The Church of the Fathers (John Henry Newman Works) - Hardcover

Newman, John Henry Cardinal; McGrath, Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852444478 ISBN 13: 9780852444474

Publisher: Gracewing, 2002

Synopsis

John Henry Newman's controversial The Church of the Fathers is published here for the first time in more than a century. It contains some of his earliest writings on fourth-century Christianity 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.
In 1833 the controversial Irish Church Temporalities Bill had been enacted by the British Parliament, a Bill that proposed to abolish ten of the twenty-two sees of the (Anglican) Church of Ireland. Newman accused the State of violating the ancient doctrine of Apostolic Succession, and in this book draws parallels between the situation facing the church in the fourth century and the Anglican church in his day.
The material was first written as a series of articles for the British Magazine; these were then revised and published in book form in 1840. Although unpopular with many of the British Establishment, it was popular with fellow Tractarians, who 'found in it for the first time the inspiration of the lives of the Saints, as real and human as if they were still alive, as indeed they were to Newman' (Meriol Trevor). A second edition was published in 1842.

About this title

About the Author

James David Earnest is Professor of English Emeritus, Murray State University, Kentucky. Gerard Tracey, who died in 2003, was formerly Lay Archivist of the Birmingham Oratory. He edited volumes 6, 7, and 8 of The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman.

Review

"... a delight to read ... an excellent source for understanding such figures as Basil, Gregory, and Augustine. ... worth owning ...." -- Anglican Theological Review, 85:4

Edition details

• Publisher: Gracewing
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852444478
• ISBN 13: 9780852444474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 679