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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... Lord's Incarnation , and the dignity of His Mother and of all Saints Section 3. Papal Supremacy PART II . DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED RELATIVELY TO DOCTRINAL CORRUPTIONS . CHAPTER V. Genuine Developments contrasted with Corruptions ...
... Lord's Consubstantiality and Coeternity with the Almighty Father . Let us allow that the whole circle of doctrines , of which our Lord is the subject , was consistently and uniformly confessed by the Primitive Church , though not ...
... Lord , which he only defends on the plea of an economical object in the writer . St. Hippolytus speaks as if he were ... Lord's Eternal Sonship ; St. Methodius speaks incorrectly 16 INTRODUCTION .
... Lord's divinity , ' and , indeed , ultimately fell altogether into heresy or schism ; Origen is , at the very least , suspected , and must be defended and explained rather than cited as a witness of orthodoxy ; and Eusebius was a Semi ...
... the Trinity in stronger terms than these . " Yet Tertullian must be considered heterodox on the * Ante - nicene Test . to the Trinity , p . 69 . doctrine of our Lord's eternal generation . " If then INTRODUCTION . 19.
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 |