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John Henry Newman was born in London on 21st February 1801, the eldest of six children of London banker. He grew up Anglican, became an Anglican vicar in St Mary’s, and in 1843 he resigned at St Mary’s and became Catholic.
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John Henry Newman was born in London on 21st February 1801, the eldest of six children of London banker. He grew up Anglican, became an Anglican vicar in St Mary’s, and in 1843 he resigned at St Mary’s and became Catholic.
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2. In 1846 he went to Rome to study for the priesthood and was ordained priest there on Trinity Sunday 1847. He then returned to England and the English Oratory was founded in February 1848 in Birmingham.
He was always a prolific writer. He was made a Cardinal of the Holy
He was always a prolific writer. He was made a Cardinal of the Holy
3. Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIII. Newman chose as his cardinalatial motto the words "Cor ad cor loquitur". He lived out the rest of his days, quietly and prayerfully, and still writing, at the Birmingham Oratory. He was taken to his eternal reward on 11th August 1890.
1. Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise,
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
2. O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight,
and to the rescue came.
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and in the depth be praise,
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
2. O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight,
and to the rescue came.
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3. O wisest love! That flesh and blood
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail;
4. And that a higher gift than grace
should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence and his very self,
and Essence all divine.
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail;
4. And that a higher gift than grace
should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence and his very self,
and Essence all divine.
5. O generous love! That he who smote
in man for man the foe,
the double agony in man
for man should undergo,
6. And in the garden secretly
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
#Christianity #JesusChrist #Jesus #CatholicTwitter
in man for man the foe,
the double agony in man
for man should undergo,
6. And in the garden secretly
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
#Christianity #JesusChrist #Jesus #CatholicTwitter
