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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... creed or a catechism , it gives lessons rather than rules ; still no one can mistake its general teaching in this matter , whether he accept it or stumble at it . Bold outlines and broad masses of colour rise out of the records of the ...
... instructed and catechized in the Creed of the Apostles ? what more evident than that what was their own would in its degree be peculiar , and CC differ from what was similarly private and personal in their 10 INTRODUCTION .
... Creed of Pius IV . and accept the Thirty- nine Articles . 8 . Such is the rule of historical interpretation which has been professed in the English school of divines ; and it contains a majestic truth , and offers an intelligible prin ...
Cardinal John Henry Newman. licity of the Creed of Pope Pius , it becomes also an objec- tion to the Athanasian ; and if it be relaxed to admit the doctrines retained by the English Church , it no longer excludes certain doctrines of ...
... Creed con- cerning the Incarnation which is not anticipated in the controversy with the Gnostics . There is no question which the Apollinarian or the Nestorian heresy raised , which may not be decided in the words of Ignatius , Irenæus ...
Contents
3 | |
33 | |
55 | |
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 |