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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... 55 16 16 12 55 75 92 The Historical Argument in behalf of the existing Developments 99 Section 1. Method of Proof 99 Section 2. State of the Evidence 110 Instances in Illustration Section 1. Instances cursorily noticed § 1.
... evidence which those Fathers offer in behalf of the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity , it has been drawn out by Dr. Burton and seems to fall under two heads . One is the general ascription of glory to the Three Persons together , both ...
... evidence , you reject the greater . " 18 . In truth , scanty as the Ante - nicene notices may be of the Papal Supremacy , they are both more numerous and more definite than the adducible testimonies in favour of the Real Presence . The ...
... evidence , the Ante - nicene testimonies which may be cited in behalf of the authority of the Holy See , need not fear a comparison . Faint they may be one by one , but at least we may count seventeen of them , and they are various ...
... evidence of the reality of its own . That the hypothesis , here to be adopted , accounts not only for the Athanasian Creed , but for the Creed of Pope Pius , is no fault of those who adopt it . No one has power over the issues of his ...
Contents
3 | |
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 |