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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... according to the familiar illustra- tion , the " blade " and the " handle " are alternately renewed , and identity is lost without the loss of continuity . It is possible ; but it must not be assumed . The onus pro- bandi is with those ...
... according as it is or is not rigidly taken ; but , if used by Aristotle's " Lesbian Rule , " then , as Anglicans would wish , it can be made to admit Original Sin and exclude Purgatory . • " Quia et Pater Deus est , et judex Deus est ...
... according to its capabili- ties and this body of thought , thus laboriously gained , will after all be little more than the proper representative of one idea , being in substance what that idea meant from the first , its complete image ...
... according as it acts upon the faith , the prejudices , or the interest of parties or classes . 6 . Moreover , an idea not only modifies , but is modified , or or at least influenced , by the state of things in which it is carried out ...
... according to their measure , have an idea or vision of the Blessed Trinity in Unity , of the Son Incarnate , and of His Presence , not as a number of qualities , attributes , and actions , not as the subject of a number of propositions ...
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 |