John Henry Newman Quotes


When men understand what each other mean, they see for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.


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John Henry Newman, 1801-1890, English Roman Catholic Cardinal, Sermon, Oxford, Epiphany, 1839

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John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
  • Born: February 21, 1801
  • Died: August 11, 1890
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Henry Newman was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.