An Essay on the Development Christian Doctrine (Start Classics)
Published on 25. October 2013
324 pages
978-1-62793-581-4 (ISBN)
Description
Still 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.
More details
Person
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Content
- Cover
- Development of Christian Doctrine
- Copyright
- TO THE REV. SAMUEL WILLIAM WAYTE, B.D.
- PRESIDENT OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.
- PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1878.
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- OCULI MEI DEFECERUNT IN SALUTARE TUUM.
- CONTENTS
- PART I.
- DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I.
- ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS.
- SECTION I.
- ON THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN IDEAS.
- SECTION II.
- ON THE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT IN IDEAS.
- CHAPTER II.
- ON THE ANTECEDENT ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF DEVELOPMENTS IN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
- SECTION I.
- DEVELOPMENTS OF DOCTRINE TO BE EXPECTED.
- SECTION II.
- AN INFALLIBLE DEVELOPING AUTHORITY TO BE EXPECTED.
- SECTION III.
- THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS OF DOCTRINE THE PROBABLE FULFILMENT OF THAT EXPECTATION.
- CHAPTER III.
- ON THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS.
- SECTION I.
- METHOD OF PROOF.
- SECTION II.
- STATE OF THE EVIDENCE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- INSTANCES IN ILLUSTRATION.
- SECTION I.
- INSTANCES CURSORILY NOTICED.
- (1.) Canon of the New Testament.
- (2.) Original Sin.
- (3.) Infant Baptism.
- (4.) Communion in one kind.
- (5.) The Homousion.
- SECTION II.
- OUR LORD'S INCARNATION AND THE DIGNITY OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER AND OF ALL SAINTS.
- SECTION III.
- THE PAPAL SUPREMACY.
- PART II.
- DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED RELATIVELY TO DOCTRINAL CORRUPTIONS.
- CHAPTER V.
- GENUINE DEVELOPMENTS CONTRASTED WITH CORRUPTIONS.
- SECTION I.
- FIRST NOTE OF A GENUINE DEVELOPMENT.
- SECTION II.
- SECOND NOTE. CONTINUITY OF PRINCIPLES.
- SECTION III.
- THIRD NOTE. POWER OF ASSIMILATION.
- SECTION IV.
- FOURTH NOTE. LOGICAL SEQUENCE.
- SECTION V.
- FIFTH NOTE. ANTICIPATION OF ITS FUTURE.
- SECTION VI.
- SIXTH NOTE. CONSERVATIVE ACTION UPON ITS PAST.
- SECTION VII.
- SEVENTH NOTE. CHRONIC VIGOUR.
- CHAPTER VI.
- APPLICATION OF THE SEVEN NOTES TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
- APPLICATION OF THE FIRST NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. PRESERVATION OF TYPE.
- SECTION I.
- THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST CENTURIES.
- SECTION II.
- THE CHURCH OF THE FOURTH CENTURY.
- SECTION III.
- THE CHURCH OF THE FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES.
- CHAPTER VII.
- APPLICATION OF THE SECOND NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- CONTINUITY OF PRINCIPLES.
- Sect. 1. The Principles of Christianity.
- Sect. 2. Supremacy of Faith.
- Sect. 3. Theology.
- Sect. 4. Scripture and its Mystical Interpretation.
- Sect. 5. Dogma.
- Sect. 6. Additional Remarks.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- APPLICATION OF THE THIRD NOTE Of A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- ASSIMILATIVE POWER.
- Sect. 1. The Assimilating Power of Dogmatic Truth.
- Sect. 2. The Assimilating Power of Sacramental Grace.
- CHAPTER IX.
- APPLICATION OF THE FOURTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- LOGICAL SEQUENCE.
- Sect. 1. Pardons.
- Sect. 2. Penances.
- Sect. 3. Satisfactions.
- Sect. 4. Purgatory.
- Sect. 5. Meritorious Works.
- Sect. 6. The Monastic Rule.
- CHAPTER X.
- APPLICATION OF THE FIFTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- ANTICIPATION OF ITS FUTURE.
- Sect. 1. Resurrection and Relics.
- Sect. 2. The Virgin Life.
- Sect. 3. Cultus of Saints and Angels.
- Sect. 4. Office of the Blessed Virgin.
- CHAPTER XI.
- APPLICATION OF THE SIXTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- CONSERVATIVE ACTION ON ITS PAST.
- SECTION I.
- VARIOUS INSTANCES.
- SECTION II.
- DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
- CHAPTER XII.
- APPLICATION OF THE SEVENTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT.
- CHRONIC VIGOUR.
