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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... controversy , as serving to blunt the force of its prima facie and general claims on our recognition . However beautiful and promising that Religion is in theory , its history , we are told , is its best refutation ; the inconsistencies ...
... controversy to a question of fact , and whatever be the violence or the exaggeration of writers like Chillingworth , if they have raised a real difficulty , it may claim a real answer , and we must determine whether on the one hand ...
... controversy with the Gnostics . There is no question which the Apollinarian or the Nestorian heresy raised , which may not be decided in the words of Ignatius , Irenæus and Tertullian . " 4 3 4 * [ Ibid . p . 181. ] [ British Critic ...
... controversies . I shall not think it necessary to notice the possibility or the fact of objections on questions upon which the world may now be said to be agreed ; e . g . the arianizing tone of Eusebius . * σχεδόν ταυτησὶ τῆς νῦν ...
... controversy is a point to be proved ; but it is even doubtful whether , on the whole , such a procedure would strengthen the argument . For instance , as to the second head of the positive evidence noted by Dr. Burton , Tertullian is ...
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 |