Newman's Mature Mariology: Traditional, Ecumenical, Evangelical

While interest in the life and writings of John Henry Newman continues to grow and has certainly been energized by his recent canonization,1 Newman’s Mariology has received less attention than other areas of his oeuvre.2 This fact is unfortunate because Newman himself, in the pages of his Apologia, noted the crucial role that his relationship to Mary, and the perceived abuses of Rome in regard to her, had on his conversion.3 Although there are many aspects of Newman’s Mariology upon which one can muse, in this article I focus on the Catholic period of his writings or what one might term his mature Mariology. To this end, this article examines the final