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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... once more a Member of a College dear to me from Undergraduate memories ; — Also , because of the happy coincidence , that whereas its first publication was contemporaneous with my leaving Oxford , its second becomes , by virtue of your ...
... once , how far favourable to civilization or to literature , whether a religion for all ages or for a particular state of society , these are questions upon the fact , or professed solutions of the fact , and belong to the province of ...
... once to the subject of this Essay . Not that it enters into my purpose to convict of misstatement , as might be done , each separate clause of this sweeping accusation of a smart but superficial writer ; but neither on the other hand do ...
... once was not really their own , but public property in which they had a joint interest , and was proved by the concurrence of so many witnesses to have come from an Apostolical source ? Here , then , we have a short and easy method for ...
... once condemn St. Thomas and St. Bernard , and defend St. Athanasius and St. Gregory Nazianzen . This general defect in its serviceableness has been here- tofore felt by those who appealed to it . It was said by one writer ; " The Rule ...
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 |