| PART I. |
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| Doctrinal Developments viewed in Themselves. |
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| Introduction | 3 |
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| CHAPTER I. |
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| The Development of Ideas | 33 |
| Section 1. | The Process of Development in Ideas | 33 |
| Section 2. | The Kinds of Development in Ideas | 41 |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| The Antecedent Argument in behalf of Developments in Christian Doctrine | 55 |
| Section 1. | Developments to be expected | 55 |
| Section 2. | An infallible Developing Authority to be expected | 75 |
| Section 3. | The existing Developments of Doctrine the probable Fulfilment of that Expectation | 92 |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| The Historical Argument in behalf of the existing Developments | 99 |
| Section 1. | Method of Proof | 99 |
| Section 2. | State of the Evidence | 110 |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
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| Instances in Illustration | 122 |
| Section 1. | Instances cursorily noticed | 123 |
| § 1. | Canon of the New Testament | 123 |
| § 2. | Original Sin | 126 |
| § 3. | Infant Baptism | 127 |
| § 4. | Communion in one kind | 129 |
| § 5. | The HomoÜsion | 133 |
| Section 2. | Our Lord's Incarnation, and the dignity of His Mother and of all Saints | 135 |
| Section 3. | Papal Supremacy | 148 |
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| PART II. |
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| Doctrinal Developments viewed Relatively to Doctrinal Corruptions. |
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| CHAPTER V. |
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| Genuine Developments contrasted with Corruptions | 169 |
| Section 1. | First Note of a genuine Development of an Idea: Preservation of its Type | 171 |
| Section 2. | Second Note: Continuity of its Principles | 178 |
| Section 3. | Third Note: Its Power of Assimilation | 185 |
| Section 4. | Fourth Note: Its Logical Sequence | 189 |
| Section 5. | Fifth Note: Anticipation of its Future | 195 |
| Section 6. | Sixth Note: Conservative Action upon its Past | 199 |
| Section 7. | Seventh Note: Its Chronic Vigour | 203 |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| Application of the First Note of a true Development to the Existing Developments of Christian Doctrine: Preservation of its Type | 207 |
| Section 1. | The Church of the First Centuries | 208 |
| Section 2. | The Church of th
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