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Title: 'Twixt the old and the new; a study in the life and times of John Henry, Cardinal Newman
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bloss, William Escott
Subjects: Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890 Great Britain -- Church history 19th century
Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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maintained that the Pope had only Roman Catholic congregations in view. The Pastoral was only to be read in Church in the presence of the Faithful; but this limitation unfortunately did not appear in the text of the document, and members of the English Church took the words at their face value. Doubtless Wiseman had led the Pope to believe that the outlook was more favourable than it actually was, and the authorities anticipated the speedy conversion of England. Wiseman took prompt measures to make known the facts of the case. No actual aggression had been committed. The rights of the Established Church and Crown had been carefully respected, and the title of no Church of England See was claimed for the (Roman) Catholics. Wisemans Appeal to the English People appeared in extenso in five daily papers on November 20th. It occupied six and a half columns of the Times in small type; and it had an immediate effect in staying the storm. f* Coruishj i., p. 344. See also Appendix I. t Ward, i., p. 256.
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Cardinal Wiseman. From CI)! engraving by I). J. Pound. To lace p. i88.) NEWMANS CAREER AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC 189 The Papal Aggression provided Newman with an opportunity for action in defence of the Roman Catholic policy. He encouraged his friend Bernard Capes to undertake a series of lectures. Some of the prelates considered it undesirable for a layman to take part in the controversy, but Wiseman supported Newman, and Capes delivered his lectures. Newman considered carefully the most effective way to make his own contribution, and finally decided upon a course of lectures on Catholicism in England. They were given in the Com Exchange, Birmingham, and over Newmans chair hung a picture of St. Philip Neri. They were an attempt to justify Roman Catholicism in the face of a populace which was thoroughly prejudiced against anything Roman. When such words as priest, mass, monk, Jesuit, and others of a similar character were associated with error and superstition, it was impossible for Roman Catholics t

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