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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... foundation . The following work is directed towards its removal . Having , in former publications , called attention to the 1 Records of the Church , xxiv . p . 7 . supposed difficulty , he considers himself bound to avow his.
... called the Third Person in the Blessed Trinity by the Name of God , he should be put out of the Church by the Arians , pointedly refrained from doing so on an occasion on which his enemies were on the watch ; and that , when some ...
... called the Theory of Development of Doctrine ; and , before proceeding to treat of it , one remark may be in place . It is undoubtedly an hypothesis to account for a diffi- culty ; but such too are the various explanations given by ...
... called , of Christianity , an ambitious essay as employed on a supernatural work , when , even as regards the visible creation and the inventions of man , such a task is beyond us . Thus its one idea has been said by some to be the ...
... called living , at least ordinarily . But , when some great enunciation , whether true or false , about human nature , or present good , or government , or duty , or religion , is carried forward into the public throng of men and draws ...
Contents
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33 | |
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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 |