Apologia pro vita sua
by John Henry Newman · first published 1860
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An influential Church of England vicar, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley launched the most scathing attacks against Newman and this was Newman's brilliant response. A spiritual autobiography, Apologia Pro Vita Sua explores the very depths and nature of Christianity.
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I really don't think this is a new / Internet phenomenon, by any means. I've been re-reading John Henry Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua, published in 1864, describing the author's conversion from the Church of England (where he was one of the most visible clergymen of the time) to Roman Catholicism. It was written in response to another…
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