Firmly I Believe and Truly : The Spiritual Tradition of Catholic England Hardback
by Vincent (, Archbishop of Westminster) Nichols
Edited by John (Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and member of the Theology Faculty, University of Saward, John (Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge) Morrill, Michael (Associate Professor of Literature, Villanova University) Tomko
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An Anthology of Writings from 1483 to 1999Firmly I Believe and Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five hundred year period between William Caxton and Cardinal Hume.
Intended as a rich resource for all with an interest in Roman Catholicism, the writings have been carefully selected and edited by a team of scholars with historical, theological, and literary expertise.
Each author is introduced to provide context for the included extracts and the chronological arrangement of the anthology makes the volume easy to use whilst creating a fascinating overview of the modern era in English Catholic thought.
The extracts comprise a wide variety writing genres; sermons, prayers, poetry, diaries, novels, theology, apologetics, works of controversy, devotional literature, biographies, drama, and essays.
Includes writings by:John Colet, John Fisher, Thomas More, Robert Southwell, Philip Howard, Edmund Campion, John Gother, John Dryden, Mary Barker, Alexander Pope, Richard Challoner, Alban Butler, John Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald, Nicholas Wiseman, Margaret Mary Hallahan, A.
W. N. Pugin, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning, Frederick William Faber, Bertrand Wilberforce, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Vincent McNabb, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, G.
K. Chesterton, R. A. Knox, J. R. R. Tolkien, Caryll Houselander, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, John Bradburne, Cardinal Hume
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- Pages:760 pages, 4 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/09/2011
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- ISBN:9780199291229
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:760 pages, 4 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/09/2011
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- ISBN:9780199291229
