Delphi Complete Works of John Henry Newman

by John Henry Newman, Delphi Classics (editor)

St. John Henry Newman was an influential churchman and man of letters, who led the Oxford movement and later became a cardinal deacon in the Roman Catholic Church. His eloquent prose style helped revive emphasis on the dogmatic authority of the church and urged reforms of the Church of England after the pattern of the original Catholic Church. A prolific author of many genres, Newman’s major works include the celebrated ‘Tracts for the Times’, his autobiography ‘Apologia pro vita sua’, religious novels and the poem ‘The Dream of Gerontius’, which was set to music by Edward Elgar. This eBook presents Newman’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Newman’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All the novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Rare essays and religious tracts
* Includes Newman’s rare poetry – available in no other collection
* Both the first and revised edition texts of ‘Apologia pro vita sua’
* Special criticism section, with seven essays evaluating Newman’s work
* Features two biographies – discover Newman’s religious life
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres



The Novels
Loss and Gain (1848)
Callista (1855)

The Non-Fiction
The Arians of the Fourth Century (1833)
Tracts for the Times (1833-1841)
Contributions to ‘British Critic’ (1836-1842)
On the Prophetical Office of the Via Media, Volume 1 (1837)
Lectures on Justification (1838)
Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834-1843)
Select Treatises of Saint Athanasius (1842)
Historical Tracts of Saint Athanasius (1843)
Lives of the English Saints (1844)
Essays on Miracles (1843)
Oxford University Sermons (1843)
Sermons on Subjects of the Day (1843)
Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845)
Retractation of Anti-Catholic Statements (1845)
Faith and Prejudice and Other Unpublished Sermons (1848-1873)
Discourses to Mixed Congregations (1849)
Difficulties of Anglicans (1850)
The Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)
The Idea of a University (1852)
Cathedra Sempiterna (1852)
On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Christian Doctrine (1859)
Letter to Dr. Pusey (1865)
An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (1870)
Essays Critical and Historical (1871)
Historical Sketches (1872)
Sermons Preached on Various Occasions (1874)
Letter to the Duke of Norfolk (1875)
Five Letters (1875)
Sermon Notes (1878)
Via Media, Volume 2 (1883)
On the Inspiration of Scripture (1884)
Development of Religious Error (1885)

The Poetry
St. Bartholomew’s Eve (1821)
Memorials of the Past (1832)
Verses on Various Occasions (1867)

The Criticism
What, Then, Does Dr. Newman Mean? (1864) by Charles Kingsley
Cardinal Newman (1892) by Augustine Birrell
Cardinal Newman as a Musician (1892) by Edward Bellasis
Essays from ‘Occasional Papers’ (1897) by R. W. Church
Newman as a Prose-Writer (1899) by Lewis E.

15508 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 5, 2024

About the author

Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s.
Originally an evangelical Oxford University academic and priest in the Church of England, Newman then became drawn to the high-church tradition of Anglicanism. He became known as a leader of, and an able polemicist for, the Oxford Movement, an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to return to the Church of England many Catholic beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the English Reformation. In this the movement had some success. However, in 1845 Newman, joined by some but not all of his followers, left the Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford University and was received into the Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his services to the cause of the Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the Catholic University of Ireland, which evolved into University College Dublin, today the largest university in Ireland.

Newman was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 September 2010 during his visit to the United Kingdom. He was then canonised by Pope Francis on 13 October 2019.

Newman was also a literary figure of note: his major writings including the Tracts for the Times (1833–1841), his autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–66), the Grammar of Assent (1870), and the poem The Dream of Gerontius (1865),[6] which was set to music in 1900 by Edward Elgar. He wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light" and "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" (taken from Gerontius).