God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)
Day: October 9, 2024
Newman and His Fierce, Unchanging Religion
I will not shrink from uttering my firm conviction, that it would be a gain to this country, were it vastly more superstitious, more bigoted, more gloomy, more fierce in its religion, than at present it shows itself to be.[1] Saint John Henry Newman Newman’s point in this startling statement is that superstition and religion[…]