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title: "An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine"
author: "John Henry Newman"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Modern theology"
section: 1 of 25
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-henry-newman-an-essay-on-the-development-of-christian-doctrine/1/
cite: "John Henry Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-henry-newman-an-essay-on-the-development-of-christian-doctrine/1/"
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# An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

*John Henry Newman*

Newman asks how a doctrine can grow over the centuries and still be the same faith.

## 1. Part I

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[¶0] DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES.