I can attest that the online courses offered by The Catholic Thing are first rate. I followed the courses on Dante’s Divine Comedy and Augustine’s Confessions. Of course both of those works would merits many thousands of hours just to scratch their surfaces. However, they were excellent introductions and more, to get you into and oriented within the thought of the writers and the works themselves.
I now see that there is going to be an online course on
The Catholic Heart of St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman has been cited lately by figures inside and outside the Church to support positions that he would clearly have rejected. In this course, Robert Royal will examine some of Newman’s own writings on crucial questions such as Conscience, Consulting the Faithful, the Development of Doctrine, and much more.
The title of the course is apt, since Newman’s motto was “Cor ad cor loquitur… Heart speaks to the heart”. This is an important concept for understanding how many make the journey into the Faith, since we humans have both an intellective capacity and also an affective dimension.
Right now there is an effort underway to have John Henry Newman named a Doctor of the Church.
An interesting feature for the courses is “group options”. Also, if you cannot make it for the live stream of a session, it will be available on demand.
Check it out!
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Father Hunwicke has stated that Newman did not mean for the Development of Doctrine to be published, nor did he think its method should be used to evaluate doctrine changes made in the future. Rather, Father Hunwicke stated that it was written for his own edification in trying to determine if the Catholic Church’s doctrine was correct.
Do you have an opinion on this?
I’d say that that is interesting, if true, but also not. The “cat’s outta da bag”, so to speak. Whether it was intended to be private or public is a moot point.
I’d also say, remember Fr. H in your prayers.
I’m praying that Newman will be the bridge Dr. Peterson uses.
Thank you for leading me here today. I will be starting the Newman course in January because it will be Live. Of course it will be fun to catch up with all the others later. These book groups are brilliant.