The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

It still remains to be tried whether what is called Anglo-Catholicism, the religion of Andrewes, Laud, Hammond, Butler, and Wilson, is capable of being [...]

Christianity is eminently an objective religion. For the most part it tells us of persons and facts in simple words, and leaves that announcement to produce its effect on such hearts as are prepared to [...]

As regards the Catholic Creed, if we really believe that our Lord is God, we believe all that is meant by such a belief; or, else, we are not in earnest, when we [...]

Life is not long enough for a religion of inferences; we shall never have done beginning, if we determine to begin with proof. … Life is for action. If we insist on proofs for everything, [...]

Catholicism does not depend on its establishment for its existence, nor does its tradition live upon its establishment; it can do without establishment, and often dispenses with it to an advantage. [...]

As Christians, we cannot forget how Scripture speaks of the world, and all that appertains to it. Human Society, indeed, is an ordinance of God, to which He gives His sanction [...]

As the essence of all religion is authority and obedience, so the distinction between natural religion and revealed lies in this, that the one has a subjective authority, [...]

In the 1856 Dublin sermon ‘The Secret Power of Divine Grace’ Newman preaches on the Church as the manifestation of Christ’s Kingdom. In this passage, he identifies those who think Christianity is like any other religious or social group. In reality, the Church is the ’spouse of Christ’, from whom she draws all her spiritual [...]