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I. Implications at Large 



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(a) Christian theism 112 



(6) Creation 116 



(c) Biblical infallibility 119 



II. The Doctrine of Man's Primitive State 



The rule of faith involved 123 



What is distinctive in the Christian doctrine of sin . . . . 126 



The catholic doctrine of the primitive state defined. . . . 127 



Speculative accretions 130 



Biblical induction 132 



III. The Doctrine of the Fall 



The catholic doctrine defined 133 



Speculative accretions 138 



Biblical induction 139 



Augustinianism 146 



General view of the ancients 147 



LECTURE V 



man's primitive state 



Truth and counter-truth 150 



Propositions to be reconciled and the premise adopted. . . 155 



I. Conclusions of Evolutionary Science 



1. Primitive man, physically speaking, a product of natural 



evolution 157 



2. Such evolution accounts for his existing propensities, so far 



as their natural causation is concerned 157 



3. His moral depravity is proportionate in its degree to his an- 



tiquity 158 



4. Natural investigation affords no evidence that the continuity 



of animal development has been interrupted in man's case 160 

 The effect of these conclusions upon men's attitude towards our 



doctrine 160 



