[Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt]. The Apostasy of Mr. Newman, and some traces of Newmania on New Jersey Soil. By a Presbyterian. Burlington, N. J.: anonymous, 1845. First Edition. [9137]
Orange printed wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 24 clean pp. Very good. Pamphlet.
The conversion of Rev. Newman, the Anglican advocate of "Puseyism," to the Roman Church, gave rise to this anonymous attack upon Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, a fellow advocate (with Newman) of the Oxford Movement. The writer lists and comments upon activities that he considers to be priestly, and unwarranted, such as the wearing of the surplice, feast days, processions, &c.
Attributed to Van Rensselaer in NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1808-1860), b. Albany, NY; d. Burlington, NJ. He graduated from Yale in 1827, afterwards taking studies at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a Presbyterian missionary to slaves in Virginia (1833-1835), pastor of the church at Burlington, NJ (1827), and of the Second Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC (1841). He was secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Education (1846-1860), and founded and edited the Presbyterian Magazine and The Home, the School, and the Church.