Read e-book online Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers: Shaping Doctrine in PDF

By Benjamin J. King

ISBN-10: 0199548137

ISBN-13: 9780199548132

John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman is mostly recognized to were dedicated to interpreting the Church Fathers. during this quantity, Benjamin King attracts on archive in addition to released fabric to discover how Newman interpreted particular Fathers at varied sessions of his lifestyles. King attracts connections among the Alexandrian Fathers Newman was once interpreting and the advance of his proposal. This research exhibits that it used to be occasions in Newman's existence that modified his interpretation of
the Fathers, now not the translation of the Fathers that brought on Newman to alter his existence. King argues that Newman adapted his examining, 'trying on' the guidelines of other Fathers to slot his personal wishes. An leading edge comparability of Newman's translations of Athanasius of Alexandria, from 1842-44 and
1881, demonstrates that through 1881 the Cardinal was once swayed by way of the theology preferred by means of Pope Leo XIII. King finds that even supposing Newman was once a debatable determine in his personal day, ultimately his view of the Fathers and their doctrines got here to be accredited by way of many students. This new exploration of his paintings, even if, indicates that the Cardinal's interpretation of the Fathers should be arguable today.

Show description

Read or Download Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers: Shaping Doctrine in Nineteenth-Century England (Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology) PDF

Similar religious studies books

Download PDF by Jerry Bergman: The Dark Side of Charles Darwin

A unmarried guy stands at the back of the best deception in historical past. Charles Darwin's rules nonetheless penetrate each point of our tradition, together with technology, faith, and schooling. And whereas a lot has been made up of his contribution to the evolutionary speculation, little has been publicized in regards to the darkish part of the guy himself and the way this can have impacted the standard and legitimacy of his study.

Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality - download pdf or read online

Yoga sessions and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticism—all are a part of an ongoing spiritual experimentation that has unusually deep roots in American heritage. Tracing out the country’s Transcendentalist and cosmopolitan non secular impulses during the last centuries, stressed Souls explores America’s abiding romance with spirituality as religion’s companion.

Download PDF by Mikkel Thorup: The Total Enemy: Six Chapters of a Violent Idea (Postmodern

The whole Enemy explores the main radicalized different types of enmity, attempting to resolve a few of its old and modern expressions. ranging from the basis that one among modernity's constitutive values is non-violence, the publication explores how non-violence, or fairly the making of an international freed from violence, turns into a reason behind violence, in a few circumstances even severe violence and totalitarian terror.

Download e-book for kindle: Mi'kmaq Landscapes: From Animism to Sacred Ecology: 0 by Anne-Christine Hornborg

This booklet seeks to discover ancient alterations within the lifeworld of the Mi'kmaq Indians of jap Canada. The Mi'kmaq tradition hero Kluskap serves as a key character in discussing concerns resembling traditions, altering conceptions of land, and human-environmental kin. so as to not depict Mi'kmaq tradition as undying, vital classes in its historical past are tested.

Extra resources for Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers: Shaping Doctrine in Nineteenth-Century England (Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology)

Example text

Download PDF sample

Newman and the Alexandrian Fathers: Shaping Doctrine in Nineteenth-Century England (Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology) by Benjamin J. King


by Anthony
4.0

Rated 4.72 of 5 – based on 43 votes