Newman, the Church of England and the Catholic Church

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.