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The Idea of a University

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/newman/newman-university.html

Unfinished series of essays or "Lectures" in which Newman expounds his concept of Catholic education and academic inquiry. Incidentally defends teaching of the classics. Written in 1854. 75K.

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On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/newman-faithful.html

Published in The Rambler, July 1859. Draws on many early Christian writings to support Newman's assertion that "the body of the faithful is one of the witnesses to the fact of the tradition of revealed doctrine, and . . . their consensus through Christendom is the voice of the Infallible Church." 112K.

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Apologia Pro Vita Sua

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/newman/apologia1.html

Newman's autobiography. A masterpiece. 548K, HTML, at Modern History Sourcebook. Based on the 1864 edition.

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Apologia Pro Vita Sua

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/newman/apologia.html

Available in HTML, RTF (for Windows 9x/NT4 word processors), page images, or zip file. Oxford edition, 1913. HTML uses Unicode and Microsoft-only characters; main section of book is 1.04M. Footnote numbers are present, but do not link to notes. At Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

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