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John Henry Newman, now officially declared a saint by the Catholic Church, was a talented Anglican clergyman and teacher at Oxford University. After founding the Oxford Movement, he embarked on a long period of study and prayer which eventually led him in 1845 to full communion with the Catholic Church. He is one of the most influential English writers and theologians of modern times. In Passion for Truth, Fr. Juan R. Vélez offers an engaging biography of this profound thinker, holy priest and later Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Newman continues to speak to many of the spiritual and intellectual questions of our times.

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Father Juan R. Velez has managed to portray Newman's fruitful and active life, and to present the main doctrinal ideas, which Newman followed in his unflagging pursuit of Religious Truth. I think that many will read this book with interest. -Father Jose Morales Marin Professor of Dogmatic Theology, University of Navarre Author of John Henry Newman: 1801-1890 How good to have Father Velez's biography of Cardinal Newman at hand, just as the Church is raising him to the altars. Newman provides a model for so many different kinds of Catholics - teachers, preachers, readers, writers, and apologists. He wasn't a specialist, as most scholars are today. We need many more like him. -Scott Han Pope Benedict XVI Chair, St. Vincent Seminary Professor of Scripture and Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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Fr. Juan R. V lez, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, holds a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the University of Navarre where he completed his doctoral thesis on John Henry Newman. Before ordination to the priesthood he was a physician. Author of a number of academic articles on Cardinal Newman, he co-edited a short anthology of texts titled Take Five, Meditations on John Henry Newman.

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