Apologia Pro Vita Sua - Image Classic Author:John Henry Newman Once a well-known Anglican clergyman, Newman left his living in the 1840's, recanted his former criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and entered the priesthood. Framing his Apologia in reply to a grave and gratuitous slander made by Charles Kingsley, Newman produced one of the masterpieces of spiritual writing: honest, passionate, scrupulo... more »us and moving, this work is also a highly accomplished prose paradigm.« less