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A Silent Melody: John Henry Newman’s Fifteenth Oxford University Sermon as an Expression of Personal Struggle
- Newman Studies Journal
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2012
- pp. 79-90
- 10.1353/nsj.2012.0022
- Article
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Abstract:
Although Newman’s Fifteenth Oxford University Sermon is often considered a precursor to An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845), the following essay views this Sermon as an expression of Newman’s personal struggle from 1839 to 1845: in the midst of confusion, he pondered; against the threat of liberal skepticism, he defended truth; in the face of doubt, he reaffirmed his relationship with God.