John Henry Newman CO was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of... Wikipedia
Born: February 21, 1801, London, United Kingdom
Died: August 11, 1890 (age 89 years), Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Place of burial: Oratory House & Cardinal Newmans grave, Rednal, United Kingdom
Influenced by: Thomas Aquinas, Augustine of Hippo, Cicero, and more
Education: University of Oxford and Trinity College
Parents: Jemina Fourdrinier and John Newman
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What was John Henry Newman famous for?
John Henry Newman was born in London 1801. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, going on to become an Anglican priest and a leading theologian. Newman was a founder of the Oxford Movement, set up to revitalise the Church of England, before his controversial conversion to Catholicism in 1845.
Why did John Henry Newman convert to Catholicism?
Newman took the step because he realized in faith and conscience the complete identity of Christ's Church with the visible Catholic Church. This was no slight to the Anglican Church. His conversion is not one's cause for grief and another's flush of success.
Is John Henry Newman a saint in the Catholic Church?
He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019. Originally an evangelical academic at the University of Oxford and priest in the Church of England, Newman was drawn to the high-church tradition of Anglicanism.
What miracle did John Henry Newman perform?
What qualified him for sainthood? The Vatican must authenticate two miracles to declare someone a saint. Newman has been credited with curing a man's spinal disease and a woman's unstoppable bleeding.
God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.
Lengthy and admiring biography of Newman as a thinker, author, leader, and illustrious convert to Catholicism.