JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN.

PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1878.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. OCULI MEI DEFECERUNT IN SALUTARE TUUM.

CONTENTS.

PART I. DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED IN THEMSELVES.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS. SECTION I. ON THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN IDEAS.

CHAPTER II. ON THE ANTECEDENT ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF

CHAPTER III. ON THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THE

CHAPTER IV. INSTANCES IN ILLUSTRATION.

PART II. DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENTS VIEWED RELATIVELY TO DOCTRINAL CORRUPTIONS.

CHAPTER V. GENUINE DEVELOPMENTS CONTRASTED WITH CORRUPTIONS.

CHAPTER VI. APPLICATION OF THE SEVEN NOTES TO THE EXISTING

CHAPTER VII. APPLICATION OF THE SECOND NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. CONTINUITY OF PRINCIPLES.

CHAPTER VIII. APPLICATION OF THE THIRD NOTE Of A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. ASSIMILATIVE POWER.

CHAPTER IX. APPLICATION OF THE FOURTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. LOGICAL SEQUENCE.

CHAPTER X. APPLICATION OF THE FIFTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. ANTICIPATION OF ITS FUTURE.

CHAPTER XI. APPLICATION OF THE SIXTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. CONSERVATIVE ACTION ON ITS PAST.

CHAPTER XII. APPLICATION OF THE SEVENTH NOTE OF A TRUE DEVELOPMENT. CHRONIC VIGOUR.

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