The first part of a 5-volume edition of Newman's hitherto unpublished sermons. It contains 43 sermons on the liturgy and sacraments and Christ the Mediator. Editorial comment is included to clarify their theological content and historical background.

From 1824 to 1843 Newman was an active clergyman of the Church of England; during these years, he entered the pulpit about 1,270 times. The forty-three sermons contained in Volume I reveal Newman's attitude to his pastoral charge, his theology of liturgy based on the Book of Common Prayer; his gradual acceptance of the doctrine of baptismal regeneration as a substitute for his earlier belief in conversion as understood by the Evangelicals; and finally, his understanding of the Church as the remedial and mediatorial kingdom of Christ on earth.

this book is "must" reading for Newman scholars, for those who want to nourish their own spirituality, and for others, such as pastors, who can take some of Newman's ideas and use them in their own sermons. Newman scholars are indebted to the excellent editorial work of Placid Murray...All in all, a sturdy book.