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Ryan J. Marr. Seeking God with Saint John Henry Newman
Seeking God with Saint John Henry Newman
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Contents
Introduction. Newman as Spiritual Guide on the Path to Holiness
How to Read This Book
The Prayerful Reader
1. Highlights from Newman’s Life
The Life of Newman
Newman’s Catholic Years
2. The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life
Stage One: The Purgative Way
Suffering in the Christian Life
Self-Denial, the Test of Religious Devotion
Excursus: The Danger of Riches
Stage Two: The Illuminative Way
Stage Three: The Unitive Way
3. Learning the New Language of Christ
A Religion of Practice, Not Sentiment
Become a Saint: What Else Is There?
4. Salvation and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
The Nature of Justification According to Newman
The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
Deification: Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature
Life in the Spirit
Conclusion: From First to Last, the Gift of God
5. Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus
Contemplating the Person of Christ
Omnipotence in Bonds
The Imitation of Christ
6. Newman on Prayer
Developing the Habit of Prayer
Piercing through the Veil of this World
7. A Good Death
God’s Will and the End of Life
The Value of a Single Soul
God’s Strange Providence
The Dream of Gerontius
Epilogue. Love, the Seed of Holiness
Running with Endurance
Living in the Light of Eternity
Cor ad Cor Loquitur
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Notes. Introduction: Newman as Spiritual Guide on the Path to Holiness
1. Highlights from Newman’s Life
2. The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life
3. Learning the New Language of Christ
4. Salvation and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
5. Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus
6. Newman on Prayer
7. A Good Death
Epilogue: Love, the Seed of Holiness
About the Author
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RYAN J. MARR
1. Highlights from Newman’s Life
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Notes
With the above in mind, we could repurpose another maxim from Newman’s preaching: “True faith is not shown here below in peace, but rather in conflict.”14 Now, in saying this, Newman was talking about internal conflict, or the personal struggle against sin that each Christian must wage. But his sentiment could just as aptly be applied to our public witness. As long as we are in this world, our faith will be demonstrated through conflict. The members of Christ’s Body on earth are described as the Church Militant for good reason. Certainly, we ought to remember that “our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Eph 6:12, NIV, slightly altered). Battle we must, though, for peace gained at the expense of holiness, as Newman reminds us, is really no peace at all.
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