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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   CHAPTER VI.   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 the Fourth Century 248 Section 3. The Church of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 273   CHAPTER VII.   Application of the Second: Continuity of its Principles 323 § 1. Principles of Christianity 323 § 2. Supremacy of Faith 326 § 3. Theology 336 § 4. Scripture and its Mystical Interpretation 338 § 5. Dogma 346 § 6. Additional Remarks 353   CHAPTER VIII.   Application of the Third: its Assimilative Power 355 § 1. The Assimilating Power of Dogmatic Truth 357 § 2. The Assimilating Power of Sacramental Grace 368   CHAPTER IX.   Application of the Fourth: its Logical Sequence 383 § 1. Pardons 384 § 2. Penances 385 § 3. Satisfactions 386 § 4. Purgatory 388 § 5. Meritorious Works 393 § 6. The Monastic Rule 395   CHAPTER