| Development of Catholic Doctrine: Evolution, Revolution, or an Organic Process? Contributor(s): Armstrong, Dave (Author) |
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ISBN: 1430321067 ISBN-13: 9781430321064 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: C.S. Lewis, the famous Anglican writer, once wrote: "The very possibility of progress demands that there should be an unchanging element . . . the positive historical statements made by Christianity have the power . . . of receiving, without intrinsic change, the increasing complexity of meaning which increasing knowledge puts into them" ("God in the Dock," Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI, 1970, 44-47). Doctrine clearly develops within Scripture ("progressive revelation"). Examples: doctrines of the afterlife, the Trinity, the Messiah (eventually revealed as God the Son), the Holy Spirit (Divine Person in the New Testament), the equality of Jews and Gentiles, bodily resurrection, sacrifice of lambs evolving into the sacrifice of Christ, etc. This book serves as an introduction to the notion of doctrinal development, written from a popular lay apologetics standpoint. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |