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Oct 2019
57m 20s

Development of Christian Doctrine

INSTITUTE OF CATHOLIC CULTURE
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Many Christians have either disregarded history in favor of some imagined original position without accretion of dogma, or demanded that Christian doctrines evolve to suit the times. Dr. Pecknold explains Newman’s 1845 essay which cut through both errors. 
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