John Henry Newman
- Tracey Rowland on the influence of John Henry Newman on Benedict XVI
- Benedict XVI's homily for Newman's beatification
- Ian Ker on Newman's biglietto speech: the church succeeds by failure
- Austin Cooper on Newman's defence of the church
- Scott Stephens in defence of Benedict XVI
- Tracey Rowland on Benedict and the banality of sacro-pop
- Paul Griffiths on Catholic sins and presentism
- Alister McGrath on Stephen Hawking, and again on the limits of science
- Tamas Pataki on religion and violence
- Jonathan Malesic on why politicians should keep their faith hidden
Cardinal Newman
Wasn’t at his own exhuming,
Nor does his miracle,
For all the panegyricals,
Pass muster as empirical,
So a saint
He ain’t.
@ kim, it all rather depends on how you qualify as a saint!
So Mr Fabricius,
What constitutes empirical evidence for a miracle? Surely the best evidence is when a physical event occurs for which not only is there no natural scientific accounting, but the event itself is so remarkable that it flies in the face of all natural scientific accounting. And if the man to whom the event occurred prayed fervently for the event prior to its occurrence, then what better evidence does one look for? What would you suggest? How easy for those who fail in faith to make smug about a man with a bad back. Your “master,” the Anglo Catholic Auden, would never have been so crass.
Mathison writes: "Cardinal Newman said that to be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant. …[but he] recognized the obvious difference between the current Roman Church and the early church. He was too deep in history not to see it. He had to develop his famous idea of doctrinal development to explain it."
Are they handing out beatifications now for those who come up with the most creative doctrines?
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