‘An Amazing Want of Christianity’: Bishop Samuel Wilberforce and John Henry Newman’s Tense Relationship

Jérôme Grosclaude (1)

1 ComSocs - Laboratoire Communication et Sociétés

This paper will examine the relationship between Samuel Wilberforce and John Henry Newman. The two priests had a common cause in their wish to see the Church of England rediscover its Catholic identity – which led them to work alongside one another at the beginning of the Oxford Movement – but quickly drifted apart because of their strong divergences on the nature of the Church and the place of Tradition, as well as Samuel Wilberforce’s strong hostility to Rome. The paper also examines the place of Samuel Wilberforce’s young brother in this relationship.

Mots clés: church of england; theology; united kingdom; john henry newman; anglicanism

Domaines: Histoire; Religions

Jérôme Grosclaude. ‘An Amazing Want of Christianity’: Bishop Samuel Wilberforce and John Henry Newman’s Tense Relationship. Journal of Anglican Studies, 2022, 20 (1), pp.98-116. ⟨10.1017/S1740355321000152⟩. ⟨hal-03670029⟩