John Henry Newman
de Jean Honoré
Collection Initiations aux théologiens
224 pages - avril 2010
26,40€
Le cardinal Jean Honoré est connu pour ses précédents travaux sur Newman. Dans ce nouvel ouvrage, il vise à établir le lien entre la vie du converti d'Oxford et ses œuvres. Celles-ci sont nées d'une expérience personnelle elle-même surgie des circonstances et des événements qui ont modifié le cours de son existence. Malgré l'apparente continuité que semblent devoir signifier leur deux seuls pôles qui représentent Oxford et Birmingham, le fil des jours n'a pas manqué de refléter celui des rencontres et des avatars du quotidien, ainsi que le mentionnent les notes des « Letters & diaries » tenues chaque jour, qui s'étalent sur trente-deux volumes... C'est justement cette relation entre les éphémérides et l'écrit qui fait l'intérêt de ce livre. Les grands thèmes du credo que développe Newman en chaque étapes de sa vie émergent toujours d'une réflexion née des relations ou des situations dont la correspondance apporte le témoignage et souvent le commentaire. Cette source offre leur introduction très concrète aux chapitres dont chacun traite d'un thème particulier de la pensée newmanienne. Celle-ci n'en acquiert que plus d'actualité et de densité d'intérêt. Le lecteur se réjouira de cet ouvrage qui lui fera mieux connaître l'histoire et le credo de l'Église anglicane dont certains événements récents révèlent les tensions et les difficultés qui ne sont pas sans analogie avec celles qu'en leur temps purent connaître Newman et ses disciples. Du reste, son nom n'est-il pas évoqué comme s'il était un modèle pour l'évolution qu'il connut et la conversion qui fut la sienne ? Alors que s'annonce le moment longtemps attendu de la béatification du cardinal John Henry Newman, nul mieux que le Cardinal Jean Honoré, son meilleur connaisseur en langue française, ne peut aider le lecteur à mieux en comprendre et le sens et la portée.
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Cardinal Jean Honoré is esteemed for his previous work on Newman. In this new book, he aims to establish the link between the life and the works of the Oxford convert. Newman’s works are born of a personal experience which took place during circumstances and events that modified the course of his existence. In spite of their apparent continuity - which seems to suggest only two poles, Oxford and Birmingham - his everyday life reveals meetings and avatars, as mentioned in the notes of the ‘Letters & Diaries’ he kept each day and now constitute thirty two volumes... What is so interesting here is this very relation between the writing and the ephemerides. The great themes of the Creed developed by Newman at each stage of his life always come from a reflection born of relations or situations, whose correspondence provides testimony and often commentary. This source is a concrete introduction to the chapters, each one treating a specific theme of Newman’s thinking, lending them both modernity and intense interest. Readers will enjoy this book, which tells us more about the Creed of the Anglican Church; one that has undergone certain recent events that reveal tensions and difficulties not unlike those Newman and his disciples might have known. What else is there to say? The very mention of Newman’s name evokes a classic example of the evolution and the conversion he experienced. Now that the long-awaited beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman is on the agenda, no one can help readers better understand the meaning and the impact of his work than Cardinal Jean Honoré, France’s finest expert of Newman.
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Cardinal Jean Honoré is esteemed for his previous work on Newman. In this new book, he aims to establish the link between the life and the works of the Oxford convert. Newman’s works are born of a personal experience which took place during circumstances and events that modified the course of his existence. In spite of their apparent continuity - which seems to suggest only two poles, Oxford and Birmingham - his everyday life reveals meetings and avatars, as mentioned in the notes of the ‘Letters & Diaries’ he kept each day and now constitute thirty two volumes... What is so interesting here is this very relation between the writing and the ephemerides. The great themes of the Creed developed by Newman at each stage of his life always come from a reflection born of relations or situations, whose correspondence provides testimony and often commentary. This source is a concrete introduction to the chapters, each one treating a specific theme of Newman’s thinking, lending them both modernity and intense interest. Readers will enjoy this book, which tells us more about the Creed of the Anglican Church; one that has undergone certain recent events that reveal tensions and difficulties not unlike those Newman and his disciples might have known. What else is there to say? The very mention of Newman’s name evokes a classic example of the evolution and the conversion he experienced. Now that the long-awaited beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman is on the agenda, no one can help readers better understand the meaning and the impact of his work than Cardinal Jean Honoré, France’s finest expert of Newman.
- Dimensions : 135x215x15
- ISBN : 9782204091220
- Poids : 310 grammes
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