Newman

JOHN HENRY, (nu'man,) a distinguished English theologian, B. in London, 1801, became tutor of Oriel Coll., Oxford, in 1826. In 1833, along with Dr. Pusey and the poet Keble, N. initiated the Tractarian Movement in favor of High-Church doctrines, and in 1845 seceded to the Roman Catholic Church, of which he became one of the most eminent pillars. His chief works (distinguished by their profound erudition and masterly reasoning) are Arians of the Fourth Century: their Doctrines, Temper, and Conduct (1833); an E ay on the Development of Christian Doctrine; and Apologia pro Vita Sua(1864). [s. 642]