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Zusatztext The Rev. Benjamin King... has in is first book listened to Newman's voice with meticulous care, and so has given us crucial tools to hear the old cardinal with fresh ears. His book... is carefully argued and closely researched examination of how Newman's reading of patristic sources changed throughout his career, showing both how his reading of the fathers changed his life as well as how events in his life changed the way he read the fathers. Klappentext John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman is widely known to have been devoted to reading the Church Fathers. By exploring which Fathers interested Newman most and when, using both published and archive material, Benjamin J. King demonstrates the influence of the various Alexandrian theologians in different periods of Newman's life. Zusammenfassung John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman is widely known to have been devoted to reading the Church Fathers. By exploring which Fathers interested Newman most and when, using both published and archive material, Benjamin J. King demonstrates the influence of the various Alexandrian theologians in different periods of Newman's life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Three Views of Doctrine: Three Phases in Newman's Life 2: The sources of The Arians of the Fourth Century: Newman in 1831-33 3: The Alexandrian Shape of Newman's Christology: Preaching and Researching in 1834-40 4: The Trinity before and after Nicaea: Newman in 1840-58 5: The Athanasius "with whom I end": Newman in 1870-81 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman is widely known to have been devoted to reading the Church Fathers. By exploring which Fathers interested Newman most and when, using both published and archive material, Benjamin J. King demonstrates the influence of the various Alexandrian theologians in different periods of Newman's life.