Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church

Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church is a significant work by St. John Henry Newman, published in 1837. This book was a key contribution to the Oxford movement, a High Church movement within the Church of England. In these lectures, Newman emphasized the dogmatic authority of the church and advocated for reforms based on the practices of the early Christian church. The work is considered a classic statement of the Tractarian doctrine of authority, asserting that the Church of England represented true catholicity. Newman's writings from this period urged a return to the ancient traditions of Christianity, influencing both the Church of England and later his own conversion to Roman Catholicism.12