The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

Civilization is that state to which man’s nature points and tends; it is the systematic use, improvement, and combination of those faculties which are his characteristic; and, viewed in its idea, it is the perfection, the happiness of our mortal state.
From ‘Lectures on the History of the Turks in their Relation to Europe (1853) Click [...]

Each part of the Catholic Church has excellences of its own which other parts have not, and is as distinct from the rest in genius and in temper as it is in place.
From the sermon ‘The Tree beside the Waters’ (1859) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

Supposing there be otherwise good reason for saying that the Papal Supremacy is part of Christianity, there is nothing in the early history of the Church to contradict it.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

The most obvious danger which worldly possessions present to our spiritual welfare is, that they become practically a substitute in our hearts for that One Object to which our supreme devotion is due.
From ‘The Danger of Riches’ (1835) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

In most cases when a [doctrinal] definition is contemplated, the laity will have a testimony to give; but if ever there be an instance when they ought to be consulted, it is in the case of doctrines which bear directly upon devotional sentiments. Such is the Immaculate Conception … The faithful people have ever a special function [...]

Questions of fact cannot be disproved by analogies or presumptions; the inquiry must be made into the particular case in all its parts, as it comes before us.
From the Apologia pro Vita Sua (1865) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

In 1839 Newman preached his striking sermon ‘The Yoke of Christ’. In it, he confronts the challenging nature of the Christan vocation, and shows how some think it too demanding. How do we attain to the blessedness and joyfulness that the Christian life promises?

Christians have sometimes inflicted death from a zeal not according to knowledge; and sometimes they have been eager for the toleration of heresy from an ill-instructed charity.
From the University sermon ‘Wisdom, as Contrasted with Faith and with Bigotry’ (1841) Click here for the full text (leaves site)