(ii) Continuity of principles. (The life of doctrines may be said to consist in the law or principle that they embody.) (iii) Power to assimilate alien matter to the original idea. (The harder it is to assimilate an idea, the more likely it is to represent a corrupting influence.) (iv) Logical Sequence. (A doctrine is likely to be a true development, not a corruption, in proportion as it seems to be the logical issue of its original teaching.) (v) Anticipation of its Future. (The fact of early