✠ புனிதர் ஜான் ஹென்றி நியூமன் ✠(St. John Henry Newman)

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(அக்டோபர் 9)

✠ புனிதர் ஜான் ஹென்றி நியூமன் ✠

(St. John Henry Newman)

கவிஞர்/ இறையியலாளர்/ கர்தினால்:

(Poet Theologian and Cardinal Deacon)

பிறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 21, 1801

லண்டன், இங்கிலாந்து, ஐக்கிய அரசுகள்

(London, England, United Kingdom)

இறப்பு: ஆகஸ்ட் 11, 1890 (வயது 89)

எட்க்பாஸ்டன், பிர்மிங்கம், இங்கிலாந்து, ஐக்கிய அரசுகள்

(Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

இங்கிலாந்து திருச்சபை

(Church of England)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: செப்டம்பர் 19, 2010

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்

(Pope Benedict XVI)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 13, 2019

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ்

(Pope Francis)

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

பிர்மிங்கம் ஆலயம், எட்க்பாஸ்டன், இங்கிலாந்து

(Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston, England)

பாதுகாவல்:

இங்கிலாந்து மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் (England and Wales) ஆகிய இடங்களிலுள்ள “வால்சிங்கம்” அன்னை துறவியர் குழுக்கள்

(Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 9

புனிதர் ஜான் ஹென்றி நியூமன், ஆரம்ப காலத்தில் ஆங்கிலிக்கன் (Anglican) திருச்சபையின் ஒரு குரு ஆவார். சிறந்ததோர் கவிஞரும் இறையியலாளருமான இவர், பின்னாளில் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையில் “கர்தினாலாக” (Cardinal) ஆனார். மிகவும் முக்கியமான, மற்றும் சர்ச்சைக்குள்ளான இவர் கி.பி. 183ம் ஆண்டுகளில் இங்கிலாந்து முழுவதும் புகழ் பெறத்துவங்கினார். இவரின் படைப்புகள் சுயவிளக்கம் அளிக்க முயலும் கத்தோலிக்க மறையின் வாத வல்லுர்களுக்கு பெரிதும் உதவுகின்றது.

இவர் லண்டனில், ஆங்கிலிக்கன் திருச்சபையைச் சேர்ந்த பெற்றோருக்கு 6 குழந்தைகளுள் மூத்தவராகப் பிறந்தார். ஆக்ஸ்போர்டில் இருந்த ட்ரினிட்டி கல்லூரியில் தன் 19வது வயதில் இளங்கலைப் பட்டத்தைப் பெற்ற இவர் கி.பி. 1825ம் ஆண்டு, ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சபையின் குருவாக திருநிலைப்படுத்தப்பட்டார். ஆங்கிலிக்கன் சபைக்குருவாகவும் மெர்டன் கல்லூரியில் ஆசிரியராகவும் பணியாற்றினார். 

இவர் கிறிஸ்தவ வரலாற்றினாலும், குறிப்பாக ஹிப்போவின் அகஸ்டீனின் சுயவரலாற்று நூலினாலும் தூண்டப்பட்ட இவர், ஆங்கிலிக்கன் திருச்சபை திருத்தூதர் வழிமரபு கோருவதன் செல்லத்தகு தன்மையினைக் குறித்து சந்தேகம் எழுப்பினார். ஆங்லிக்கன் திருச்சபையும், லூத்தரன் திருச்சபையும் செய்துகொண்ட உடன்படிக்கை இவரின் சந்தேகங்களுக்கு வலுசேர்த்தது. 

காலப்போக்கில் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையின் படிப்பினைகளாலும், நடவடிக்கைகளாலும் கவரப்பட்டு, கி.பி. 1845ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 9ம் நாள், கத்தோலிக்க மறையில் இணைந்தார். கி.பி. 1847ம் ஆண்டு, கத்தோலிக்கத் திருச்சபையின் குருவாக அருட்பொழிவு செய்விக்கப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1851ம் ஆண்டு, அயர்லாந்து கத்தோலிக்க பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் (Catholic University of Ireland) முதல் அதிபராக திருச்சபையால் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். கி.பி. 1879ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 15ம் தேதி, திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோவினால் கர்தினாலாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டார். 11 ஆண்டுகள் கர்தினாலாக பணியாற்றிய நியூமன், கி.பி. 1890ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 89 வயதில் காலமானார்.

1991ம் ஆண்டு, வணக்கத்திற்குரியவர் என அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட இவருக்கு, 2010ம் ஆண்டு, செப்டம்பர் மாதம், 19ம் நாளன்று, திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட் முக்திபேறு பட்டம் அளித்தார்.

திருத்தந்தை ஃபிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள், 2019ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 13ம் நாளன்று, இவரை புனிதர் நிலைக்கு உயர்த்தி அருட்பொழிவு செய்தார்.

St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was an English theologian and a leader of the Oxford Movement. The Oxford Movement encouraged the Church of England (Anglican Church) to restore many Catholic doctrines and liturgical practices that were abandoned during the English Protestant Reformation. Newman, an Anglican, converted to the Catholic faith at age 44, and subsequently became a priest and a cardinal. He is renown for his work as a religious leader and a rector of the Catholic University of Ireland. Newman was declared blessed in 2010 and will be canonized by Pope Francis on October 13, 2019.

John Henry Newman was born on February 21, 1801, in London. He was the eldest of six children, with two brothers and three sisters. His father was John Newman, a banker, and his mother was Jemmia (nee Fourdrinier), of Huguenot (French Protestant) ancestry.

John Newman experienced a conversion of the heart at the age of 15. He later said about the experience, that it was "more certain than that I have hands or feet." By 1816, Newman became a staunch Calvinist, opposed to Roman Catholicism and the Pope.

Newman went on to study at Trinity College in Oxford, and performed poorly, possibly because of anxiety. Still, he managed to graduate and became a fellow at Oriel College, Oxford.

In 1824, Newman became an Anglican deacon at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. He became a priest in 1825. Newman spent his time writing, teaching, and became vice-principal of St. Alban Hall at Merton College for one year. He became vicar of St. Mary's University Church in 1828.

In 1828, Newman encountered a series of personal troubles that accelerated his departure from the Evangelical Anglican tradition. Newman had already become skeptical of the Evangelical emphasis on personal feelings and "sola fide," the idea that faith alone leads to salvation. Newman felt the doctrine introduced a dangerous form of individualism to Christianity which would lead to subjectivism and skepticism. Conversely, Newman was attracted by the Catholic idea of revealed truth and the magisterium, the teaching office, of the Church.

Newman's sister, Mary died at the age of 18 in 1828. Her passing led him to start reading about the Church fathers, a decision that would prove influential in his eventual conversion to Catholicism.

Just over a year later, Newman, the secretary of his Church Missionary Society, used his post to distribute an anonymous circular. The letter proposed purging nonconformists from the Society, that is, those who did not wish to conform to the rules and traditions of the Church of England. Due to the nature of the circular, he was dismissed as secretary in March 1830. He soon retreated further from the Evangelical tradition by leaving the Bible Society. By 1832, a conflict with a colleague led to his resignation as a tutor at Oxford.

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In December of 1832, Newman joined his friend, the Anglican priest, Hurrell Froude, for a tour of Southern Europe. The pair traveled by ship around the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Ionian Islands. While visiting Rome, Newman met Nicholas Wiseman a Catholic priest whose work would influence the Oxford Movement.

Newman returned to England in July of 1833. Days after his return, the noted theologian John Keble preached his now-famous sermon, "National Apostasy." The sermon was later regarded by Newman as the beginning of the Oxford Movement.

Newman responded to the sermon and the inspiration it provided by creating the "Tracts for the Times," a series of 90 theological works of widely varying length. Some tracts were only a few pages while other publications were book-length. The tracts were sold for pennies so as to ensure a wide distribution. About a dozen authors contributed to the work, with Newman being the primary contributor. Keble and others also contributed work. The authors and their supporters became known as Tractarians.

In 1839, Newman read an article by Nicholas Wiseman called "The Anglican Claim," which quoted St. Augustine of Hippo. St. Augustine's words, he said, "struck me with a power which I never felt from any words before." This was the final inspiration Newman needed to depart the Anglican tradition for the Catholic, although it would still be six years before he would actually convert to the Catholic faith.

In 1842, Newman retreated to live in monastic conditions in a group of cottages in Littermore, Oxfordshire. He was joined by several followers. In early 1843, Newman published an anonymous advertisement in the "Oxford Conservative Journal" in which he retracted his previous criticisms of Roman Catholicism.

Finally, in 1845, Newman was accepted into the Roman Catholic Church. His conversion was difficult for many who knew him. Many of Newman's friends and family deserted him, and the members of the Oxford Movement became divided. While the Oxford Movement was not Evangelical, it was still Anglican and remained popular long after his departure and subsequent association with the Catholic Church.

A year later, in February 1846, Newman traveled to Rome where he was ordained a priest in the Catholic Church and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Pope Pius IX. He returned to England in late 1847.

Anti-Catholicism in England became popular once again as Pope Pius IX restored the Church there by issuing the Papal bull "Universalis Ecclesiae" and creating new Episcopal sees. The now-Cardinal Nicholas Wisemann was appointed as the first Archbishop of Westminster. On October 7 or 1850, Pope Pius announced the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England. The public response was sometimes hostile, with Catholic priests being attacked in the streets and churches vandalized.

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Newman's response to the attacks was to encourage Catholic laity to organize and speak up in their own defense and in defense of the Church. He also wrote and delivered a series of nine public lectures on Protestantism and Catholicism. The lectures were then compiled into a book. The lectures galvanized Catholics, but also inflamed Protestants, some of who criticized Newman in their various works.

In 1854, at the request of the bishops of Ireland, Newman traveled to Dublin and became rector of the newly-established Catholic University of Ireland.

By the 1860s, Newman started to write autobiographical works and letters to explain and justify his theological convictions and life to others. He also engaged in a war of written words with opponents. His ideas were summarized in the line, "Here are but two alternatives, the way to Rome, and the way to Atheism."

By 1870, Newman was a well-respected theologian in the Church, and used his influence to express uneasiness with some of the interpretations of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility, which was being explained to promote a better understanding. However, his concerns were eased when it was clear that the doctrine only applied under a strict criterion.

In 1878, the new Pope, Leo XIII made Newman a cardinal, despite the fact he had not served as a bishop or in Rome. Newman accepted under two conditions, the first that he not be made a bishop, and the second, that he be allowed to remain in Birmingham where he now lived. Pope Leo accepted the former but assigned Newman to the Deaconry of San Giorgio al Velabro. Newman was made cardinal on May 12, 1879. As Cardinal, Newman's motto was "Heart speaks to heart."

Now Cardinal Newman's health began to fail in 1886, and he returned to Birmingham where he would spend the last years of his life. He celebrated his final Mass on Christmas Day in 1889, and on August 11, 1890, he died of pneumonia in Birmingham. He was buried eight days later.

Newman's theological contributions were tremendous, especially for Catholics and Anglicans who sought to become Catholics in England. In honor of his influence, several Newman Societies have been established at colleges in England and the United States, where young Catholics can meet and engage with their faith while at school.

In 1991, Pope John Paul II declared Newman venerable, following an examination of his life by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. In 2001, a miracle attributed to Newman was reported by a man studying for the diaconate in Boston, Massachusetts. The man reported he had been cured from paralysis after asking for Newman's intercession. The miracle was investigated and confirmed, after which Pope Benedict beatified Newman on September 19, 2010.

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A second miracle attributed to Newman was confirmed in November 2018. A pregnant American woman suffered from a life-threatening condition, but miraculously survived.

Pope Francis canonized Saint John Henry Newman on October 13, 2019.

This article is about the English cardinal. For the Bohemian-American bishop, see John Neumann.

"Cardinal Newman" redirects here. For other uses, see Cardinal Newman (disambiguation).

John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s,[10] and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.

Originally an evangelical Oxford University academic and priest in the Church of England, Newman became drawn to the high-church tradition of Anglicanism. He became one of the more notable leaders of the Oxford Movement, an influential and controversial grouping of Anglicans who wished to return to the Church of England many Catholic beliefs and liturgical rituals from before the English Reformation. In this, the movement had some success. After publishing his controversial "Tract 90" in 1841, Newman later wrote, "I was on my death-bed, as regards my membership with the Anglican Church".[11] In 1845 Newman, joined by some but not all of his followers, officially left the Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford University and was received into the Catholic Church. He was quickly ordained as a priest and continued as an influential religious leader, based in Birmingham. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his services to the cause of the Catholic Church in England. He was instrumental in the founding of the Catholic University of Ireland (CUI) in 1854, although he had left Dublin by 1859. CUI in time evolved into University College Dublin.[12]

Newman was also a literary figure: his major writings include the Tracts for the Times (1833–1841), his autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–1866), the Grammar of Assent (1870), and the poem "The Dream of Gerontius" (1865),[13] which was set to music in 1900 by Edward Elgar. He wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light", "Firmly I believe, and truly" (taken from Gerontius), and "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" (taken from Gerontius).

Newman's beatification was officially proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 September 2010 during his visit to the United Kingdom.[14] His canonisation was officially approved by Pope Francis on 12 February 2019,[15] and took place on 13 October 2019.[16]

He is the fifth saint of the City of London, behind Thomas Becket (born in Cheapside), Thomas More (born on Milk Street), Edmund Campion (son of a London book seller) and Polydore Plasden (of Fleet Street).[17][18]