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John Henry Newman · 1845
Newman's theological treatise arguing that doctrinal developments in Christian history, particularly Catholic doctrine, arise from a coherent principle and represent genuine growth rather than corruption. Written as an apology for Catholic Christianity, addressing Protestant objections to historical inconsistencies in Church teaching.
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What this book knows
Christian doctrine does not contradict its own history: genuine development is how revealed truth unfolds faithfully through time.
faith-and-doubt
its history, we are told, is its best refutation; the inconsistencies, found age after age in its teaching, being as patent as the…
EDCD-RC-002Scripture cannot be mapped, or its contents catalogued; it must be an unexplored and unsubdued land… full of concealed wonders and choice treasures.
EDCD-RC-058obedience-and-authority
the very idea of revelation implies a present informant and guide, and that an infallible one; not a mere abstract declaration of Truths.
EDCD-RC-071While Apostles were on earth, there was the display neither of Bishop nor Pope; in course of time, first the power of the Bishop displayed itself.
EDCD-RC-119education-and-formation
When an idea is living, it is sure to develop according to its own nature; logic is the same in all ages.
EDCD-RC-153If there is now a form of Christianity extending throughout the world, lying under alien sovereigns yet persisting… such its history from the first.
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