Newman and Heresy: The Anglican Years - Rilegato

Thomas, Stephen

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 052139208X ISBN 13: 9780521392082

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Riassunto

This 1991 book describes the close relationship between the historical researches and the teeming world of early nineteenth-century controversy. The setting is Oxford between the 1820s and the 1840s, when Newman made his ambitious and doomed attempt to re-invent the 'catholicity' of the Church of England. The author shows that in Newman's battle against the Protestant wing of the Church of England, and the (to him) even more sinister 'liberals', he saw parallels with the struggle of the early Church against heresy. Newman's 'rediscovery' of ancient Patristic writers and heretics was thus part of a strategy to revive Catholicism within the Anglican Church. Dr Thomas shows how Newman's eventual conversion to Rome in 1845 may be understood as a change in his perception of heresy, and a realisation of the applicability of his own polemic to his Anglican self.

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' ... weightier and more concentrated ... carefully researched'. The Expository Times

Descrizione del libro:

This 1991 study links Newman's historical researches to the religious controversies of the time. Dr Thomas shows how Newman's eventual conversion to Catholicism in 1845 may be understood as a change in his perception of heresy, and a realisation of the applicability of his own polemic to his Anglican self.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 052139208X
• ISBN 13: 9780521392082
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 350