Newman

with an Introduction and Notes by Edward Short

Originally published in 1850 and revised in 1876, Newman's Lectures on Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Submitting to the Catholic Church is a series of twelve talks given at the London Oratory to an audience of Catholics, Anglo-Catholics, Protestants and intrigued sceptics. The stated purpose of the talks was "to clear away from the path of an inquirer objections to Catholic truth," especially Anglo-Catholic inquirers, but the book is also a witty meditation on the Church and the World, a ruthlessly satirical study of the Oxford Movement, or what Newman called "the Movement of 1833"; an autobiographical dress rehearsal for the Apologia pro Vita Sua; and a piece of masterly prose. Richard Holt Hutton, Newman's finest contemporary critic regarded it as marked "in manner and style... by all the signs of his literary genius... the first of his books... in which the measure of his literary power could be adequately taken."

This is the first critical edition of the book to include an editor's introduction with an overview and summaries of the lectures, the book's critical reception, a definitive text of the 1876 edition, textual variants, annotations explicating the text's historical, theological, and literary references, and a comprehensive index.

“Edward Short's critical edition of Anglican Difficulties sheds fascinating new light on John Henry Newman's lectures of 1850. This is a lively, well-researched, well-written edition, which all faithful readers of Newman will enjoy."

– Ian Ker, author of John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988)

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TWO NEW VOLUMES FOR 2021-2022

Vol XVI

MY CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND Part I

Edited and introduced by Paul Shrimpton

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MY CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND Part II

Edited and introduced by Paul Shrimpton

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Other volumes available in this series

Vol I

LECTURES ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF CATHOLICS

Introduced and edited by Andrew Nash

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Vol II

SERMONS NOTES

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

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Vol III

RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND BENEDICTINE ESSAYS

Introduced and edited by Katherine Tillman

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Vol IV

ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY

Introduced and edited by Archbishop Rowan Williams

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CHURCH OF THE FATHERS

Introduced and edited by Frank McGrath

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DISCOURSES ADDRESSED TO MIXED CONGREGATIONS

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

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DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS

Introduced and edited by Gerard Tracey

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TWO ESSAYS ON BIBLICAL AND ON ECCLESIASTICAL

MIRACLES

Introduced by Bishop Geoffrey Rowell

Edited by James Tolhurst

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Vol IX

SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

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Vol X

TRACTS FOR THE TIMES

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

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Vol XI

LOSS AND GAIN

Edited and Introduced by Sheridan Gilley

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Vol XII

AN ESSAY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

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Vol XIII

ESSAYS CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL Vol I

Notes and textual appendix by Andrew Nash

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Vol XIV

ESSAYS CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL Vol II

Notes and textual appendix by Nicholas Schofield

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St. John Henry Newman

The Works of St John Henry Newman

The Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition

Series Editor: James Tolhurst DD

An admirable new edition—The Catholic Herald

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