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Beyond Distributive Justice

Beyond Distributive Justice Thomas D. Williams, L.C. The "development of doctrine" debates of the nineteenth century culminated in the now classic "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine," first published by John Henry Newman in 1845. Drawing on the writings of the Church Fathers, Newman sought to lay out stable guidelines to distinguish between the authentic development of doctrine and its corruption. For Newman, such arguments held more than academic interest. They provided assurance that the Roman Catholic Church (into which he was in the process of incorporating) with its centuries-old structures and doctrines was indeed the same Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles. Newman set out to explain certain difficulties and apparent historical inconsistencies in Catholic belief and practice, but in so doing, he also produced an apologia for the necessity of the development of doctrine. Not only is development a historical fact, but it is also a requirement of doctrine. In the first place, this development burgeons, as Newman realized, as an essential fruit of theological study. Theology, in its classical sense as fides quaerens intellectum, logos 8:1 winter 2005 beyond distributive justice seeks an ever deeper understanding of those truths embraced through faith and offers the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture

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Logos: Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture
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Copyright © 2005 The University of St. Thomas.
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Thomas D. Williams, L.C. The "development of doctrine" debates of the nineteenth century culminated in the now classic "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine," first published by John Henry Newman in 1845. Drawing on the writings of the Church Fathers, Newman sought to lay out stable guidelines to distinguish between the authentic development of doctrine and its corruption. For Newman, such arguments held more than academic interest. They provided assurance that the Roman Catholic Church (into which he was in the process of incorporating) with its centuries-old structures and doctrines was indeed the same Church founded by Jesus Christ upon the Apostles. Newman set out to explain certain difficulties and apparent historical inconsistencies in Catholic belief and practice, but in so doing, he also produced an apologia for the necessity of the development of doctrine. Not only is development a historical fact, but it is also a requirement of doctrine. In the first place, this development burgeons, as Newman realized, as an essential fruit of theological study. Theology, in its classical sense as fides quaerens intellectum, logos 8:1 winter 2005 beyond distributive justice seeks an ever deeper understanding of those truths embraced through faith and offers the

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Published: Jan 31, 2005

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