""An Essay On The Development Of Christian Doctrine"" is a theological work written by John Henry Newman, a prominent 19th-century Anglican theologian who later converted to Catholicism and became a cardinal. The book explores the idea that Christian doctrine is not static but evolves over time, adapting to new circumstances and insights while remaining faithful to its core principles. Newman argues that this process of development is necessary for the Church to remain relevant and effective in a changing world. The book draws on historical examples, including the development of the doctrine of the Trinity and the role of the papacy, to illustrate its points. It is considered a seminal work in Catholic theology and has influenced the development of doctrine in the Church.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1845 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
The following pages were not in the first instance written to prove the divinity of the Catholic Religion, though ultimately they furnish a positive argument in its behalf, but to explain certain difficulties in its history, felt before now by the author himself, and commonly insisted on by Protestants in controversy, as serving to blunt the force of its prim facie and general claims on our recognition. However beautiful and promising that Religion is in theory, its history, we are told, is its best refutation; the inconsistencies, found age after age in its teaching, being as patent as the simultaneous contrarieties of religious opinion manifest in the High, Low, and Broad branches of the Church of England. In reply to this specious objection, it is maintained in this Essay that, granting that some large variations of teaching in its long course of 1800 years exist, nevertheless, these, on examination, will be found to arise from the nature of the case, and to proceed on a law, and with a harmony and a definite drift, and with an analogy to Scripture revelations, which, instead of telling to their disadvantage, actually constitute an argument in their favour, as witnessing to a superintending Providence and a great Design in the mode and in the circumstances of their occurrence.
John Henry Cardinal Newman begins the 'Essay' with a definition of development, pointing out that the real problem is how to distinguish true developments from corruptions and decays. He then goes on to a sweeping consideration of the growth and development of doctrine in the Catholic Church, from the time of the Apostles to Newman's own era. He demonstrates that the basic "rule" under which Christianity proceeded through the centuries is to be found in the principle of development, and emphasized that throughout the entire life of the Church this law of development has been in effect and safeguards the faith from any real corruption.
This book, "THE MARCH OF CHRISTIANITY IN UGANDA (2ND EDITION)", is the continuation of the book of ACTS, it comprises of topics ranging from, the missionary activities in Uganda from 1875 when Explorer Henry Morton Stanley, came to Buganda and advised the Kabaka (King) of Buganda Muteesa1, to invite missionaries to Buganda, a thing which pleased the King and HM Stanley wrote a letter to his home government inviting missionaries to Buganda (The contents of the letter are contained in this book), the persecution of the Church by Kabaka (King) Mwanga of Buganda, the heir to Kabaka Muteesa1, Apolo Kivebulaya (The great African Apostle), The East African Revival in 1929, The Pentecostal movement in 1960, the persecution of the Church by Idi Amin Dada from 1973-1979, the Church after the fall of Idi Amin Dada from 1979, 1980s, 1990s, through to 2017 when we have the current revivals in Uganda. The 77DAYS of Glories, the P5 among other revival meetings in Uganda are mentioned in this book including the great things the Lord is doing through the revival meetings which are spread out through the whole nation of Uganda.
Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is one of the most ground-breaking and influential theological works since the Reformation. Written in the lead up to Newman's conversion from the Anglican to the Catholic Church, it traces how early Christianity developed into Catholicism and has been described as doing for theology what Darwin did for biology. It is frequently referenced in debates about how Church teaching develops--what is authentic development and what isn't. "A more intimate apprehension of original dogma" was John Henry Newman's verdict on his Essay on the Development of Christian Dogma. He completed it in 1845 and thirty-three years later thoroughly revised it. The two versions are here compared in a new edition, tracing the process of Newman's developing thoughts--with footnotes and appendices to bring out the importance of this seminal work, which in theological terms ranks alongside The Origin of Species. This is the first critical edition of the Essay. The editor, Newman scholar James Tolhurst, provides detailed notes on the many patristic and historical references in the text which may baffle the modern reader. In an illuminating Introduction he sets the historical context and summarises Newman's idea of development. He also teases out the many revisions which Newman made to his original 1845 text when he revised it in 1878. The result is an edition which makes this classic text accessible both for Newman scholars and for the general reader.
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