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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... given us but to supersede less certain , less immediate informants ? We have recourse to reason or authority to determine facts , when the senses fail us ; but with the senses we begin . We deduce , we form inductions , we abstract , we ...
... given us bur ro supersede less certain, ie»s immediate iitiorniaifis? Wc have recourse to reason or authority to determine facts, when the senses fail us; but with the senses we begin. We deduce, we form inductions, we abstract, we ...
... given as a sample of many others : -I betake myself to one of our altars to receive the Blessed Eucharist ; I have no doubt whatever on my mind about the Gift which that Sacrament contains ; I confess to myself my belief , and I go ...
... given by astronomers from Ptolemy to Newton of the apparent motions of the heavenly bodies , and it is as unphilosophical on that account to object to the one as to object to the other . Nor is it more reasonable to express surprise ...
... given a direction to the inquiry , so neither can a reception of that doctrine be immediately based on its results . It would be the work of a life to apply the Theory of Developments so carefully to the writings of the Fathers , and to ...
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 |