Newton’s Religious Writings

Twelve articles on religion

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: post-1710, in English, c. 491 words, 1 p.

Source: Keynes Ms. 8, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00008

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'The Question stated about abstaining from blood'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1705-10, in English, c. 1,835 words, 2½ pp. + 1 p. blank.

Source: SL232, Location Unknown

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00124

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Notes and extracts on interpreting the prophets (c. 1670s-90s)

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1680s-90s, mainly in English, c. 19,737 words, 51 ff of which 7 blank.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 10, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00053

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• 'Out of Mr Garret's discourse concerning Antichrist'
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• Notes on prophetic works
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• Further notes on prophecies
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Prophesies concerning Christs 2d coming

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. early 1680s, in English and Latin with quotations in Greek and Hebrew, c. 19,367 words, 40 pp. on 5 quarto signatures.

Source: ASC Ms. N47 HER, James White Library, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00088

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Three bundles of notes for a work on the ancients' physico-theology, related to 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1680s and early 1690s, mostly Latin with some English, c. 51,358 words, 60 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 17, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00060

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• Notes on ancient religions
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• Notes and drafts relating to 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'
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• Notes on ancient religions
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Two incomplete treatises on prophecy

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. mid-1680s and c. 1705-10, in English with Latin citations, c. 85,069 words, 157 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 5, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00005

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Miscellaneous notes and extracts on the Temple, the Fathers, prophecy, Church history, doctrinal issues, etc

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: in Latin and English with some Greek, c. 159,343 words, 220 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 14, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00057

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Drafts on the history of the Church

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1710s, mainly in English with citations in Latin, c. 241,807 words, 338 pp. on 193 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 15, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00058

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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 1)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 2)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 3)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 4)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 5)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 6)
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• Drafts on the history of the Church (Section 7)
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