Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cunningham, Lawrence S

Titel

Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers: Shaping Doctrine in Nineteenth-Century England

Ist Teil von

• Theological Studies, 2010, Vol.71 (2), p.467

Ort / Verlag

Washington: Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Open access)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• If we understand John Henry Newman's spiritual journey mainly in light of the Apologia, Newman seems to have read the Church Fathers linearly and, in that reading, discovered Catholic orthodoxy by a careful perusal against the background of the religious issues of his own day. [...] in that understanding, Newman concluded that the Semi-Arians were the Anglicans, the Arians were the Protestants, and the Catholics were right where they were in the fourth century, namely, holding the orthodox ground.