lic, and that it would come before the reader in a more persuasive form, if he read it as the author wrote it. It is scarcely necessary to add that he now submits every part of the book to the judgment of the Church, with whose doctrine, on the subjects of which it treats, he wishes all his thoughts to be coincident. SEC. I.-On the Process of Development in Ideas § 1.-Distinctive Tests between Development and § 2. First Test of a True Development.-Preser- 30 43 57 ib. 64 § 3.-Second Test.-Continuity of Principles CHAPTER II. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN IDEAS, ANTECEDENTLY CONSIDERED. SEC. I. On the Probability of Developments in Christianity. Christianity. 94 114 CHAPTER III. ON THE NATURE OF THE ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY. SEC. I.-Application of the First Test of Fidelity in Develop- 204 242 CHAPTER V. ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED. Application of the First Test continued.-The Church of the SEC. I.-Application of the Second Test of Fidelity in Deve- lopment § 1. Scripture and its Mystical Sense § 2. The Supremacy of Faith II.—Application of the Second and Third Tests.-The Dogmatic and Sacramental Principles, and the For- 318 319 327. 337 CHAPTER VII. ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED. Application of the Fourth Test of Fidelity in Development § 2.-Cultus of Saints and Angels § 3.-Merit of Virginity § 4.-Office of St. Mary § 5. Specimens of Theological Science CHAPTER VIII. ILLUSTRATIONS CONCLUDED. SEC. I.-Application of the Fifth Test of Fidelity in Develop- ment § 1. Developments growing out of the Question of §2.-Developments following upon the Doctrine of 397 ib. Baptism 410 II.-Application of the Sixth Test of Fidelity in Develop- ment 428 III.-Application of the Seventh Test of Fidelity in De- 445 St. Basil, St. Chrysostom, and St. Cyril of Alexandria sometimes speak, it is |