An Agnostic's Apology: And Other Essays By: Leslie Stephen: Newm... (RePrint)

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:An Agnostic's Apology: And Other Essays By: Leslie Stephen: Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Agnosticism (RePrint)ISBN13:9781542404242ISBN10:154240424XAuthor:Stephen, Leslie (Author)Description:John Henry Newman Co (21 February 1801 - 11 August 1890) Was A Catholic Cardinal And Theologian Who Was An Important Figure In The Religious History Of England In The 19Th Century He Was Known Nationally By The Mid-1830S Originally An Evangelical Oxford University Academic And Priest In The Church Of England, Newman Then Became Drawn To The High-Church Tradition Of Anglicanism He Became Known As A Leader Of, And An Able Polemicist For, The Oxford Movement, An Influential And Controversial Grouping Of Anglicans Who Wished To Return To The Church Of England Many Catholic Beliefs And Liturgical Rituals From Before The English Reformation In This The Movement Had Some Success However, In 1845 Newman, Joined By Some But Not All Of His Followers, Left The Church Of England And His Teaching Post At Oxford University And Was Received Into The Catholic Church He Was Quickly Ordained As A Priest And Continued As An Influential Religious Leader, Based In Birmingham In 1879, He Was Created A Cardinal By Pope Leo Xiii In Recognition Of His Services To The Cause Of The Catholic Church In England He Was Instrumental In The Founding Of The Catholic University Of Ireland, Which Evolved Into University College Dublin, Today The Largest University In Ireland Newman's Beatification Was Officially Proclaimed By Pope Benedict Xvi On 19 September 2010 During His Visit To The United Kingdom 1] His Canonisation Is Dependent On The Documentation Of Additional Miracles Attributed To His Intercession Newman Was Also A Literary Figure Of Note: His Major Writings Including The Tracts For The Times (1833-1841), His Autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865-66), The Grammar Of Assent (1870), And The Poem The Dream Of Gerontius (1865), Which Was Set To Music In 1900 By Edward Elgar He Wrote The Popular Hymns Lead, Kindly Light And Praise To The Holiest In The Height (Taken From Gerontius) Sir Leslie Stephen Kcb (28 November 1832 - 22 February 1904) Was An English Author, Critic, Historian, Biographer, And Mountaineer, And Father Of Virginia Woolf And Vanessa Bell Stephen Was Born At Kensington Gore In London, And Son Of Sir James Stephen And Lady Jane Catherine (N E Venn) Stephen His Father Was Colonial Undersecretary Of State And A Noted Abolitionist He Was The Fourth Of Five Children, His Siblings Including James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) And Caroline Emilia Stephen (1834-1909) His Family Had Belonged To The Clapham Sect, The Early 19Th Century Group Of Mainly Evangelical Christian Social Reformers At His Father's House He Saw A Good Deal Of The Macaulays, James Spedding, Sir Henry Taylor And Nassau Senior After Studying At Eton College, King's College London And Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Where He Graduated B A (20Th Wrangler) In 1854 And M A In 1857, Stephen Remained For Several Years A Fellow And Tutor Of His College He Recounted Some Of His Experiences In A Chapter In His Life Of Fawcett As Well As In Some Less Formal Sketches From Cambridge: By A Don (1865) These Sketches Were Reprinted From The Pall Mall Gazette, To The Proprietor Of Which, George Murray Smith, He Had Been Introduced By His Brother Marriage: The Family Connections Included That Of William Makepeace Thackeray His Brother, Fitzjames Had Been A Friend Of Thackeray's And Assisted In The Disposition Of His Estate When He Died In 1863 His Sister Caroline Met Thackeray's Daughters, Anny (1837-1919) And Minny (Harriet Marian Thackeray 1840-1875) When They Were Mutual Guests Of Julia Margaret Cameron (Of Whom, See Later) This Led To An Invitation To Visit From Leslie Stephen's Mother, Lady Stephen, Where The Sisters Met Him They Also Met At George Murray Smith's House At Hampstead Minny And Leslie Became Engaged On December 4, 1866 And Married On June 19, 1867 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-01-07Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:0.3'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:142Language:English

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