The Bible uses the same word ("wretch") that is prominently featured in "Amazing Grace." Nothing in the latter is fundamentally at odds with Catholicism.

A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a collection with William Cowper. Rector of St Mary Woolnoth 1780 – 1807, where he delivered an anti-slavery sermon that inspired William Wilberforce. Died at home, Coleman Street Buildings.

John Newton, English slave trader who became an Anglican minister, a hymn writer, and later a noted abolitionist, best known for his hymn ‘Amazing Grace.’ His transformation from a faithless seaman to a man of deep faith is echoed in his work.

John Newton Reformed slave trader, minister, writer of hymns “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: That I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior.” – J…

I Asked the Lord A poem by John Newton (1725-1807) I asked the Lord that I might grow, In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvat