An Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrineStill considered essential reading for serious thinkers on religion more than a century and a half after it was written, this seminal work of modern theology, first published in 1845, presents a history of Catholic doctrine from the days of the Apostles to the time of its writing, and follows with specific examples of how the doctrine has not only survived corruption but grown stronger through defending itself against it, and is, therefore, the true religion. This classic of Christian apologetics, considered a foundational work of 19th-century intellectualism on par with Darwin's Origin of Species, is must reading not only for the faithful but also for anyone who wishes to be well educated in the fundamentals of modern thought. |
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... of its Future . § 1. Resurrection and Relics § 2. The Virgin Life § 3. Cultus of Saints and Angels § 4. Office of the Blessed Virgin 400 401 407 410 415 CHAPTER XI . Application of the Sixth : Conservative Action CONTENTS . XV.
... 2. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin . * PAGN . 419 • 420 • • 425 CHAPTER XII . Application of the Seventh : its Chronic Vigour • 437 CONCLUSION 445 PART I. DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES . INTRODUCTION . XVI CONTENTS .
... Blessed Trinity in Unity ; but there is as little room for such antecedent probabilities as for the argument from sugges- tions and intimations in the precise and imperative Quod semper , quod ubique , quod ab omnibus , as it is ...
... Blessed Trinity by the Name of God , he should be put out of the Church by the Arians , pointedly refrained from doing so on an occasion on which his enemies were on the watch ; and that , when some Catholics found fault with him , St ...
... Blessed Eucharist ; I have no doubt whatever on my mind about the Gift which that Sacrament contains ; I confess to myself my belief , and I go through the steps on which it is assured to me . " The Presence of Christ is here , for It ...
Contents
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CHAPTER III | 99 |
PAGE | 122 |
Conservative Action on its Past | 123 |
PART II | 167 |
33 | 177 |
75 | 265 |
The Historical Argument in behalf of the existing Developments | 313 |
CHAPTER VII | 323 |
Scripture and its Mystical Interpretation | 338 |
Additional Remarks | 353 |
CHAPTER IX | 383 |
CHAPTER X | 400 |
CHAPTER XII | 437 |
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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine Blessed John Henry Newman,Aeterna Press Limited preview - 1949 |