John Henry Newman, Lectures and Essays on University Subjects (1859), p. 89
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Hooker would not have been, but for the existence of Catholics and Puritans, the defeat of the former and the rise of the latter.
— John Henry Newman on Richard Hooker
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About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
About John Henry Newman
Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English convert to Catholicism, later made a cardinal.
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