Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations: Volume 1 (Cardinal Newman's Catholic Sermons) - Hardcover

Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0912141395 ISBN 13: 9780912141398

Publisher: Roman Catholic Books, 1995

Synopsis

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DISCOURSE III. MEN, NOT ANGELS, THE PRIESTS OF THE GOSPEL. TTTHEN Christ, the great Prophet, the great Preacher, the great Missionary, came into the world, He came in a way the most holy, the most august, and the most glorious. Though He came in humiliation, though He came to suffer, though He was born in a stable, though He was laid in a manger, yet He issued from the womb of an Immaculate Mother, and His infant form shone with heavenly light. Sanctity marked every lineament of His character and every circumstance of His mission. Gabriel announced His incarnation; a Virgin conceived, a Virgin bore, a Virgin suckled Him ; His foster-father was the pure and saintly Joseph; Angels proclaimed His birth; a luminous star spread the news among the heathen; the austere Baptist went before His face; and a crowd of shriven penitents, clad in white garments and radiant with grace, followed him wherever He went. As the sun in heaven shines through the clouds, and is reflected in the landscape, so the eternal Sun of justice, when He rose upon the earth, turnednight into day, and His brightness made all things bright. He came and He went; and, seeing that He came to introduce a new and final Dispensation into the world, He left behind Him preachers, teachers, and missionaries, in His stead. Well then, my brethren, you will say, since on His coming all about Him was so glorious, such as He was, such must His servants be, such His representatives, His ministers, in His absence; as He was without sin, they too must be without sin ; as He was the Son of God, they must surely be Angels. Angels, you will say, must be appointed to this high office; Angels alone are fit to preach the birth, the sufferings, the death of God. They might indeed have to hide their brightness, as He before them, t...

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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

". . . These sermons are an indispensable aid to anyone interested in Newman's theology and its development . . . The appearance of this volume is a very welcome act of restoration indeed." -- Pro Ecclesia, Vol.XIII, no.3

Edition details

• Publisher: Roman Catholic Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0912141395
• ISBN 13: 9780912141398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 376