John Henry Newman and Liberalism
What with the “canonization” of John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) coming up in a couple of weeks, we thought we would add our two cents as well as a few hundred words into the discussions that are raging. (Canonization does not "make" someone a saint; it is a certification process.) By and large, the discussion seems to be whether Newman was a liberal or a conservative. From the interfaith viewpoint, however, it seems more to the point whether Newman was in agreement with the Just Third Way.