An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

John Henry Newman

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511702785

John Henry Newman (1801–1890) remains one of the best-known and influential English churchmen of the nineteenth century. Ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church in 1825, he converted to Roman Catholicism, being ordained as a priest and later appointed cardinal. His works include Grammar of Assent (1870) and Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–1866) as well as this Essay (1845), written in the midst of his own religious transformation. He discusses his theory of the development of Christian dogma: 'from the nature of the human mind, time is necessary for the full comprehension and perfection of great ideas … the longer time and deeper thought for their full elucidation'. By showing how fidelity to timeless truths coexisted in Christianity together with deeper and more developed understanding over time, Newman provides a helpful personal and theological apology for the teaching and practice of Catholicism against its detractors.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

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pp iii-xii

Contents
pp xiii-xvi

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-29

CHAPTER I - ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS
pp 30-93

CHAPTER II - ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN IDEAS, ANTECEDENTLY CONSIDERED
pp 94-130

CHAPTER 3 - ON THE NATURE OF THE ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY
pp 131-202

CHAPTER IV - ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY
pp 203-269

CHAPTER V - ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED
pp 270-317

CHAPTER VI - ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED
pp 318-368

CHAPTER VII - ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED
pp 369-396

CHAPTER VIII - ILLUSTRATIONS CONCLUDED
pp 397-453

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