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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

by John Henry Newman
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780615913889
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Assumption Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Assumption Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 390
  • Original Price: USD 15.8
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 522 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Christianity / General, General, and General

Written in the course of his conversion to Catholicism, Newman's "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine" ranks among the most decisive breakthroughs in systematic and historical theology of the modern era. Newman confronts the age-old problem, which he had wrestled with for his entire life, of how Christian doctrine can develop over time while retaining its roots in the original revelation of Christ. Newman first shows that constructive development is a natural, even predictable consequence of Christ's investment of authority in the Church. He then provides clear, historically grounded criteria for distinguishing authentic developments from false novelties and fads. The result is a profound interpretation and defense of the Church's mission and of its power to proclaim the whole counsel of God.

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman was England's greatest Catholic convert and theologian of the nineteenth century. Newman's many written contributions to Catholic theology and culture include "An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent," "The Idea of a University," and "Apologia pro Vita Sua." He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

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