An Anglican priest at Oxford and leader of the Oxford Movement, he became a Catholic in 1845, a decision that shook Victorian England. He explained how we can be certain without strict proof, defended a university that forms the whole person, and was made a cardinal and, in 2019, a saint.
Core ideas
Real certainty comes from many converging reasons, not from a single proof.
Conscience is the voice of God inside each person.
Education should form the whole mind, not only train for a job.
The tradition: Catholic theology
Catholic theology seeks to understand the faith through reason and tradition. Newman renewed it with his study of how doctrine develops and how people come to believe.
