THE

CHURCH OF THE FATHERS.

BY

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, D.D.

OF THE ORATORY.

QUÆ EST ISTA, QUÆ PROGREDITUR QUASI AURORA CONSURGENS,
TERRIBILIS UT CASTRORUM ACIES ORDINATA?

Fourth Edition.

LONDON:

BURNS, OATES, AND COMPANY,

Portman Street and Paternoster Row.

1868.

(Dedication of 1840.).

TO MY DEAR AND MUCH-ADMIRED

ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D.

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD;

THE SIGHT OF WHOM

CARRIES BACK HIS FRIENDS

TO ANCIENT, HOLY, AND HAPPY TIMES.

Feb. 21,

1840.

(Dedication of 1857.)

TO A FRIEND,

WHO IS AS DEAR TO ME NOW,

AS WHEN HIS NAME STOOD HERE,

AND THREW LIGHT OVER MY PAGES:

WHOSE HEART IS IN GOD'S HAND,

TO BRING INTO THAT SACRED HERITAGE,

WHICH IS BOTH THE CHURCH OF THE FATHERS

AND THE HOME OF THE CHILDREN.

March 25, 1857.