CHAPTER VIII.
CAUSES OF CORRUPTION CHIEFLY INTENTIONAL.
II.

Assimilation.
Sec.

1.
There results inevitably from the fourfold structure of the Gospel,--from the very fact that the story of Redemption is set forth in four narratives, three of which often ran parallel,--this practical inconvenience: namely, that sometimes the expressions of one Evangelist get improperly transferred to another.

This is a large and important subject which calls for great attention, and requires to be separately handled.

The phenomena alluded to, which are similar to some of those which have been treated in the last chapter, may be comprised under the special head of Assimilation.
It will I think promote clearness in the ensuing discussion if we determine to consider separately those instances of Assimilation which may rather be regarded as deliberate attempts to reconcile one Gospel with another: indications of a fixed determination to establish harmony between place and place.