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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... distinct statement of principles , and of the arguments which recommend them . He hopes too he shall be excused for his frequent quotations from himself ; which are necessary in order to show how he stands at present in relation to ...
... distinct statements of particular fathers ; thus we find the word Trinity " used by St. Theophilus , St. Clement , St. Hippolytus , Tertullian , St. Cyprian , Origen , St. Methodius ; and the Divine Circumincessio , the most distinctive ...
... distinct aspects as if separate ideas . Thus , with all our intimate knowledge of animal life and of the structure of particular animals , we have not arrived at a true definition of any one of them , but are forced to enumerate ...
... distinct and incompatible elements are found in the origin or infancy of politics , or indeed of philosophies , some of which must be ejected before any satisfactory de- velopments , if any , can take place . And they are com- monly ...
... distinct doctrine ; whereas the developments in the doctrines of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation are mere portions of the original impression , and modes of representing it . As God is one , so the impression which He gives us of ...
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 |