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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... Peter or his successors were and are universal Bishops , that they have the whole of Christendom for their one diocese in a way in which other Apostles and Bishops had and have not . " Most true , if , in order that a doctrine be ...
... Peter . Moreover , if the resistance of St. Cyprian and Firmilian to the Church of Rome , in the question of baptism by heretics , be urged as an argument against her primitive authority , or the earlier resistance of Polycrates of ...
... Peter , and upon this Rock I will build My Church , " or " The meek shall inherit the earth , " or " Suffer little children to come unto Me , " or " The pure in heart shall see God . ” 11 . come On this character of our Lord's teaching ...
... Peter had still to learn at Joppa that he was to baptize Cornelius ; not at Joppa and Cæsarea , for St. Paul had to write his Epistles ; not on the death of the last Apostle , for St. Ignatius had to establish the doctrine of Episcopacy ...
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Contents
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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 |