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Firmly I Believe and Truly: The Spiritual Tradition of Catholic England 1483-1999

Firmly I Believe and Truly: The Spiritual Tradition of Catholic England 1483-1999

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Firmly I Believe and Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five hundred year period between William Caxton and Cardinal Hume. Intended as a
rich resource for all with an interest in Roman Catholicism, the writings have been carefully selected and edited by a team of scholars with historical, theological, and literary expertise. Each author is introduced to provide context for the included extracts and the chronological arrangement of
the anthology makes the volume easy to use whilst creating a fascinating overview of the modern era in English Catholic thought. The extracts comprise a wide variety writing genres; sermons, prayers, poetry, diaries, novels, theology, apologetics, works of controversy, devotional literature,
biographies, drama, and essays. Includes writings by: John Colet, John Fisher, Thomas More, Robert Southwell, Philip Howard, Edmund Campion, John Gother, John Dryden, Mary Barker, Alexander Pope, Richard Challoner, Alban Butler, John Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald, Nicholas Wiseman, Margaret Mary
Hallahan, A. W. N. Pugin, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning, Frederick William Faber, Bertrand Wilberforce, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Vincent McNabb, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, G. K. Chesterton, R. A. Knox, J. R. R. Tolkien, Caryll Houselander, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, John Bradburne,
Cardinal Hume.

Author: John Saward, John Morrill, Michael Tomko
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/05/2013
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780199677948

About the Author

John Saward is Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and member of the Theology Faculty, University of Oxford.
John Morrill is Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge.

Michael Tomko is Associate Professor of Literature, Villanova University.

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