John Henry Newman’s engagement with classical antiquity is one of the less fully researched areas of his work. An examination of Newman’s shifting relationship with the classics sheds valuable light both on his own religious concerns and on broader tensions and trends in Victorian Christian culture. This article initiates three lines of inquiry. First, it examines, one by one, several distinct and competing conceptions of classical pagan antiquity which Newman employed in his writings. Second, it considers Newman’s views on the continuing practical application of classical literature and learning. Third, it looks specifically at the novel Callista, the only book that Newman wrote which is set wholly against the backdrop of the pagan Graeco-Roman world. It may be seen that Newman’s relationship with the classics forms a microcosm of how Victorian Christian society struggled by turns to align itself with and to distance itself from differing visions of classicism and paganism. His works exemplify the diverse ways in which his culture could praise and criticise the classical world.

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约翰亨利纽曼和古代的用途

约翰·亨利·纽曼（John Henry Newman）与古典古代的接触是他工作中研究较少的领域之一。对纽曼与经典关系转变的考察为他自己的宗教问题以及维多利亚时代基督教文化中更广泛的紧张局势和趋势提供了宝贵的启示。本文启动了三行探究。首先，它逐一检验纽曼在其著作中采用的几种不同且相互竞争的古典异教古代概念。其次，它考虑了纽曼关于古典文学和学习的持续实际应用的观点。三、具体看小说卡莉斯塔，纽曼写的唯一一本书完全以异教的希腊罗马世界为背景。可以看出，纽曼与经典的关系构成了维多利亚时代基督教社会如何轮流努力与古典主义和异教的不同愿景保持一致和远离的缩影。他的作品体现了他的文化可以赞美和批评古典世界的多种方式。