Tracts for the Times

For the first time, the majority of John Henry Cardinal Newman's contributions to the ground-breaking series Tracts for the Times have been collected in one volume, with an introduction and notes supplied by James Tolhurst. The Tracts for the Times will always be connected with the Oxford Movement. John Henry Newman and other leaders of the movement sought a renewal of "catholic," or Roman Catholic, thought and practice within the Church of England. They published their ideas on the theological, pastoral, and devotional problems that they perceived within the church in ninety Tracts for the Times (1833-1841). Newman, who edited the series, either wrote or compiled a third of the tracts. Increasingly, the tracts were expanded into treatises--especially after Tract 36--and were often composed of quotations from patristic writers and the English Divines. Tracts 83 and 85 are included in Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects, volume VII of the Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition of his works. Tracts 74, 76, and 88 have been omitted here. In Tract 75, the introductory explanation of the breviary has been included.

Author: John Henry Cardinal Newman
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 10/30/2013
Pages: 602
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780268036126

About the Author
Newman, John Henry Cardinal: - John Henry Newman, Cong. Orat., was an Anglican priest, poet and theologian and later a Catholic cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.Tolhurst, James: - James Tolhurst, a former priest of the Southwark archdiocese, is the series editor of the The Works of Cardinal Newman: Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition, to which he has contributed volumes II, VI, IX, and (with Gerard Tracey) volume VII.