Catholic Reading Plan

Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (Word on Fire Classics)

John Henry Newman

Newman asks how Christian doctrine can develop while remaining faithful to its origins, offering a major argument about continuity and change.

Theology & Doctrine

Original date: Not yet verified

Reading level: Demanding

Reading guides

Source notes & edition details

Bishop Robert Barron
Named in Barron’s original Word on Fire PDF. Recommendation is at work level; editions and translations may differ.

Brandon Vogt
Work title matched to the published list. The listed edition may differ.

Original catalog editions

Word on Fire Classics (2017), 384 pages
Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (Word on Fire Classics)