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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... thought , when he so wrote , that the time would ever come when he should feel the obstacle , which he spoke of as lying in the way of communion with the Church of Rome , to be destitute of solid foundation . The following work is ...
... thoughts , which in God's good time may quietly bear fruit , in the minds of those to whom that subject is new ; and which may carry forward inquirers , who have already put themselves on the course . If at times his tone appears ...
... of the Church, with whose doctrine, on the subjects of which he treats, he wishes all his thoughts to be coincident. CONTENTS. PART L Doctrinal Developments viewed in Themselves. MSB Intbootcxioit ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIEST 1DXTIOH. XI.
... they . " Thus I reply , and then the thought comes upon me a second time , “ And do not the same ancient Fathers bear witness to another " 3 Hær . iv . 18 , § 5 . 93 doctrine , which you disown ? Are you not as INTRODUCTION . 23.
... thought for their full elucidation . This may be called the Theory of Development of Doctrine ; and , before proceeding to treat of it , one remark may be in place . It is undoubtedly an hypothesis to account for a diffi- culty ; but ...
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 |