Editing John Henry Newman (section)

===Retreat to Littlemore===
Newman also resigned the editorship of the ''British Critic'' and was thenceforth, as he later described it, "on his deathbed as regards membership with the Anglican Church". He now considered the position of Anglicans to be similar to that of the semi-Arians in the [[Arianism|Arian]] controversy. The joint [[Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem|Anglican-Lutheran bishopric]] set up in [[Jerusalem]] was to him further evidence that the Church of England was not apostolic.{{sfn|Hutton|1911|p=518}}<ref>{{Cite DNB | wstitle = Alexander, Michael Solomon}}</ref>

[[File:Newmans College Littlemore 11 Feb 2007.JPG|thumb|right|Newman College, College Lane, [[Littlemore]]]]

In 1842 Newman withdrew to Littlemore with a small band of followers, and lived in semi-monastic conditions.{{sfn|Hutton|1911|p=518}} The first to join him there was [[John Dobree Dalgairns]].<ref>Gilley, Sheridan. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', "Dalgairns, John Dobrée [name in religion Bernard] (1818–1876), Roman Catholic priest and scholar"</ref> Others were [[William Lockhart (priest)|William Lockhart]] on the advice of [[Henry Edward Manning|Henry Manning]],<ref>Murphy, G. Martin.,''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', "Lockhart, William (1819–1892), Roman Catholic convert and Rosminian priest"</ref> [[Ambrose St John]] in 1843,<ref>Shrimpton, Paul. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', "St John, Ambrose (1815–1875), Roman Catholic priest and headmaster"</ref> [[Frederick Oakeley]] and [[Albany James Christie]] in 1845.<ref>Galloway, Peter. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', "Oakeley, Frederick (1802–1880), Roman Catholic convert, priest, and author"</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Marvin Richard | last = O'Connell | title = Critics on Trial: An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=D1fnY64FfWUC&pg=PA110 | access-date = 10 September 2013 | date = 1994 | publisher = CUA Press | isbn = 978-0-8132-0800-8 | page = 110}}</ref> The group adapted buildings in what is now College Lane, Littlemore, opposite the inn, including stables and a granary for stage coaches. Newman called it "the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Littlemore" (now Newman College).<ref>[http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009_09_01_archive.html New Liturgical Movement: September 2009]. Extract from interview with the custodian of Newman's Littlemore, posted Sunday, 27 September 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706114911/http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009_09_01_archive.html |date=6 July 2015 }}</ref> This "Anglican monastery" attracted publicity, and much curiosity in Oxford, which Newman tried to downplay, but some nicknamed it Newmanooth (from [[Maynooth College]]).<ref>Chadwick pp. 193–94.</ref> Some Newman [[wikt:disciple|disciples]] wrote about English saints, while Newman himself worked to complete an ''Essay'' on the [[development of doctrine]].{{sfn|Hutton|1911|p=518}}

In February 1843, Newman published, as an advertisement in the ''Oxford Conservative Journal'', an anonymous but otherwise formal retractation of all the hard things he had said against Roman Catholicism. Lockhart became the first in the group to convert formally to Catholicism. Newman preached his last Anglican sermon at Littlemore, the valedictory "The parting of friends" on 25 September, and resigned the living of St Mary's,{{sfn|Hutton|1911|p=518}} although he did not leave Littlemore for two more years, until his own formal reception into the Catholic Church.{{sfn|Hutton|1911|p=518}}<ref name="littlemorechurch.org"/>