Firmly I Believe and Truly

The Spiritual Tradition of Catholic England
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-929122-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 760 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1179 g

Brings together a diverse array of writers from the last five hundred years to celebrate the English Roman Catholic tradition
Includes authors who maintain a high profile today and reintroduces key figures whose writings have recently been neglected
Provides authoritative introductions to each author
Chronologically ordered with a clear three part structure to aid navigation
Thoughtfully illustrated with images relevant to each part of the anthology

An Anthology of Writings from 1483 to 1999

Firmly I Believe and Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five hundred year period between William Caxton and Cardinal Hume. Intended as a rich resource for all with an interest in Roman Catholicism, the writings have been carefully selected and edited by a team of scholars with historical, theological, and literary expertise. Each author is introduced to provide context for the included extracts and the chronological arrangement of the anthology makes the volume easy to use whilst creating a fascinating overview of the modern era in English Catholic thought. The extracts comprise a wide variety writing genres; sermons, prayers, poetry, diaries, novels, theology, apologetics, works of controversy, devotional literature, biographies, drama, and essays. Includes writings by:
John Colet, John Fisher, Thomas More, Robert Southwell, Philip Howard, Edmund Campion, John Gother, John Dryden, Mary Barker, Alexander Pope, Richard Challoner, Alban Butler, John Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald, Nicholas Wiseman, Margaret Mary Hallahan, A. W. N. Pugin, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning, Frederick William Faber, Bertrand Wilberforce, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Vincent McNabb, Hilaire Belloc, Maurice Baring, G. K. Chesterton, R. A. Knox, J. R. R. Tolkien, Caryll Houselander, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, John Bradburne, Cardinal Hume

Zielgruppe

People of all Christian traditions who want to gain a deeper understanding of the roots of the Catholic faith and heritage. Scholars in the fields of theology, history, and literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nichols, Vincent

Saward, John

Morrill, John

Tomko, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Vincent Nichols: Foreword
General Introduction
Authors and Texts: Principles of Selection
Part 1: 1483-1688John Morrill:
Introduction
William Caxton, c. 1420-1492
Wynkyn de Worde , d. 1534/5
Richard Pynson, 1448-1529
John Colet, c.1467-1519
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, 1443-1509
St John Fisher, 1469-1535
Nicholas Harpsfield, 1519-1574
William Roper, 1498-1572
Margaret Roper, 1505-1544
St Thomas More, 1478-1535
Royal Injunctions, 1554
Reginald Cardinal Pole, 1500-1558
Bishop Edmund Bonner, c.1497-1569
Bishop Thomas Watson, 1513-1584
John Harpsfield, 1516-1578
John Heywood, c.1496-c.1578
Miles Huggarde, fl.1533-1557
Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden, 1509-1556
Laurence Vaux, 1519-1585
Thomas Stapleton, 1535-1598
Pope Pius V, 1504-1572
A Defence of Regnans in Excelsis
William Cardinal Allen, 1532-1594
St Edmund Campion SJ, 1540-1581
Blessed Thomas Alfield, 1552-1585
The Words of Tortured Priests, 1582
Gregory Martin, c.1542-1582
A Manual of Prayers (i), 1583
Anne Dormer, Lady Hungerford, 1525-1603
Robert Parsons SJ, 1546-1610
St Robert Southwell, 1561-1595
Elizabeth Grymeston, c.1563-1604
Richard Verstegan, 1548-1640
St Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1557-1595
John Wilson, fl.1608
Henry Constable, 1562-1613
Benjamin Carier, 1566-1614
A Manual of Prayers (ii), 1618
The Venerable Mary Ward, 1585-1645
Edward Dawson SJ, c.1579-1622
William Stanney OFM, d.1626
Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu, 1574-1629
Catherine Francis, fl.1628
Matthew Kellison, 1561-1642
(Helen) Gertrude More, 1606-1633)
Augustine Baker OSB, 1575-1641
Richard Crashaw, c.1613-1649
Sir Basil Brooke, 1576-1646
Manual of Prayers (iii), 1650
Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665
Thomas White ( Blacklo ), 1593-1676
Henry Holden, 1596-1662
St John Southworth, 1592-1654
Miles Pinkney (alias Thomas Carre), 1599-1674
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, 1637-1671
A Manual of Prayers (iv), 1687
Bishop John Leyburn, 1620-1702
Bishop Bonaventure Giffard, 1642-1734
Part 2: 1688 - 1850Michael Tomko:
Introduction
John Gother, d. 1704
Edward Hawarden, 1622 1735
John Dryden, 1631 1700
Edward Scarisbrick (alias Neville) SJ, 1639 1709
Philip Leigh (alias Layton or Metcalfe) SJ, 1650 1717
Jane Barker, 1652 1732
Thomas Ward, 1652 1708
(Mary Howard) Mary of the Holy Cross OSC, 1653 1735
Sylvester Jenks (alias Metcalfe), 1656 1714
Thomas Tyldesley, 1657 1715 and Nicholas Blundell, 1669 1737
Christopher Tootell, 1662 1727
Hugh Tootell (alias Charles Dodd), 1671 1743
Alexander Pope, 1688 1744
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1691 1781
Alban Butler, 1710 1773
Thomas West (Daniel) SJ, 1720 1779
Joseph Reeve SJ, 1733 1820
Charles Plowden SJ, 1743-1821
Peter Newby, 1745 1827
Joseph Berington, 1746 1827
Charles Butler, 1750 1832
James Archer, 1751 1834
Bishop John Milner, 1752 1826
Elizabeth Inchbald, 1753 1821
Bishop William Poynter, 1762 1827
John Chetwode Eustace, 1762 1815
John Lingard, 1771 1851
William Eusebius Andrews, 1773 1837
George Leo Haydock, 1774 1849
Arthur Clifford, 1777 1830
Henry Weedall, 1788 1859
William Joseph Walter, 1789 1846
(Domenico Giovanni Luigi Barberi ) Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God CP, 1792 1849
(George Spencer) Ignatius of St Paul CP, 1799 1864
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman, 1802 1865
(Margaret Mary Hallahan) Margaret of the Mother of God OP, 1803 1868
George Duncombe Cox, 1807 1840
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812 1852
Part 3: 1850 1999John Saward:
Introduction
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, Cong. Orat., 1801 - 1890
Canon Frederick Oakeley, 1802 - 1889
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, 1806 - 1889
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, 1808 - 1892
Lady Georgiana Fullerton, 1812 - 1885
Edward Caswall, Cong. Orat., 1814 - 1878
Frederick William Faber, Cong. Orat., 1814 - 1863
Coventry Kersey Deighton Patmore, 1823 - 1896
Thomas Edward Bridgett CSSR, 1829 - 1899
Herbert Alfred Henry Joseph Thomas Cardinal Vaughan, 1832 - 1903
(Arthur) Bertrand Wilberforce OP, 1839 - 1904
Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889
Joseph Rickaby SJ, 1845 - 1932
Francis Neil Aidan Cardinal Gasquet OSB, 1846 - 1929
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell, 1847 - 1922
Canon William Francis Barry, 1849 - 1930
Herbert Henry Charles Thurston SJ, 1856 - 1939
(Edward Joseph Aloysius) Cuthbert Butler OSB, 1858 - 1934
Francis Joseph Thompson, 1859 - 1907
Bede Camm OSB, 1864 - 1942
(Henry Palmer) John Chapman OSB, 1865 - 1933
(Margaret) Laurentia McLachlan OSB, 1866 - 1953
Lionel Pigot Johnson, 1867 - 1902
(Joseph) Vincent McNabb OP, 1868 - 1943
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, 1870 - 1953
Robert Hugh Benson, 1871 - 1914
Robert Henry Joseph Steuart SJ, 1874 - 1948
Maurice Baring, 1874 - 1945
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874 - 1936
(Martin) Anscar Vonier OSB, 1875 - 1938
William Edwin Orchard, 1877 - 1955
Cyril Charles Martindale SJ, 1879 - 1963
Alfred Noyes, 1880 - 1958
(Cyril) Bede Jarrett OP, 1881 - 1934
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, 1882 - 1940
Siegfried Sassoon, 1886 - 1967
Vernon Cecil Johnson, 1886 - 1969
Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, 1888 - 1974
Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, 1888 - 1957
Martin Cyril D Arcy SJ, 1888 - 1976
Henry Christopher Dawson, 1889 - 1970
Mary Josephine Maisie Ward, 1889 - 1975
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892 - 1973
John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, 1893 - 1979
David Jones, 1895 - 1974
(Michael Clive) David Knowles OSB, 1896 - 1974
Frank Joseph Sheed, 1897 - 1981
Cecily Hallack, 1898 - 1938
Frances Caryll Houselander, 1901 - 1954
William Abel Pantin, 1902 - 1973
Archbishop David James Mathew, 1902 - 1975
Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh, 1903 - 1966
Henry Graham Greene, 1904 - 1991
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan, 1905 - 1975
(Claud) Hubert van Zeller OSB, 1905 - 1984
(Anthony) Gervase Mathew OP, 1905 - 1976
(Lawrence Samuel) Gerald Vann OP, 1906 - 1963
Bernard Basset SJ, 1909 - 1988
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, 1916 - 1992
John Bradburne, 1921 - 1979
(George Haliburton) Basil Cardinal Hume OSB, 1923 - 1999

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by John Saward, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and member of the Theology Faculty, University of Oxford, John Morrill, Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge, and Michael Tomko, Associate Professor of Literature, Villanova University

Foreword by Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster