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“Lead, Kindly Light”: Trusting God in ...
By Ryan Marr | Mar 30, 2020 | History, Newman Today | 0
“The Fire which Makes Gold Shine”: On Benefiting from Calamity
by Ryan Marr | May 11, 2020 | Newman Today, Theology | 0
This article does not take a firm stance on the question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic should be seen as a chastisement sent by God. If we were to follow John Henry Newman’s lead, we would certainly have to remain open to that idea.
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by Ryan Marr | Mar 30, 2020 | History, Newman Today | 0
One of the most important turning points in John Henry Newman’s life involved contracting an illness (probably typhoid fever) while on a trip to Sicily in 1833. Newman was accompanied on the trip by his best friend, Hurrell Froude, and Froude’s father, Robert.
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