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. INTRODUCTION CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE . 1 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS. SEC. I. On the Process of Development in Ideas II. On the Kinds of Development in Ideas § 1.-Distinctive Tests between Development and Corruption ib. SEC. I.-On the Probability of Developments in Christianity. Christianity. 94 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 319 327 ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED. 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- 337 CHAPTER VII. ILLUSTRATIONS CONTINUED. Application of the Fourth Test of Fidelity in Development § 1. Resurrection and Relics --- § 2.-Cultus of Saints and Angels § 3.-Merit of Virginity. 388 § 4.-Office of St. Mary . 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 Baptism . II.-Application of the Sixth Test of Fidelity in Develop- ment III.-Application of the Seventh Test of Fidelity in De- CORRIGENDA. ib. 445 Page 3, line 1, for were read was. ,, 205, line 7 from end, for punishment those, read punishment, those. |