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John Henry Newman

1801–1890 · Church of England (Tractarian), then Roman Catholic · Oxford and Birmingham, England

John Henry Newman (1801–1890), vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, and a leader of the Tractarian movement, was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 and made a cardinal in 1879. The Parochial and Plain Sermons preached at St Mary's, delivered quietly and without gesture, are among the most influential in the English language for their unsparing analysis of self-deception in religion.

37 sermons

  1. God's Will the End of Life
    John 6:1–999
  2. The Lapse of Time
    Ecclesiastes 9:10 · No. 1
  3. Reverence in Worship
    1 Samuel 2:18 · No. 1
  4. Religion a Weariness to the Natural Man
    Isaiah 53:2 · No. 2
  5. Divine Calls
    1 Samuel 3:10 · No. 2
  6. The World our Enemy
    1 John 5:19 · No. 3
  7. The Trial of Saul
    1 Samuel 13:9 · No. 3
  8. The Praise of Men
    John 12:43 · No. 4
  9. The Call of David
    1 Samuel 17:50 · No. 4
  10. Temporal Advantages
    1 Timothy 6:7 · No. 5
  11. Curiosity a Temptation to Sin
    Proverbs 4:14 · No. 5
  12. The Season of Epiphany
    John 2:11 · No. 6
  13. Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief
    Numbers 14:11 · No. 6
  14. The Duty of Self-Denial
    Psalms 131:2 · No. 7
  15. Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant
    2 Kings 22:19 · No. 7
  16. The Yoke of Christ
    Matthew 11:29 · No. 8
  17. Inward Witness to the Truth of the Gospel
    Psalms 119:99 · No. 8
  18. Moses the Type of Christ
    Deuteronomy 18:15 · No. 9
  19. Jeremiah, a Lesson for the Disappointed
    Jeremiah 1:8 · No. 9
  20. The Crucifixion
    Isaiah 53:7 · No. 10
  21. Endurance of the World's Censure
    Ezekiel 2:6 · No. 10
  22. Attendance on Holy Communion
    John 5:40 · No. 11
  23. Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World
    1 Corinthians 10:31 · No. 11
  24. The Gospel Feast
    John 6:5 · No. 12
  25. Vanity of Human Glory
    1 John 3:1 · No. 12
  26. Love of Religion, a New Nature
    Romans 6:8 · No. 13
  27. Truth hidden when not sought after
    2 Timothy 4:4 · No. 13
  28. Religion pleasant to the Religious
    Psalms 34:8 · No. 14
  29. Obedience to God the Way to Faith in Christ
    Mark 12:34 · No. 14
  30. Mental Prayer
    1 Thessalonians 5:17 · No. 15
  31. Sudden Conversions
    1 Corinthians 15:10 · No. 15
  32. Infant Baptism
    John 3:5 · No. 16
  33. The Shepherd of our Souls
    John 10:11 · No. 16
  34. The Unity of the Church
    Matthew 16:18 · No. 17
  35. Religious Joy
    Luke 2:10 · No. 17
  36. Stedfastness in the Old Paths
    Jeremiah 6:16 · No. 18
  37. Ignorance of Evil
    Genesis 3:22 · No. 18
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