Christian radicality: holiness, not peace
As a professor and chaplain at Oxford University in the 19th century, Newman lived in a thoroughly Christian environment. Despite this, the tone and content of his sermons is demanding. He is dissatisfied with a merely cultural Christianity; so he tries to awaken in his audience – the students and professors of Oxford – a new wonder at the mystery of faith and a sincere examination of the implications of the message and life of Jesus. He concludes that, if the Son of God has given Himself for us, we too must give ourselves for Him. The greatness of the mystery calls for a radical response.
- Topics
- Who do we serve? Christ… or the world?
- Being able and wanting to be saints
- Love: the only thing we need
- Your instructor
Fr. Joseph Piper
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He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Rome), through Sacred Heart Major Seminary (Detroit).
Born in Seattle, Washington, he spent two years as a missionary in Argentina, where he studied Philosophy at the Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino (Buenos Aires), while missionizing in the interior of the country.
He currently lives in Washington, DC, where he works as a chaplain at American University in Washington, DC.
The Truth has been accepted in the world not because of its character as a system, nor because of books, nor because of argumentation, nor because of the temporal power that supported it, but because of the personal influence of those who testified, being at the same time teachers and models.
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Christian radicality: holiness, not peace