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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... , that whereas its first publication was contemporaneous with my leaving Oxford , its second becomes , by virtue of your act , contemporaneous with a recovery of my position there : - Therefore it is that , without your leave or your.
... become public property . Its " sound has gone out into all lands , " and its " words unto the ends of the world . " It has from the first had an objective existence , and has thrown itself upon the great concourse of men INTRODUCTION.
... become hopelessly corrupt ; nay that it died out of the world at its birth , and was forthwith succeeded by a counterfeit or counterfeits which assumed its name , though they inherited at best but some fragments of its teaching ; or ...
... England . It strikes at Rome through England . It admits of being interpreted in one of two ways : if it be narrowed for the purpose of disproving the catho- licity of the Creed of Pope Pius , it becomes INTRODUCTION . 11.
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 ...
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 |