An Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrinePaper reprint from the 1988 imprint with a new foreword by Ian Ker. This classic text considers the growth and development of doctrine in the Catholic Church from the time of the Apostles to Newman's own era. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 343
... Faith to Reason , which was so great a jest to Celsus and Julian . The latter principle , when brought out into words , is as follows : that belief is in itself better than unbelief ; that it is safer to ... FAITH The Supremacy of Faith.
... Faith to Reason , which was so great a jest to Celsus and Julian . The latter principle , when brought out into words , is as follows : that belief is in itself better than unbelief ; that it is safer to ... FAITH The Supremacy of Faith.
Page 346
... faith ? ' and Clement calls faith a ' presump- tion . ' The natural tendency of the heretical doctrine concern- ing Faith is to make men over - confident , in cases where they do not become sceptical and unbelieving . Thus the same ...
... faith ? ' and Clement calls faith a ' presump- tion . ' The natural tendency of the heretical doctrine concern- ing Faith is to make men over - confident , in cases where they do not become sceptical and unbelieving . Thus the same ...
Page 350
... Faith , which is infused into our understanding , cannot be bottomed upon human faith alone , how clear and firm soever it is , as upon a formal object , because an assent most firm , and of an order most noble and exalted , cannot ...
... Faith , which is infused into our understanding , cannot be bottomed upon human faith alone , how clear and firm soever it is , as upon a formal object , because an assent most firm , and of an order most noble and exalted , cannot ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 53 |
An Essay on the Development | 69 |
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