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Geoffrey G. Attard, John Henry Newman: Appostlu tal-Konvertiti. Self-published, 2013. 100 pp

The 19th century set the stage for the fiercest ever battle between science and religion. This century was also spanned by the lifetime of a thinker who made a great effort to show the validity of Catholic Christianity as a way of living: John Henry Newman.

In a short study, John Henry Newman: Appostlu tal-Konvertiti Apostle of the Doubtful (John Henry Newman: Apostle of the Doubtful), Geoffrey G. Attard shows how Newman succeeded in defending Catholic faith in a century pervaded by scientific scepticism.

Born in London in 1801 and educated in Oxford, after an evangelical upbringing, Newman converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1845. He was a priest for many years in Birmingham and was the founder of the Oxford Movement which sought to have Catholicism accepted as authoritative within the Church of England.

Newman published a lot of works intended as a defence of Catholic religion from many attacks but which ended up as an autobiographical defence of his own conversion.

Attard wants to make us sensible of the persecution and personal attacks Newman had to suffer as a result of his conversion. Notwithstanding, the various difficulties Newman had to pass through, he sought comfort in the real presence of Christ.

The book ends with some beautiful prayers, meditations and hymns composed by Newman.

Through this work, Attard intends to promote the study and veneration of Newman as a shining example of Christian life, scholarship and holiness.

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