24 Nov 2004
John Henry Newman (1801-90)
Major work
• An Essay on the Development of Doctrine
Importance
• The most famous English convert to Roman Catholicism in the 19th century
• Held to apostolic succession of the episcopate
• Launched Catholic Anglicanism known as Tractarianism (stressing authority of the bishop as the way to renewal)
• Had a Calvinistic upbringing
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