Defense Of The Faith And The Saints Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Author : Orestes F. Brownson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333989835
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book The Works of Orestes A. Brownson, Vol. 8 written by Orestes F. Brownson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Orestes A. Brownson, Vol. 8: Containing the Fourth Part of the Writings in Defence of the Church In the controversy occasioned by Dr. Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, we discussed this point at length. We did not then, and we do not now, ob jcet to development, but we found fault with the theory of the learned author, because we understood him to maintain. That there may be development in the faith itself, object ively considered, - development in the revealed truth, not simply in its explication, or in our understanding and ap propriation of it. It is possible, however, that we misunder stood him, and that after all he really meant only what we ourselves held then and hold new. But be this as it may, we denied then and we deny now all development, growth, or increase in the faith, or as the theologians say, the object (oljeetmn materiale) of faith. Objectively considered the Catholic faith is Christ himself, and he reveals it in reveal ing or manifesting himself. He is the way, the truth, and the life, and in revealing himself reveals the whole Cathor lic faith. As he changes not, neither enlarges nor diminishes, but is invariable, immutable, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, the faith in itself must be invariable, always one and the same. Perhaps we should speak more truly if we. Said, not that he revealed himself, but that he reveals him self to the church, as ever present to her and dwelling in her, as her continuous and unfailing light and life. Hence the revelation she receives is neither old nor new, but al ways present, and always equal to itself. In this view, again, there could be no change, variation, development, growth, or diminution of the faith in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.