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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... of his doctrines he will , his peculiar view of self - righteousness , of formality , of superstition ; his notion of faith , or of spirituality in religious worship ; his denial of the virtue of the sacraments , or of the 8 INTRODUCTION .
... worship , such as irresistibly attract the attention of all who inquire into it . They are not sufficient to interfere with the general character and course of the religion , but they raise the question how they came about , and what ...
... worship of the Angels . " We worship and adore , " he says , " Him , and the Son who came from Him and taught us these things , and the host of those other good Angels , who follow and are like Him , and the Prophetic Spirit . " A ...
... worship , this is doubtless an important truth ; but then it is true also that the writers of the fourth and fifth centuries fearlessly assert , or frankly allow that the prerogatives of Rome were derived from apostolic times , and that ...
... worship of Christianity , viz . the history of eighteen hundred years . The view on which it is written has at all times , perhaps , been implicitly adopted by theo- logians , and , I believe , has recently been illustrated by several ...
Contents
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33 | |
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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 |