Apologia pro Vita Sua (Penguin Classics)

Apologia pro Vita Sua (Penguin Classics)
by John Newman

Apologia pro Vita Sua (Penguin Classics)
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Author: John Newman
Brand: Penguin Books
Editor: Ian Ker
Introduction: Ian Ker
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-01-01
ISBN: 0140433740
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Book Review: The Best Spiritual Autobiography. . .
Summary: 5 Stars

since the "Confessions" of St. Augustine of Hippo 1600 years earlier.

In this book, John Henry Newman, in order to defend himself from (rather unfair) charges of insincerity, outlines the history of his spiritual development, from his beginnings as a liberal thinker, to his conversion to the Evangelical wing of the Church of England, to his ordination as an Anglican priest, to his gradual move toward Catholic thought, practice and worship in the Church of England, to his leadership in the so-called "Oxford Movement" and its call to holiness and Catholicity in the Church of England, and finally to his ultimate submission to Rome.

Whether one agrees or disagrees with Cardinal Newman theologically; whether one can accept his particular conclusions is not important to the enjoyment of this book. It is an honest account of a spiritual journey, written by an articulate man, which should prove inspirational to all persons of faith, and to all on a spiritual pilgrimage.

Summary of Apologia pro Vita Sua (Penguin Classics)

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 the defence, the "Apologia" transcends self-justification to explore the very nature of Christianity and its place in the modern age.

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