Pope Benedict XVI declared “Blessed” in September, 2010. The course will trace Newman’s life, from his early and Anglican life to his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1845, his subsequent life as a Catholic and his becoming a Cardinal in 1879. Among Newman’s works treated will be his sermons, his Essay on the Development of Doctrine (1845), The Idea of a University (1856), his Apologia pro vita sua (1863) and his Grammar of Assent (1870). The course will also indicate Newman’s influence on modern Catholic theologians, including Fr. Bernard Lonergan, S.J. who called Newman “my fundamental mentor and guide.”