John Henry Newman: Theology and Reform

302 Pages·1992·14.098 MB·\302

by  Michael E. Allsopp (Editor), Ronald R. Burke (Editor)

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
GARLAND REFERENCE LIBRARY
OF THE HUMANITIES
(VOL. 1475)

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
Theology and Reform
edited by
Michael E. Allsopp
and
Ronald R. Burke
First published 1992 by Garland Publishing, Inc.
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John Henry Newman : theology and reform / edited by Michael E.
Allsopp and Ronald R. Burke
p. cm. - (Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol.
1475)
" ... papers presented originally at the ... Newman Centennial Con-
ference, held at Creighton University, 18-20 October 1990"-Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-8153-0384-X (alk. paper)
1. Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890---Congresses. 2. Theology,
Doctrinal-History-19th century-Congresses. 3. Catholic Church-
Doctrines---Congresses. I. Allsopp, Michael E. II. Burke, Ronald R.
III. Series.
BX4705.N5J635 1992
230' .2'092-dc20 92-21667
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-8153-0384-8 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-138-88032-0 (pbk)
Dedication
In Memory of
Rev. Anthony P. Weber, S.J.
(1921-1990)
* * *
"Give me your love and your grace,
for this is sufficient for me.'

CONTENTS
Preface ..............................................................................................ix
Acknowledgments ............................................................................xi
Introduction.......................................................................................xiii
Madeleine Kisner, AS.C.
NEWMAN, THE CHAMPION OF TRUTH............................ . 3
Ronald Burke
NEWMAN, LINDBECK AND MODELS OF DOCTRINE ... 19
Edward E. Kelly
ATHEISM OR CATHOLICISM:
Stark Disjunction From Complex Newman.................................. 45
David G. Schultenover, S J.
GEORGE TYRRELL:
Devout Disciple of Newman.......................................................... 57
Philip C. Rule, S.J.
GROWTH THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF LIFE:
Development of Doctrine and
The Idea of a University ............................................................... 87
Paul G. Crowley, S .J.
THE SENSUS FIDELIUM AND CATHOLICITY:
Newman’s Legacy in the Age of Inculturation........................... 109
Bernard J. Mahoney
NEWMAN’S CONSCIENCE:
A Teleological Argument.............................................................. 131
Francesco Turvasi
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE IN
JOHN CARDINAL NEWMAN AND ALFRED LOISY___ 145
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Martin X. Molcski, S J.
ILLATIVE SENSE AND TACIT KNOWLEDGE:
A Comparison of the Epistemologies of
John Henry Newman and Michael Polanyi............................... 189
John R. Connolly
NEWMAN ON THE CRITICIZABILITY
OF CATHOLIC FAITH ............................................................ 225
Gerard Magill
IMAGINATIVE DISCERNMENT:
Newman’s Safeguard of Faith and Morals.................................. 241
Contributors ...................................................................................... 257
Index.................................................................................................... 259
PREFACE
This collection of papers grew out of a concern of several at
Creighton University for the perduring nature of the thought of John
Henry Cardinal Newman. Although Cardinal Newman died some one
hundred years ago, his influence on today’s thinking is still strong.
Like Sir Thomas More with his Utopia, Newman put forward an ideal
of society and life which has a recognizable relation to the lasting
possibilities open to humankind.
Whether Newman is seen variously as a reformer, or a mind
fundamentally Catholic and constitutionally Protestant, or one thrown
among strangers, or even a point of reference in a troubled world,
there is no doubt that he was not only alive to the problems of his
age in Church and society, but that he continues to inspire, to uplift
and to enlighten us today. The editors and paper contributors of this
volume have been brought together by a common interest in a man
for whom the continual search for truth is paramount.
Cultivation of the intellect, which Newman considered to be
the necessary and sufficient end of education, was also the critical
ability needed to be able to withstand the spread of opinions and
values he believed to be greatly inadequate to the human condition.
It is that critical ability that gives his analyses an uncanny
contemporary relevance to issues of faith and life and their public
significance, and what many contemporaries call the "privatizing" of
religion.
Following Newman, Jan Walgrave, O.P., has said that the
proper excellence that a good intellectual training should impart to
the mind is a keen and subtle power of openness, flexibility, and
comprehension. To be able to enter into a different pattern of
thought, to understand its point of view, to distinguish its principles,
to see its consequences, to judge its lack of consistency within the
perspective of its own view, to criticize it from within, to identify with
its spirit and method without losing a sense of objective distance, is
the basis of real dialogue. Indeed, one gets the impression that
Newman did not fear the encounter of another, nor did he ever fear
to encounter another. To such courage were joined an evangelical
patience and wonderful modesty. For he knew that he was only
cooperating in what was, after all, God’s work.
He not only stood firm for a certain intellectual integrity, but
also for a freedom of mind, which would not neglect that superior
capacity to understand all that is human, which is the prime condition
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