Newman went deep into church history and discovered that he couldn't find Roman Catholicism in the first few centuries of the church, so he redefined Catholicism by inventing the theory of development. He didn't convert to Catholicism; rather, he converted Catholicism to himself.
He also went a long way towards helping modern "Catholics" convert Catholicism to themselves. Now they're basically a mainstream Protestant denomination with some old-fashioned "traditions" loosely tacked on that you can take or leave at your discretion.
Newman never did change his Anglo-Catholic views on justification, and (as far as I'm aware) no one ever asked him to.
He also went a long way towards helping modern "Catholics" convert Catholicism to themselves. Now they're basically a mainstream Protestant denomination with some old-fashioned "traditions" loosely tacked on that you can take or leave at your discretion.
ReplyDeleteNewman never did change his Anglo-Catholic views on justification, and (as far as I'm aware) no one ever asked him to.
What were his Anglo-Catholic views on justification and how did they differ from Trent?
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ReplyDeleteNewman believed in double justification which was presented at Trent but soundly rejected.