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John Henry Cardinal Newman's renowned poem describes the death of an old man and the journey of his soul to the judgment seat of God. First published in 1865, it quickly became a best-seller in its field. Also included are a section on Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, which rapidly became the most popular choral work in Britain after Handel's Messiah, and a discography of currently available recordings of Elgar's Dream.Tags
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itle: The dream of Gerontius /
Author(s): Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Publication: Staten Island, NY : St Pauls/Alba House,
Year: 2001
Description: 74 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0818909072; 9780818909078
Note(s): Discography : p. 73-74.
Class Descriptors: LC: PR5107; Dewey: 230.24
Responsibility: by John Henry Newman ; [introduction by Gregory Winterton ; preface by Benedict J. Groeschel].
Vendor Info: Baker & Taylor (BKTY) 8.95 Status: active
Document Type: Book
Entry: 20020207
Update: 20080506
Accession No: OCLC: 48953070
Author(s): Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
Publication: Staten Island, NY : St Pauls/Alba House,
Year: 2001
Description: 74 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0818909072; 9780818909078
Note(s): Discography : p. 73-74.
Class Descriptors: LC: PR5107; Dewey: 230.24
Responsibility: by John Henry Newman ; [introduction by Gregory Winterton ; preface by Benedict J. Groeschel].
Vendor Info: Baker & Taylor (BKTY) 8.95 Status: active
Document Type: Book
Entry: 20020207
Update: 20080506
Accession No: OCLC: 48953070
copy from The Month Vol. 2, 1865, pp. 415 - 425, and pp. 532 - 543
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English clergyman John Henry Newman was born on February 21, 1801. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Oxford. He was the leader of the Oxford movement and cardinal after his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church. In 1822, he received an Oriel College fellowship, which was then the highest distinction of Oxford scholarship, and was show more appointed a tutor at Oriel. Two years later, he became vicar of St. Mary's, the Anglican church of the University of Oxford, and exerted influence on the religious thought through his sermons. When Newman resigned his tutorship in 1832, he made a tour of the Mediterranean region and wrote the hymn "Lead Kindly Light." He was also one of the chief contributors to "Tracts for the Times" (1833-1841), writing 29 papers including "Tract 90", which terminated the series. The final tract was met with opposition because of its claim that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are aimed primarily at the abuses of Roman Catholicism. Newman retired from Oxford in 1842 to the village of Littlemore. He spent three years in seclusion and resigned his post as vicar of St. Mary's on October 9, 1845. During this time, he wrote a retraction of his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church and after writing his "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine," he became a Roman Catholic. The following year, he went to Rome and was ordained a priest and entered the Congregation of the Oratory. The remainder of Newman's life was spent in the house of the Oratory that he established near Birmingham. He also served as rector of a Roman Catholic university that the bishops of Ireland were trying to establish in Dublin from 1854-1858. While there, he delivered a series of lectures that were later published as "The Idea of a University Defined" (1873), which says the function of a university is the training of the mind instead of the giving of practical information. In 1864, Newman published "Apologia pro Vita Sua (Apology for His Life)" in response to the charge that Roman Catholicism was indifferent to the truth. It is an account of his spiritual development and regarded as both a religious autobiography and English prose. Newman also wrote "An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent" (1870), and the novels "Loss and Gain" (1848), Callista" (1856) and "The Dream of Gerontius" (1865). Newman was elected an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1877 and was made cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1879. He died on August 11, 1890. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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