Newman Cause on the Bitter Pill

The web site of the Cause for the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman has published a great editorial in which The Tablet (aka "The Bitter Pill" to which I will provide no link) is taken to task for its contention that the new Apostolic Constitution is too easy on us Anglicans.  According to The Tablet, we ought to be 'transformed' into real Catholics, which by the liberal rag's definition means tossing out traditional beliefs about the Liturgy, the Priesthood and our Blessed Lady!

The Newman Cause editorial includes this great quote from the Venerable Cardinal Newman on his conversion experience:

I was not conscious to myself, on my conversion, of any change, intellectual or moral, wrought in my mind. I was not conscious of firmer faith in the fundamental truths of Revelation, or of more self-command; I had not more fervour; but it was like coming into port after a rough sea …

Read the whole article here.

About Christian Campbell

Christian Campbell is the Senior Warden of the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Orlando, FL) and a member of the Standing Committee of the Anglican Church in America’s Diocese of the Eastern United States. He is also the CEO of Three Fish Consulting, LLC, an Information Technology consultancy based in Orlando, FL. He can be reached via email at ccampbell at threefishgroup dot com.
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