Newmanism

[noo-muh-niz-uhm, nyoo-]

noun

Theology, Ecclesiastical.

1. the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Newmanism¹

First recorded in 1830–40; Newman + -ism

Example Sentences

Neither of them, indeed, ever showed, while there, the smallest tendency to the "Newmanism" which Arnold of Rugby had fought with all his powers; which he had denounced with such vehemence in the Edinburgh article on "The Oxford Malignants."

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Is Newmanism likely to prosper?

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The impression given by Phil. to the hasty reader is, that, according to Newmanism, the Scriptures make a good beginning to which we ourselves are continually adding—a solid foundation, on which we ourselves build the superstructure.

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