An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

Name: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
Author: John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman

Newman's essay, begun as an Anglican in 1844 and finished on the eve of his reception into the Church in 1845, in the revised edition of 1878. It asks how the Christianity of the first centuries relates to the Catholic Church of later ages, proposes that ideas develop, sets out seven notes to tell a true development from a corruption, and applies them to doctrine, worship and discipline.

Source: 13 chapters: Newman Reader page numbers, navigation and its editorial remarks are dropped; Newman's own notes are kept as footnotes. Chapter 6 joins three Newman Reader pages. The first edition of 1845 is a distinct text and is not included. Raw page text in sources/en-US-originals/.