John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman C.O., also referred to as Cardinal Newman, John Henry Cardinal Newman, and Blessed John Henry Newman, was a Catholic cardinal and theologian who was a very important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 February 1801
spiritual infinite reason
The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.
dream ideas religion
From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.
sympathy condolences angel
And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
spiritual prayer drawing
Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.
sensible
It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.
fighting sin shame
O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
practice done action
To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
self-esteem giving needs
When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.
morning men doe
Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.
theory-of-evolution almighty inconsistent
I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.
depth sin ifs
How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?
spiritual garden delight
By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.
enemy one-day should
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
party men judging
This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.