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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... present in relation to various of his former Publications . LITTLEMORE , October 6 , 1845 . POSTSCRIPT . Since the above was written , the Author has joined the Catholic Church . It was his intention and wish to have carried his Volume ...
... presents to us a pure Christianity in East and West , and then a corrupt ; and then of course their duty is to draw the line between what is corrupt and what is pure , and to determine the dates at which the various changes from good to ...
... pass ; and the African , resembling more nearly the present doctrine of the Roman Church . And so there were two principal views of Original Sin , the Greek and the African or Latin . Of the Greek , the INTRODUCTION . 21.
... is in a different , - I am obliged to say in a more hopeful position , -as regards Christianity . The facts of Revealed Religion , though in their substance unaltered , present a less compact and orderly 30 INTRODUCTION .
Cardinal John Henry Newman. their substance unaltered , present a less compact and orderly front to the attacks of its enemies now than formerly , and allow of the introduction of new inquiries and theories concerning its sources and its ...
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 |