Newton’s Religious Writings

51.

Draft notes on Athanasian doctrines

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in Latin, c. 1,735 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 436, 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: THEM00081

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52.

Prolegomena ad lexici prophetici partem secundam in quibus agitur De forma sanctuarij Iudaici

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: almost certainly after 1690, possibly much later, in Latin, c. 24,724 words, 84 pp. on 75 ff.

Source: Ms. 434, 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: THEM00079

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53.

Miscellaneous theological extracts and notes

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly in Latin with some English, Greek and Hebrew, c. 35,296 words, 56 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 13, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00056

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Ex Irenæi adversus hæreses lib. I
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Notes on Jewish ceremonies and their relevance to prophetic exegesis
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Notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ
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54.

Rough draft portions of and notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ' and 'The Original of Monarchies'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mainly 1684-90, mainly in Latin with some English, c. 49,027 words, 131 pp.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 16, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00059

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Rough notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'
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Miscellaneous draft portions of 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'
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55.

'A short Schem of the true Religion'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 3,324 words, 4 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 7, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00007

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56.

'Irenicum, or Ecclesiastical Polyty tending to Peace'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 22,500 words, 40 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 3, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00003

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57.

Treatise on Church history with particular reference to the Arian controversy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin with some citations in Greek, c. 56,966 words, 166 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 19, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00062

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58.

Treatise on Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: mid-late 1680s, mainly in English, c. 134,856 words, 250 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 9, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00052

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Treatise on Revelation (Section 1)
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Treatise on Revelation (Section 2)
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Treatise on Revelation (Section 3)
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59.

'Out of Cudworth' (early 1680s)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1,500 words, 4 pp.

Source: fN563Z, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00118

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60.

Notes from Ralph Cudworth on Plutarch and the 'Persian or Zoroastrian trinity'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in English with quotations in Greek, c. 272 words, 1 p.

Source: R.16.38. 436A, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00101

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61.

Notes from Petavius on the Nicene Council

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in Latin, c. 12,723 words, 52 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 4, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00004

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62.

Expanded Latin translation of the first part of 'Two Notable Corruptions'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1709, in Latin, c. 12,018 words, 98 pp. on 54 ff. plus a loose sheet.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 20, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00063

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63.

'Variantes Lectiones Apocalypticæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1693 and earlier, in Latin and Greek, c. 34,758 words, 105 pp.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 4, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00047

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'Variantes Lectiones Apocalypticae' (version 1)
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'Variantes Lectiones Apocalypticae' (version 2)
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64.

Copies of second and third 'professions of faith' by early Church Councils

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: late 1680s, in Latin, c. 3,025 words, 8 pp. on 6 ff. of which one blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 22, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00065

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65.

Fragmentary draft on the chief rulers of ancient synagogues

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1710 or later, in English, c. 928 words, 1 p.

Source: Ms. 435, 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: THEM00080

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66.

Various drafts and copies of the Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture and related material

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1690-91, c. 45,405 words.

Source: Ms. 361(4), New College Library, Oxford, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00099

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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 1: ff. 1-41)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 2: ff. 43-48)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 4: ff. 70-83)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 5: ff. 85-101)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 6: ff. 104-5)
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Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (part 7: ff. 117-121)
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67.

Correspondence with Thomas Burnet

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 13 January 1681 and later, in English, c. 7,295 words.

Source: Keynes Ms. 106, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00014

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68.

'Paradoxical Questions concerning the morals & actions of Athanasius & his followers'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in English, c. 53,792 words, 83 ff.

Source: **N563M3 P222, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, California, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00117

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69.

Proposals concerning calendar reform

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1699 and later, mainly in English with some Latin, c. 19,277 words, 30 ff. of which 4 blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 24, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00067

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Three drafts of 'Considerations about rectifying the Iulian Kalendar' and an unrelated alchemical recipe
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'The use of the Kalendar for finding the Lords day & the Moveable Feasts'
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Draft proposals for rectifying the Julian calendar
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Draft proposals for calendar reform
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'Regulæ pro determinatione Paschæ' (draft and fair copy)
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Two drafts of a letter on calendar reform, with extraneous material concerning chronology and the Temple of Zerubbabel
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Draft letter concerning ancient calendars, and notes on Jewish chronology
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70.

Seven Statements on Religion

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 608 words, 1 p.

Source: Keynes Ms. 6, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00006

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71.

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (London: 1728)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1728, in English, c. 86,940 words.

Source: The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (London: 1728).

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00183

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Front Matter to The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728)
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A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great
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Chapter 1: Of the Chronology of the First Ages of the Greeks
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Chapter 2: Of the Empire of Egypt
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Chapter 3: Of the Assyrian Empire
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Chapter 4: Of the two Contemporary Empires of the Babylonians and Medes
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Chapter 5: A Description of the Temple of Solomon
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Chapter 6: Of the Empire of the Persians
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72.

Exposition of 2 Kings 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 2,408 words, 8 pp.

Source: Ms. 130, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00110

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73.

A Dissertation upon the Sacred Cubit of the Jews and the Cubits of the several Nations

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1737, in English, c. 6,185 words.

Source: John Greaves, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford, vol. 2 (London: 1737), pp. 405-433.

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00276

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74.

Part of an exposition of 2 Kings, 17:15-16

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1670s, in English, c. 1,666 words, 4 pp. on 2 ff.

Source: Ms. 437, 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: THEM00082

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75.

'Paradoxical Questions concerning the morals & actions of Athanasius & his followers'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1690s, in English, c. 20,963 words, 61 pp. on 31 ff. + 1 f. blank.

Source: Keynes Ms. 10, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00010

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