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Newman is often studied for his insights into doctrinal development, and rightly so. But Newman also has profound things to say about doctrinal corruption. In his presentation, Dr. Levering will focus especially on Newman's 'Via Media' ('Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church') and his 'Essay on the Development of Doctrine'. In the first of these works, Newman offers a fascinating account of why and how he thinks the Roman Catholic Church has fallen, in some respects, into doctrinal corruption. In the second work, he famously argues that the Roman Catholic Church has not fallen into doctrinal corruption, and he gives indications of what corruption would look like were it to be found. Dr. Levering will attend also to Newman's understanding of the 'dogmatic principle' and to his understanding of the role of the papacy in the Church. Matthew Levering is the James N. and Mary D. Perry, Jr. Chair of Theology, University of Saint Mary of the Lake. This lecture was given at The National Institute for Newman Studies Spring Symposium, entitled, "Liturgy, Sanctity, and Selfhood in the Theology of St. John Henry Newman," March 12th and 13th, 2020.