Newton’s Religious Writings

2.

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

3.

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

4.

Untitled treatise on Revelation

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1670s-1680s, mainly in English but with many passages in Latin and citations in Greek, c. 327,362 words, c. 650 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 1, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00044

Untitled Treatise on Revelation (section 1.1)
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Untitled Treatise on Revelation (section 1.1a)
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Untitled Treatise on Revelation (section 1.2)
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Untitled Treatise on Revelation (section 1.3)
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Untitled Treatise on Revelation (section 1.4)
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Untitled treatise on Revelation (Section 1.5)
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Untitled treatise on Revelation (Section 1.6)
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Untitled treatise on Revelation (Section 1.7)
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Untitled treatise on Revelation (Section 1.8)
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5.

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

6.

'Tuba Quarta' ('The Fourth Trumpet')

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1675-80, in Latin, c. 4,474 words, 21 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 1, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00001

7.

Fragments on the kingdoms of the European tribes, the Temple and the history of Jewish and Christian Churches

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1675-85, mainly in Latin, with some English, Greek and Hebrew, c. 25,125 words, 43 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 28, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00071

Jottings on chronology
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Notes on Roman and Church history
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Notes on Villalpando
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Notes from Buxtorf
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8.

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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9.

Fragment on Church history, mainly concerning Athanasius

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1675-1685, in Latin, c. 2,502 words, 7 pp. on 4 ff.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 29, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00072

10.

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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11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

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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14.

Notes on Greek, Roman and Egyptian deities

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1680s, in Latin, c. 992 words, 2 pp. on 1 f.

Source: Yahuda Ms. 33, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00075

15.

'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

16.

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

'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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17.

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

18.

Copy letter from Isaac Newton to Thomas Burnet

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: After 13 January 1680/1, in English, c. 3,421 words.

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

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00253

19.

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

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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20.

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

21.

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

22.

Theological Notebook

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. 1684-90, in English and Latin with some quotations from Greek, c. 67,314 words, 132 pp.

Source: Keynes Ms. 2, King's College, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00002

Theological Notebook (Part 1)
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Theological Notebook (Part 2)
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23.

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

Rough notes for 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'
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Miscellaneous draft portions of 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'
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24.

De Gravitatione et æquipondio fluidorum

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: c. mid-1680s, in Latin, c. 9,428 words, 40 pp.

Source: MS Add. 4003, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK

Newton Catalogue ID: THEM00093

25.

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