Andrew Nash, in his exemplary edition of the first volume [1] of the collection for the Millennium Edition of Newman’s works, points out that while Newman explained that his motive for publishing the essays was, as he said, “to reduce what is uncatholic in them,” he was nonetheless “far from defensive” about them, since they served, in part, to explain his eventual disillusionment with the Anglican Church. [2]
A new edition of Newman’s essays
Edward Short, Catholic World ReportTuesday, May 7, 2019
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