The Sacred Heart: a Correspondence Between ... Archbishop Manning, D.D., and the Rev. A. Nicholson, LL.D., as it Appeared in the “Guardian” Newspaper, Sept. 17th. With Notes for English Readers ... Second Edition

This volume captures a theological debate from 1873 between Henry Edward Manning, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and the Reverend A. Nicholson, a critic within the Anglican tradition. The correspondence originated in the pages of the Guardian, a prominent Anglican newspaper, and centered on the doctrinal validity and devotional practice of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It reflects the intense religious tensions of the Victorian era, specifically the friction between Anglo-Catholicism, traditional Protestantism, and the growing influence of Roman Catholic thought in Britain.

The publication was intended to provide a broader audience with the text of this public exchange, augmented by editorial notes designed to guide English readers through the complexities of the theological arguments. As a second edition, the work highlights the contemporary public interest in Manning’s polemics, which were often characterized by his firm commitment to Ultramontanism. While not a scholarly monograph in the traditional sense, the text serves as a primary historical record of the institutional discourse and sectarian arguments that defined nineteenth-century religious identity.