With respect to the latter, Newman himself might be seen as the most important and influential figure.Р”Р„s a child, Newman lived in a culture which was basking in the radiance of Romanticism, especially as manifested in the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, both of whom followed the call of beauty until it brought them to Christ.

Newman was born in 1801, at the beginning of a century that would see the rise of the British Empire, as well as the rise of skepticism in matters of religion and yet, simultaneously, it was a century which would see a real revival of religious orthodoxy. The first is to see the influence he had on his own times, and the second is to see the influence he has had in the century and more since his death. It signified the way in which the Church transcends and outlives the evil forces which assail her, whether such evil assailants are the enemies without or the traitors within.Р”Р„s for Newman himself, there are two ways of assessing and understanding his life and legacy. The canonization of John Henry Newman was a triumph for the light of Life and Love amidst the gloom and darkness of the death-culture.

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