WOF 511: Newman as a Catholic (3 of 12)

In this lesson, Bishop Barron explains what led Newman to enter the Roman Catholic Church. Newman's study of Church history was part of it, giving a personal tinge to his famous quote: "To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant."

Newman's study of the Fourth Century theological controversies
Newman's suspicion of the Via Media
Newman's conversion to Catholicism
Attempts at reviving Catholic intellectual life

Article: Newman on Conversion
Video: Newman, Vatican II, and the Hermeneutic of Continuity
Read: Arians of the Fourth Century

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