The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
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WIFI IWt Dol tiDl vi th' NISIl'du
Church that supported him to bring
about a reunion with the Church cf
Rome about twenty years . that
lei paw TnrREAj.DANGlN pei pctual
secretary of the French Academy, 30
write The Englsh Cdfh0'i" Rcrrd| Ia
-, Nineteenth tCat,.U. now pub
Is ned in n revised and rCrditci eGi-
ton in two volumes from the tiausla-
ton Of the late W!lfred Wherefore
,Simpkin. Marshall. Hamilton, Kent
and Company. I%.ondon). lie wished I,
make French Catholics understand
what the position was of The members
of the Church Of England vino agreed
with Lord Halifax. and this involved
necessarily an of the oxford
Movement and it's consequences. OF
tho men who oOk part in il, both
those who went over 10 Rome and
those who remained within the church.
and Of the development of the idcl of
reunion among the intellectIals on
both sides. Tire point of view accounts
for u certain inability TO a%pprchcnd
difficulties which. l"wcvcr Illogical.
were very real to men brought III, AMID
the surroundings of the church uf
IsIleiIF11, II IlNtN td.s ~ uali'i
to pass over somewhat siimmarilY
other contemporary movements. such
as the approximation of a large body
oi churchmcn toward the forms of he
lief of other Protestant denominations
and the tendency OF a part Of the
clergy as VOL az Of the laity TO accept
In principle the scientific deductions
that ed to agnosticism. The authors
interest is in the men and in the fac
lions within the Church that put
themselves in the way of accepting
the Roman interpretations; he passes
~ those Eng.ishmen who were al
icady within the fold. He writes with
admirable French c%.earness and the
instinct for what is material. so that
his history. while adding nothing, eX-
ccpt perhaps in ;hc estimates 81 ind e
viduals, to what English students of
the oxford Movement already know
Yet tells the story more effectively
than English works de-.
lie begins with u picture IL th'
spiritual l~ethargl into which tn,
church Of ENGLAND had fallen 81 Ia,
beginning of tho nineteenth century
after the excitement caused 10y Tin,
'''N''ulNt Np''aN hiu 'ifi va dH'
or the dep'"rahlt condition al itliE'o'
among the clergy ma III the uhiNoHSi'
ties. lie tells "f the ene'i Of the pan
hcati"n "t h"h'es "'nrISidn Year
and of the religious awakening in Ia,
remarkable group uf men in ore
College. oxford. Then he takes III
the religious development in each IN.
dividua!, Richard Hurre.l Fruude
Nlllam ''orEe ward Ne"le. i'r
IuseN ana aik1Ne al John Henry New
man, whose religious NE history ~
seems Ia Identify win IN" tathn'l
reviNai, in taDi - thc sab
stance OF NJ. Thureau-nang.n's book
lie follows him step ny step with al
mlrahlt Understanding "i WHAT ca'i
step mems IN MS conversion, th"ugl
no h"ru'y appreciates the shock eac'
step gave /" NnS'!'ans at IN" 'in" an
later. II. SHOWS now bitterly Ne"
man was opposed L" roman 'ithoi!c'
at the start, now Il" voted aSains, Zee
when h. cane up for rc"!r 'tion at ON
ford after j 'athollc patio!
act n how on" Impulse To his stud,
~ the EarIy Fathers Was To prove tina
the Church Of f.uG!and was the tru,
Catholic Church. He demonstrates y.
the revelation of Newman'S inns
struggles that he was sincere IN VII }
he said in each Tract II" publishc,
and that the Inconsistencies whic.
seemed tn Justify the accusations q
Observation-Disclosures We're due To tn
changes that were taking place il
him, He shows clearly too that til
attacks of Tat. the untimeiv pcrsec,t
ton hy The I,shups and the interior
cnce of Lord John Russel's Govern
ment. while they drove many Trac,
ar!ans into the catholic fold and place
those Puseyi,cs who GRAINED vii,
the church in a mare and more nm
ten,ble posi,ion lorically. had nm
.nec, an Newman. He was sollowin
inevitably IN. result of his s,udi.
and would have turned Ia Rom, i
time in any oven,
III. s,,r,. -, his ro,i.ious ..r,,,,,
win him.ois 10 . noinfnl ,r,rody IN,
N. arceu,s tho semen, /, 10
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yre,t service Ia ~. churrb in,n viii,
10 ,r,s,.d in tho many vear. -, II,
th,, wor. ,ron,ed ,n him. wars al,
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wbich N. snnyh, f., r.povo birse,
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