Vol XIX

Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification

John Henry Newman

             Edited and introduced by Fr James Pereiro

The Lectures on Justification have been justly described as 'perhaps the chief theological document of the Oxford Movement.' They are, together with the Development of Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Assent, one of the pillars of John Henry Newman's thought. This volume is the first critical edition of the Lectures, with a substantial Editor's Introduction, editorial footnotes explaining Newman's many scriptural, patristic and other references, together with translations of the many Latin and Greek passages he quotes, and a textual appendix showing Newman's revisions of his text in the editions he published.

Newman's doctrine of justification is firmly grounded on the theology of the Fathers of the Church and their concept of 'deification'. Thus, the Lectures are a spirited refutation of the Protestant doctrine of 'sola fide' justification, in which the justified remains immersed in his sin, past and present. And, in order to disqualify Protestant claims about the scriptural foundation of their doctrines, Newman makes constant recourse to Holy Scripture. It has been common among Newman's critics to affirm that he was not directly acquainted with Luther's doctrine, that he had based his work on secondary sources or that the target of his criticism was more the Evangelicalism of his time rather than Protestant reformer. The present edition shows how inaccurate such assessments are, presenting the range of sources used by Newman and his use of them.

Dr James Pereiro has been a member of Oxford University History Faculty and published extensively on English nineteenth century ecclesiastical history and theological thought. His publications include Theories of Development in the Oxford Movement, Ethos and the Oxford Movement and the biography Cardinal Manning. He has also edited, with Prof. Steward L. Brown and Dr Peter Nockles, The Oxford Handbook of the Oxford Movement.

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TWO NEW VOLUMES

Vol XVI

MY CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND Part I

Edited and introduced by Paul Shrimpton

978 085244 409 2 £35hb

Vol XVII

MY CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND Part II

Edited and introduced by Paul Shrimpton

978 085244 966 0 £35hb

Other volumes available in this series

Vol I

LECTURES ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF CATHOLICS

Introduced and edited by Andrew Nash

978 085244 443 6   £25hb

Vol II

SERMONS NOTES

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

978 085244 444 3   £25hb

Vol III

RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND BENEDICTINE ESSAYS

Introduced and edited by Katherine Tillman

978 085244 449 8   £25hb

Vol IV

ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY

Introduced and edited by Archbishop Rowan Williams

978 085244 448 1   £25hb

Vol V

CHURCH OF THE FATHERS

Introduced and edited by Frank McGrath

978 085244 447 4   £25hb

Vol VI

DISCOURSES ADDRESSED TO MIXED CONGREGATIONS

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

978 085244 455 9   £25hb

Vol VII

DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS

Introduced and edited by Gerard Tracey

978 085244 453 5   £25hb

Vol VIII

TWO ESSAYS ON BIBLICAL AND ON ECCLESIASTICAL

MIRACLES

Introduced by Bishop Geoffrey Rowell

Edited by James Tolhurst

978 085244 456 6   £25hb

Vol  IX

SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

978 085244 408 5   £25hb

Vol X

TRACTS FOR THE TIMES

Introduced and edited by James Tolhurst

978 085244 749 9  £25hb

Vol XI

LOSS AND GAIN

Edited and Introduced by Sheridan Gilley

978 085244 410 8  £25hb   

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

978 085244 457 3 £35hb

Vol XIV

ESSAYS CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL Vol II

Notes and textual appendix by Nicholas Schofield

978 085244 411 5 £35hb

Vol XV

DIFFICULTIES OF ANGLICANS Vol I

John Henry 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)

978 085244 412 2     700 pages  £35.00hb

Vol XVIII

DIFFICULTIES OF ANGLICANS Vol II

John Henry Newman

        with an Introduction and Notes by James Tolhurst

Anglican objections to Roman Catholic beliefs often focus on the status of the Virgin Mary and devotion to her, and that of the Pope and his exercise of supreme authority. In this second volume of Certain Difficulties felt by Anglicans John Henry Newman brought together two 'Open Letters' which address these key issues.

In A Letter Addressed to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D.,on Occasion of His Eirenicon (1866) Newman corrects the misconceptions of his former Oxford Movement colleague Professor Edward Pusey who had attacked Catholic Marian devotional practices. Newman expounds the early Fathers' teaching about Mary as the 'Second Eve' who was chosen to be the Mother of God; and he shows how Catholic devotion always honours her for the humility with which she accepted this call.

Nine years later William Gladstone, then the British prime Minister, published an attack on the 1870 promulgation of the doctrine of papal infallibility, arguing that it was unscriptural and was incompatible with the loyalty of Catholics to the British crown. Newman's reply, A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk (the leading Catholic layman in England), explains the exact meaning of the definition, as opposed to the extreme Catholic Ultramontane interpretation of it. He also gives a classic exposition of the true meaning of conscience and its relation to Church authority.

This first ever critical edition of these works has a substantial Editor's Introduction, examining the issues and setting the historical context, and provides comprehensive notes to Newman's text.

Newman collected both 'Letters' as Volume II of Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching. This is the first critical edition of this volume and contains detailed historical and critical introductions and footnotes to explain Newman's many historical and other references.

978 085244 413 9     562 pages  £35.00hb