Newton’s Religious Writings

2.

Notes on the measurement of monuments, probably undertaken in connection with The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 2,000 words, 4 pp.

Source: Box 27, folder 42 (Peal accession no. 10564), University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00109

3.

Holograph copy of MINT00454(b) (Mint 19/3/25)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1714, c. 745 words.

Source: MINT 19/5/38, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: MINT00455

4.

'The synchronisms of the three parts of the prophetick Interpretation'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: after 1700, in English, c. 14,288 words, 19 pp. on 20 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 6, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00049

5.

Papers relating to chronology and 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: After 1693, mainly in English with some Latin, c. 264,904 words, 275 ff.

Source: Ms. 361(3), New College Library, Oxford, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00098

6.

An Account of the Systeme of the World described in Mr Newton's Mathematicall Principles of Philosophy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1687 or later, in English, c. 1,281 words, 4 pp on 4 folios.

Source: MS Add. 4005.7, ff. 39-42, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00291

7.

Twenty-three queries about the word ὁμοούσιος

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: early 1700s, in English, c. 996 words, 3 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Keynes Ms. 11, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00011

8.

'Introductio. Continens Apocalypseos rationem generalem.'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin, c. 6,207 words, 21 pp. on 20 ff. of which 2 blank and one unnumbered.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 3, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00046

9.

Various texts on Revelation, Solomon's Temple and Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s-1690s, in English and Latin, c. 109,377 words, 262 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 2, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00045

Treatise on the symbolism of Biblical prophecy (Section 1)
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'Quod Bestia bicornis locuta sit ut Draco' ('That the two-horned Beast spake as a Dragon')
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Drafts towards a history of the Church (Section 2.3)
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Drafts concerning Solomon's Temple and the sacred cubit
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Draft account of the symbolism of Revelation
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Drafts on early Church history
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10.

Miscellaneous papers apparently comprising drafts of or notes for the Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly in English but with some Latin, Greek, Hebrew and French, c. 214,686 words, c. 255 ff.

Source: Ms. 361(2), New College Library, Oxford, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00097

11.

Original letter from Isaac Newton to Richard Bentley

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 25 February 1692/3, in English, c. 1,509 words.

Source: 189.R.4.47, ff. 7-8, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00258

12.

Theological notes

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s (section 3) and post-1700 (sections 1-2), in Latin, c. 13,249 words, 49 pp. on 32 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 5, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00048

Theological Notes (part 1)
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Theological Notes (part 2)
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Theological Notes (part 3)
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13.

Fragment on the history of apostasy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mid 1690s, in English, c. 4,618 words, 7 pp. on 5 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 18, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00061

14.

Draft notes on early Church rites and the Creed

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: probably 1710 or later, in English, c. 1,841 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 438, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00083

15.

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: 1733)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1733, in English, c. 71,157 words.

Source: Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: 1733).

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00193

Front Matter to Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel
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Part I, Chapter I: Introduction concerning the Compilers of the books of the Old Testament
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Part I, Chapter II: Of the Prophetic Language
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Part I, Chapter III: Of the vision of the Image composed of four Metals
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Part I, Chapter IV: Of the vision of the four Beasts
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Part I, Chapter V: Of the Kingdoms represented by the feet of the Image composed of iron and clay
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Part I, Chapter VI: Of the ten Kingdoms represented by the ten horns of the fourth Beast
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Part I, Chapter VII: Of the eleventh horn of Daniel's fourth Beast
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Part I, Chapter VIII: Of the power of the eleventh horn of Daniel's fourth Beast, to change times and laws
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Part I, Chapter IX: Of the kingdoms represented in Daniel by the Ram and He-Goat
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Part I, Chapter X: Of the Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
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Part I, Chapter XI: Of the Times of the Birth and Passion of Christ
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Part I, Chapter XII: Of the Prophecy of the Scripture of Truth
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Part I, Chapter XIII: Of the King who did according to his will, and magnified himself above every God, and honoured Mahuzzims, and regarded not the desire of women
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Part I, Chapter XIV: Of the Mahuzzims, honoured by the King who doth according to his will
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Part II, Chapter I: Introduction, concerning the time when the Apocalypse was written
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Part II, Chapter II: Of the relation which the Apocalypse of John hath to the Book of the Law of Moses, and to the worship of God in the Temple
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Part II, Chapter III: Of the relation which the Prophecy of John hath to those of Daniel; and of the Subject of the Prophecy
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16.

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly in English with Latin citations and some Greek and Hebrew, c. 76,500 words, 129 pp. on 122 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3989, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00091

17.

Treatise on Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,769 words, 49 pp. on 36 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 12, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00055

18.

Draft of Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1720, in English, with some Latin, Greek and Hebrew, c. 81,193 words, 128 pp on 125 ff.

Source: MS Add. 3987, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00423

19.

Exposition of 2 Kings 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 6,179 words, 18 pp. on 15 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 21, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00064

20.

Notes on early Church history and the moral superiority of the 'barbarians' to the Romans

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in English, c. 1,074 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 39, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00076

21.

Draft chapters of The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (post-1710)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English with some Latin, Greek and Hebrew, c. 30,000 words, 99 pp. on 74 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 26, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00069

Chap. 1: Of the Assyrian Empire
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Chap. IV. Of the Babylonian Empire
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Chap. 1: Of the Chronology of the first ages of the Greeks & Latines
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Chap: Of the Temple & Synagogues of the Jews
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22.

Three paragraphs on religion, with drafts

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English with some Latin, c. 2,222 words, 5 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 9, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00009

23.

Notes on ancient history and mythology

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1684 or later, mainly in Latin with some English, Greek and Hebrew, c. 6,736 words, 23 pp.

Source: MSS.Temp3.Miss, Library of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00105

24.

Miscellaneous notes on history, chronology and theology, preceded by a draft letter to 'Io. Lacy'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: undated, in Latin and English, c. 3,059 words, 8 pp. on 4 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 31, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00073

25.

'Proœmium' and first chapter of a treatise on Church history

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1680s-1690s, in Latin, c. 11,836 words, 47 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 11, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00054