Guide to St John Henry Newman 2023

Sermons published by John Henry Newman

The complete set of sermons published by Cardinal Newman is available on three websites: Newman Reader, Internet Archive, and NINS Digital Collections. Newman Reader provides text transcriptions; the other two provide digital images. Internet Archive permits downloading in PDF and other formats. The NINS website doesn't provide for linking to a specific page in a document (thus no link is given below for specific sermons on NINS). Selected Sermons Anglican Volumes Catholic Volumes Collections

Selected Sermons—best known, noteworthy

Holiness Necessary for Future Blessedness (preached 1826) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Parochial and Plain Sermons, v1, sermon 1) The Ventures of Faith (preached 1836) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Parochial and Plain Sermons, v4, sermon 20) The Gainsaying of Korah (preached 1838) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Parochial and Plain Sermons, v4, sermon 18) The Theory of Developments in Religious Doctrine (preached 1843) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Oxford University Sermons, sermon 15) The Parting of Friends (preached 1843) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day, sermon 26) Faith and Private Judgment (preached 1849) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations, discourse 10) The Second Spring (preached 1852) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS (Sermons Preached on Various Occasions, sermon 10) Top of page

Anglican Volumes

Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 1 (1834) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 2 (1835) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 3 (1836) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 4 (1839) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 5 (1840) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 6 (1842) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 7 (1842-43) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 8 (1842-43) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Fifteen Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford (1843) [aka Oxford University Sermons] Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day (1843) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Top of page

Catholic Volumes

Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations (1849) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Sermons Preached on Various Occasions (1874) Newman Reader | Internet Archive | NINS Top of page

Collections

Cardinal Newman's Best Plain Sermons, edited by Vincent Ferrer Blehl, SJ (1964) Internet Archive In 1846 Newman described these as "some of the best" of his Anglican sermons. [Letters and Diaries, Volume 11, p 99] Selection Adapted to the Seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year from the Parochial & Plain Sermons of John Henry Newman (1878) Newman Reader | Internet Archive In reference to this selection of his Anglican sermons, Newman wrote in 1879: 'I have just published a Selection from my Oxford Sermons in one Volume, and have chosen such as can without inconsistency, being a Catholic, give away, … ' [Letters and Diaries, Volume 29, p 3] Favorite Newman Sermons, selected by Daniel M O'Connell, SJ (1932) Newman Reader | Internet Archive (requires log-in) Top of page
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