Newman's Works

John Henry Newman, The Arians of the Fourth Century - Introduction and notes by Rowan Williams

Newman's account of the great struggle over Christian doctrine in the fourth century shows the first signs of his later views on development, and is therefore an essential source for understanding his mature thinking. It is also in many ways a 'tract for the times', a warning to the Anglican church of the 1830s of the dangers of state interference in religious debate and the need for theologically educated leadership. The text is Newman's revised edition of 1871.

Gracewing, 2001. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Two Essays on Biblical and Ecclesiastical Miracles - Introduction and notes by Geoffrey Rowell

Newman's first Essay presents an argument against utilitarian scepticism and accepts the veracity of biblical miracles. However, miracles occurring after the apostolic age are discounted as the product of superstition. In the second Essay, written fourteen years later, Newman's position shifts to an acceptance of continuity between Scripture and church history, the Bible and tradition. Reputed miracles thereby become an object of critical examination.

Gracewing, 2010. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, The Church of the Fathers - Introduction and notes by Francis McGrath

The Church of the Fathers is published here for the first time in more than a century. It contains some of Newman's earliest writings and is contemporary with the first Tracts of the Oxford Movement and The Arians of the Fourth Century. It was aimed at the general reader and is filled with extracts from the writings of the Church Fathers. The book draws parallels between the Church in the fourth century and the Anglican church in Newman's day.

Gracewing, 2002. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects - Introduction and notes by Gerard Tracey and James Tolhurst

Discussions and Arguments draws together six articles written by Newman as both an Anglican and a Catholic. Two of the articles are Tracts for the Times, and another two are a series of letters to a newspaper discussing the nature of scientific knowledge as a quasi-substitute for belief and the balance between executive power and democratic constraint. The first article is written as a discussion between three friends of the nature of the Via Media.

Gracewing, 2004. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book - Missing

John Henry Newman, Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations - Introduction and notes by James Tolhurst

The Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations were delivered by Newman after his arrival in Birmingham as head of the Oratory in 1849. They examine Catholicism from the inside and deal with the popular prejudices which contemporaries entertained of it. In these eighteen Discourses we can see the same touch which Newman displayed in the pulpit of St. Mary's now used to explain the truths of the faith which he had embraced.

Gracewing, 2002. lix, 431pp. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England - Introduction and notes by Andrew Nash

The Lectures were given at the time of the 'Papal Aggression' crisis of 1850-51 and reveal a brilliant satirical attack on anti-Catholic prejudice which landed Newman in court for libel. Newman himself thought they were his best written work, and the leading Newman scholar, Ian Ker, has called them a "neglected satirical masterpiece".

Gracewing, 2000. cxv, 500pp. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Sermon Notes of John Henry Cardinal Newman 1849-1878 - Introduction and Notes by James Tolhurst

Newman was told that Catholic priests do not read sermons. He nonetheless planned his Catholic sermons as meticulously as he did his famous Parochial and Plain Sermons, but he committed them to memory and made notes afterwards. He did this for thirty years and the Sermon Notes provide some fascinating insights into his ever active mind and the range of subjects he covered within the framework of the Church's liturgical year.

Gracewing, 2000. liv, 362pp. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Rise and Progress of the Universities and Benedictine Essays - Introduction and notes by Mary K. Tillman

This volume contains a selection of Newman's periodic publications from the middle and late periods of his association with the Catholic University of Ireland. The Rise and Progress of the Universities consists of twenty articles and, together with the Benedictine Essays, reveals a full picture of Newman's educational views.

Gracewing, 2001. lxxvi, 513pp. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Sermons Preached on Various Occasions - Introduction and notes by James Tolhurst

According to Newman the Sermons Preached on Various Occasions were the result of external circumstances rather than any set purpose of his own. The particular external circumstances were the establishment of the Catholic University of Ireland, the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales, the Risorgimento in Italy and its repercussions on the papacy, and the death of two of his friends, Dr. Weedall and James Hope Scott.

Gracewing, 2007. xlii, v, 398pp. Hardback. £25.00 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, The Dream of Gerontius - Introduction by Fr. Gregory Winterton of the Birmingham Oratory

Newman's renowned poem, famously set to music by Elgar, describes the death of an old man and the journey of his soul to the judgment seat of God. First published in 1865, it quickly became a best-seller in its field, second only in popularity to Tennyson's In Memoriam. William Gladstone described the work as "the most remarkable production since Dante".

Family Publications, 2009. vi, 74pp. Paperback. £8.95 | Buy Book

John Henry Newman, Parochial and Plain Sermons

The Parochial and Plain Sermons, all 191 of which are reproduced here in a single volume for the first time, were given by Newman from the pulpit of his Anglican parish in Oxford. The topics covered are ones central to Christianity and salvation. In the Sermons Newman demonstrates his tremendous understanding of human psychology and the temptations and trials encountered in the world.

Ignatius, 1997. xviii, 1763pp. Hardback. £36.50 | Buy Book

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman

• Volume II: Tutor of Oriel: January 1827 to December 1831. Ed. Ian Ker and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume III: New Beginnings: January 1832 to June 1833. Ed. Ian Ker and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume IV: The Oxford Movement: July 1833 to December 1834. Ed. Ian Ker and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume V: Liberalism in Oxford: January 1835 to December 1836. Ed. T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume VII: Editing the British Critic: January 1839 to December 1840. Ed. G. Tracy. £55.00
• Volume XII: Rome to Birmingham: January 1847 to December 1848. Ed. C.S. Dessain. [This volume was published by Nelson]. £30.00
• Volume XXVII: The Controversy with Gladstone: January 1874 to December 1875. Ed. C.S. Dessain and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume XXVIII: Fellow of Trinity: January 1876 to December 1878. Ed. C.S. Dessain and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume XXIX: The Cardinalate: January 1879 to September 1881. Ed. C.S. Dessain and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume XXX: A Cardinal's Apostolate: October 1881 to December 1884. C.S. Dessain and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volume XXXI: The Last Years: January 1885 to August 1890. With a supplement of addenda to vols XI to XXX. C.S. Dessain and T. Gornall. £30.00
• Volumes II, III, IV, V, XII, XXVII, XVIII, XXIX, XX, XXXI. Ten volumes. £300.00

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