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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Sermons on Newman

Thanks to (oddly enough) the rather Evangelical blog Fulcrum for pointing to these sermons on John Henry Newman by the Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky. As he is an Anglican theologian, no doubt my more Catholic minded friends will find some bones to pick here, as I may myself as I read and digest these sermons. However, I think it is significant that the Evangelical Anglicans of England (and dare I say some are "Open Evangelicals"- a sort of more "Protestant" parallel of "Affirming Catholics") are of a sudden discovering what they are losing with Anglo Catholics being forced out of western Anglican Churches. Take a look-

Link to Fulcrum page

"Newman was fascinated by how we become sure about anything. Above all, he believed we can be sure about the truth of the Christian faith. He did not think we can be convinced of Christian truth by clever arguments, by piling up more and more evidence, by trying to increase the probability that it is true to the point where we become certain. He believed – and I am sure he was right in this – that truth dawns upon us."