[Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford (1826-1843)]
Year:
1843
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Year of publication:
2006
Pages:
560
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, the best, not the most perfect, book I have done. He added, I mean there is more to develop in it. Indeed, the book is a precursor of all his major later works, including especially the Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine and the Grammar of Assent. Dealing with the relationship of faith and reason, the fifteen sermons represent Newman's resolution of the conflict between heart and head that so troubled believers, non-believers, and agnostics of the nineteenth century. Their controversial nature also makes them one of the primary documents of the Oxford Movement.