An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine


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After a long struggle against liberal tendencies in the Church of England and an unsuccessful attempt to establish the position of Anglicanism as a branch of historical Christianity whose doctrines could be proven to be identical with those of the primitive Church, John Henry Newman came to the painful realization that he could no longer remain a member of the Anglican Church. Increasingly drawn to Catholicism, he was nevertheless repulsed by the idea that the Roman Church, while preserving many ancient doctrines, had contaminated the faith by mixing into it its own invented traditions. Or could it be that these "new" doctrines were truly already present from the beginning, having only become more explicit and better understood with the passage of the centuries? "So, I determined to write an essay on Doctrinal Development; and then, if, at the end of it, my convictions in favour of the Roman Church were not weaker, to make up my mind to seek admission into her fold" (Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua). - Summary by ekortright (16 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Introduction, Part 1 36:46 Read by Eduardo
Introduction, Part 2 34:27 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER I. The Development of Ideas 50:06 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER II. The Antecedent Argument in behalf of Developments in Christian Doc… 47:26 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER II. The Antecedent Argument in behalf of Developments in Christian Doc… 56:10 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER III. The Historical Argument in behalf of the existing Developments 51:18 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER IV. Instances in Illustration, Part 1 1:00:01 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER IV. Instances in Illustration, Part 2 40:06 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER V. Genuine Developments contrasted with Corruptions, Part 1 46:31 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER V. Genuine Developments contrasted with Corruptions, Part 2 37:25 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VI. Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existin… 49:55 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VI. Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existin… 44:28 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VI. Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existin… 59:43 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VI. Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existin… 52:53 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VI. Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existin… 56:24 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VII. Application of the Second: Continuity of its Principles, Part 1 34:27 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VII. Application of the Second: Continuity of its Principles, Part 2 36:47 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VIII. Application of the Third: its Assimilative Power, Part 1 30:48 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER VIII. Application of the Third: its Assimilative Power, Part 2 34:29 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER IX. Application of the Fourth: its Logical Sequence 35:59 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER X. Application of the Fifth: Anticipation of its Future 42:38 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER XI. Application of the Sixth: Conservative Action on its Past 40:52 Read by Eduardo
CHAPTER XII. Application of the Seventh: its Chronic Vigour. Conclusion 19:46 Read by Eduardo

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