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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... means of the adroit innovations of seasons , places , and persons , till , according to the familiar illustra- tion ... mean to deny everything that he says to the disadvantage 6 INTRODUCTION .
... mean that every writer on the Protestant side has felt it ; for it was the fashion at first , at least as a rhetorical argument against Rome , to appeal to past ages , or to some of them ; but Protestantism , as a whole , feels it , and ...
... about , and what they mean , and have in consequence supplied matter for several hypotheses . 1 Church of the Fathers [ Hist . Sketches , vol . i . p . 418 ] . Of these one is to the effect that Christianity has INTRODUCTION . 9.
... mean in every century , or every year , or every month ? Does everywhere ' mean in every country , or in every diocese ? and does the Consent of Fathers ' require us to produce the direct testimony of every one of them ? How many ...
... mean it or no , whether legitimately or no , still , in matter of fact , they will be sanctioning and encouraging the religion of Rome , in which there are similar doctrines and practices , more definite and more influential ; so that ...
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 |