John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman, (1801 – 1890) was a 19th-century English-speaking Catholic theologian. He was a priest, preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in both Catholic and Anglican churches. He studied at Oxford’s Trinity College, was a tutor at Oriel College, and for 17 years was vicar of the university church. John Henry Newman was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome and for seven years served as rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Newman wrote 40 books and 21,000 letters that survive today. Most famous are his Essays on the Development of Christian Doctrine, On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, Apologia Pro Vita Sua—his spiritual autobiography up to 1864, and Essay on the Grammar of Assent.