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Newman, the Church of England
and the Catholic Church
Author(s) -
Rowell Geoffrey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new blackfriars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-2005
pISSN - 0028-4289
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2010.01406.x
Subject(s) - skepticism , context (archaeology) , faith , rebuttal , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , theology , church fathers , character (mathematics) , christian church , philosophy , religious studies , christian faith , sociology , christianity , history , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , gene
Newman was formed in the Church of England and all his major theological concerns were developed in an Anglican context. The rebuttal of utilitarian scepticism in the University Sermons ; the ecclesial context of Christian faith and life in The Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church ; the strong sense of mystery in Newman's epistemology and apologetic; the sacramental character of Christian truth are all significantly part of the Anglican inheritance that he took to the Roman Catholic Church. Furthermore Newman's early formation was ‘pre‐Victorian’– he was engaged when writing his Essay on Scriptural Miracles with earlier debates with the Deists, as well as sharing in the rediscovery of the imagination that characterised Coleridge and the Romantic Movement. This paper explores these and other issues to show an important part of Newman's enduring Anglican inheritance.