[hopefulpilgrim]

Development of doctrine is what we call explaining or clarifying.

...like evolution? By the time they are through "developing" doctrine, its source is unrecognizable.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

...like evolution? By the time they are through "developing" doctrine, its source is unrecognizable.

Wow. Well put.

[RobbyS]

"Evolution" is the original since, like a seed growing into a mustard plant.