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1. Good news and long overdue. This will be an opportunity for people to learn more about Newman and discover that he was not a theological liberal or modernist but rather was traditional.
   Fr (& Dr) Ian Ker dispels the myths concerning Newman and his legacy. Well worth looking up.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

2. Another aspect of the 'greatness' of this man shows itself in the request for the very man who would receive him into the Catholic Church; namely Blessed Dominic Barberi CP. This priest was certainly one of the 'poor of God' in England at that time, and a gentle beacon of Holiness which attracted the very clever John Henry Newman, to see the light! A wonderful story, still somewhat unknown...check out Google on this wonderful part of his journey.

   Posted By: Fr.Kevin Walsh

3. Michael Webb, I believe not everyone looks at things through a childish divisive prism of 'Left' and 'Right', ‘Liberal’ and ‘Traditional’, and promotes fear and doom, I thoroughly reject that!
   
   Not everything is measured with fearful divisive politics, time to move on oldie Webb, your 'cold war' language was proved untenable by the insecure childlike George Bush. Please do learn from history and move with the times.
   
   It is called reflect, develop and progress- then you’ll be genuinely true to Tradition!
   
   Fr Timothy Radcliffe puts it beautifully,
   "Considering the example of a musical student, of course you have to learn the scales, but if you just get stuck on learning the scales over and over you’ll never be a musician. It’s true you’ve got to go through the childish phase of learning the scales… that’s fine but don’t get stuck there. Because if by 24 you’re still doing the same, it’s infantilism.”

   Posted By: TJ Lawson

4. TJ Lawson
   
   You declined to address what Dr Ian Ker has said about Cardinal Newman. You have basically become personal towards me which shows you are not confident in dealing with my earlier post.
   As for your "learning the scales' analogy I fail to see the point you are attempting to make. You're not asking your fellow Catholics to go beyond the Church's teaching as part of the psychological take on what it allegedly means to be 'mature' and an 'adult'.? Last time I checked the ten commandments were still in force as part of Christ's etaching that if you love him, you will "keep my commandments". We do of course keep them through grace and through living out the two greatest commandments; and it is in this spirit that the Decalogue is better kept. Surely your analogy is not asking us to move away and beyond them in order to 'grow up' TJ?! Our Lord also said that if we do NOT become like little children we would not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Maybe your favourite Timothy Radcliffe could examine these words of Our Lord.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

5. It is delightful to read that TJ Lawson will no longer traduce as "Right-wing" and other childish insults, those who decline to join his infantile "cold war" against the the Catholic Church, her doctrines and her Sacred Tradition.

   Posted By: Peter G

6. Oh TJ Lawson, what a pill you can be.
   
   Let's rejoice that John Henry Newman will be recognised as an exemplar of holiness for us to follow.

   Posted By: Peter

7. Cardinal Newman should be the patron for converting us Anglicans in search of our Christian tradition and liturgical heritage. Viva Oxford Movement. Ave, Blessed Cardinal John Henry!

   Posted By: david west

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