VOLUME 1

PART 1 — PROLEGOMENA

CHAPTER 1. — IDEA OF THEOLOGY
I. — Definition of Theology
II. — Aim of Theology
III. — Possibility of Theology. — grounded in


1. The existence of a God
2. Man’s capacity for the knowledge of God
3. God’s revelation of himself to man

IV. — Necessity of ‘Theology
V. — Relation of Theology to Religion

CHAPTER 2. — MATERIAL OF THEOLOGY
I. — Sources of Theology


1. Scripture and Nature
2. Scripture and Rationalism
3. Scripture and Mysticism
4. Scripture and Romanism

II. — Limitations of Theology
III. — Relations of Material to Progress in Theology

CHAPTER 3. — METHOD OF THEOLOGY
I. — Requisites to the study of Theology
II. — Divisions of Theology
III. — History of Systematic Theology
IV. — Order of Treatment
V. — Text-Books in Theology PART 2. — THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

CHAPTER 1. — ORIGIN OF OUR IDEA OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
I. — First Truths in General
II. — The Existence of God a First Truth


1. Its universality
2. Its necessity
3. Its logical independence and priority

III. — Other supposed Sources of the Idea
IV. — Contents of this Intuition

CHAPTER 2. — -CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCES OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
I. — The Cosmological Argument
II. — The Teleological Argument
III. — The Anthropological Argument
IV. — The Ontological Argument

CHAPTER 3. — ERRONEOUS EXPLANATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
I. — Materialism
II. — Materialistic Idealism
III. — Idealistic Pantheism
IV. — Ethical Monism PART 3. — THE SCRIPTURES A REVELATION FROM GOD

CHAPTER 1. . — PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
I. — Reasons a priori for expecting a Revelation from God
II. — Marks of the Revelation man may expect
III. — Miracles as attesting a Divine Revelation


1. Definition of Miracle
2. Possibility of Miracles
3. Probability of Miracles
4. Amount of Testimony necessary to prove a Miracle
5. Evidential Force of Miracles
6. Counterfeit Miracles

IV. — Prophecy as attesting a Divine Revelation
V. — Principles of Historical Evidence applicable to the Proof of a Divine Revelation

1. As to Documentary Evidence
2. As to Testimony in General

CHAPTER 2. — POSTIVE PROOF THAT THE SCRIPTURES ARE A DIVINE REVELATION
I. — Genuineness of the Christian Documents


1. Genuineness of the Books of the New Testament 1st . The Myth-theory of Strauss 2d . The Tendency-theory of Baur 3d . The Romance-theory of Renan 4th . The Development-theory of Harnack
2. Genuineness of the Books of the Old Testament The Higher Criticism in General The Authorship of the Pentateuch in particular

II. — Credibility of the Writers of the Scriptures
III. — Supernatural Character of the Scripture Teaching

1. Scripture Teaching in General
2. Moral System of the New Testament Heathen Systems of Morality
3. The Person and Character of Christ
4. The Testimony of Christ to himself

IV. — Historical Results of the Propagation of Scripture Doctrine

CHAPTER 3. — INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES
I. — Definition of Inspiration
II. — Proof of Inspiration
III. — Theories of Inspiration


1. The Intuition-theory
2. The Illumination-theory.
3. The Dictation-theory
4. The Dynamical theory

IV. — The Union of the Divine and Human Elements in Inspiration
V. — Objections to the Doctrine of Inspiration

1. Errors in matters of Science
2. Errors in matters of History
3. Errors in Morality
4. Errors of Reasoning
5. Errors in Quoting or Interpreting the Old Testament
6. Errors in Prophecy
7. Certain Books unworthy of a Place in inspired Scripture
8. Portions of the Scrip. Books written by others than the Persons to whom they are ascribed
9. Skeptical or Fictitious Narratives.
10. Acknowledgment of the non-inspiration of Scripture Teachers and their Writings.

PART 4. — THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD

CHAPTER 1. — THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
I. — Definition of the term Attributes244
II. — Relation of the Divine Attributes to the Divine Essence
III. — Methods of Determining the Divine Attributes
IV. — Classifieatiou of the Attributes
V. — Absolute or Immanent Attributes First Division . — Spirituality, and Attributes therein Involved


1. Life
2. Personality Second Division.

— lnfinity. and Attributes therein involved

1. Self-existence
2. Immutability
3. Unity Third Division.

— Perfection and Attributes therein involved

1. Truth
2. Love
3. Holiness

VI. — Relative or Transitive Attributes First Division. — Attributes having relation to Time and Space

1. Eternity
2. Immensity Second Division.

— Attributes having relation to Creation

1. Omnipresence
2. Omniscience
3. Omnipotence Third Division .

— Attributes having relation to Moral Beings

1. Veracity and Faithfulness, or Transitive Truth
2. Mercy and Goodness, or Transitive Love
3. Justice and Righteousness, or Transitive Holiness

VII. — Rank and Relations of the several Attributes.295-303

1. Holiness the Fundamental Attribute in God
2. The Holiness of God the Ground of Moral Obligation

CHAPTER 2. — DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
I. — In Scripture there are Three who are recognized as God


1. Proofs from the New Testament A. The Father is recognized as God305 B. Jesus Christ is recognized as God C. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God
2. Intimations of the Old Testament A. Passages which seem to teach Plurality of some sort in the Godhead B. Passages relating to the Angel of Jehovah C. Descriptions of the Divine Wisdom and Word D. Descriptions of the Messiah

II. — These Three are so described in Scripture, that we are compelled to conceive them as distinct Persons

1. The Father and the Son are Persons distinct from each other.322
2. The Father and the Son are Persons distinct from the Spirit
3. The Holy Spirit is a Person

III. — This Tripersonality of the Divine Nature is not merely economic and temporal, but is immanent and eternal

1. Scripture Proof that these distinctions of Personality are eternal326
2. Errors refuted by the Scripture Passages A. The Sabellian B. The Arian

IV. — While there are three Persons, there is but one Essence
V. — These three Persons are Equal

1. These Titles belong to the Persons

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CHAPTER 4. — THE WORKS OF GOD, OR THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREES

SECTION 1. — CREATION
I. — Definition of Creation
II. — Proof of the Doctrine


1. Direct Scripture Statements
2. Indirect Evidence from Scripture

III. — Theories which oppose Creation

1. Dualism
2. Emanation
3. Creation from Eternity
4. Spontaneous Generation

IV. — The Mosaic Account of Creation

1. Its Twofold Nature
2. Its Proper Interpretation

V. — God’s End in Creation

1. The Testimony of Scripture
2. The Testimony of Reason

VI. — Relation of the Doctrine of Creation to other Doctrines

1. To the Holiness and Benevolence of God
2. To the Wisdom and Free Will of God
3. To Christ as the Revealer of God
4. To Providence and Redemption
5. To the Observance of the Sabbath

SECTION 2. — PRESERVATION
I. — Definition of Preservation
II. — Proof of the Doctrine of Preservation


1. From Scripture
2. From Reason

III. — Theories which virtually deny the Doctrine of Preservation

1. Deism
2. Continuous Creation

IV. — Remarks upon the Divine Concurrence

SECTION 3. — PROVIDENCE
I. — Definition of Providence
II. — Proof of the Doctrine of Providence


1. Scriptural Proof
2. Rational Proof

III. — Theories opposing the Doctrine of Providence

1. Fatalism427
2. Casualism
3. Theory of a merely General Providence

IV. — Relations of the Doctrine of Providence

1. To Miracles and Works of Grace
2. To Prayer and its Answer
3. To Christian Activity
4. To the Evil Acts Of Free Agents

SECTION 4. — GOOD AND EVIL ANGELS
I. — Scripture Statements and Intimations


1. As to the Nature and Attributes of Angels
2. As to their Number and Organization
3. As to their Moral Character
4. As to their Employments A. The Employments of Good Angels B. The Employments of Evil Angels

II. — Objections to the Doctrine of Angels

1. To the Doctrine of Angels in General
2. To the Doctrine of Evil Angels in Particular

III. — Practical Uses of the Doctrine of Angels

1. Uses of the Doctrine of Good Angels
2. Uses of the Doctrine of Evil Angels

PART 5. — ANTHROPOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF MAN

CHAPTER 1. — PRELIMINARY
I. — Man a Creation of God and a Child of God
II. — Unity of the Race


1. Argument from History
2. Argument from Language
3. Argument from Psychology
4. Argument from Physiology

III. — Essential Elements of Human Nature

1. The Dichotomous Theory
2. The Trichotomous Theory

IV. — Origin of the Soul

1. The Theory of Pre-existence
2. The Creation Theory
3. The Traducian Theory

V. — The Moral Nature of Man

1. Conscience
2. Will

CHAPTER 2. — THE ORIGINAL STATE OF MAN
I. — Essentials of Man’s Original State


1. Natural Likeness to God, or Personality
2. Moral Likeness to God, or Holiness A. . The Image of God as including only Personality B. The Image of God as consisting simply in Man’s natural capacity for Religion

II. — Incidents of Man’s Original State

1. Results of Man’s Possession of the Divine Image
2. Concomitants of Man’s Possession of the Divine Image 1st The Theory of an Original Condition of Savagery 2nd . The Theory of Comte as to the Stages of Human Progress

CHAPTER 3. — SIN, OR MAN’S STATE OF APOSTASY

SECTION 1. — THE LAW OF GOD
I. — Law in General
II. — The Law of God in Particular


1. Elemental Law
2. Positive Enactment

III. — Relation of the Law to the Grace of God

SECTION 2. — NATURE OF SIN
I. — Definition of Sin


1. Proof
2. Inferences

II. — The Essential Principle of Sin

1. Sin as Sensuousness
2. Sin as Finiteness
3. Sin as Selfishness

SECTION 3. — UNIVERSALITY OF SIN
I. — Every human being who has arrived at moral consciousness has committed acts, or cherished dispositions, contrary to the Divine Law
II. — Every member of the human race, without exception, Possesses a corrupted nature, which is a source of actual sin, and is itself sin

SECTION 4. — ORIGIN OF SIN IN THE PERSONAL ACT OF ADAM.

I. — The Scriptural Account in Genesis


1. Its General Character not Mythical or Allegorical, but Historical
2. The Course of the Temptation, and the resulting Fall

II. — Difficulties connected with the Fall, considered as the personal Act of Adam

1. How could a holy being fall?
2. How could God justly permit Satanic Temptation?
3. How could a Penalty so great be justly connected with Disobedience to so slight a Command?

III. — Consequences of the Fall. — so far as respects Adam

1. Death A. Physical Death or the Separation of the Soul from the Body B. Spiritual Death, or the Separation of the Soul from God
2. Positive and formal Exclusion from God’s Presence

SECTION 5. — IMPUTATION OF ADAM’S SIN TO HIS POSTERITY Scripture Teaching as to Race-sin and Race-responsibility
I. — Theories of Imputation


1. The Pelagian Theory, or Theory of Man’s Natural Innocence
2. The Arminian Theory, or Theory of voluntarily appropriated Depravity
3. The New-School Theory, or Theory of uncondemnable Vitiosity
4. The Federal Theory, or Theory of Condemnation by Covenant
5. Theory of Mediate Imputation, or Theory of Condemnation for Depravity
6. Augustinian Theory, or Theory of Adam’s Natural Headship. Exposition of Romans 5:12-19

II. — Objections to the Augustinian Theory of Imputation

SECTION 6. — CONSEQUENCES OF SIN TO ADAM’S POSTERITY
I. — Depravity


1. Depravity Partial or Total?
2. Ability or Inability?


II. — Guilt


1. Nature of Guilt
2. Degrees of Guilt

III. — Penalty

1. Idea of Penalty.
2. Actual Penalty of Sin

SECTION 7. — THE SALVATION OF INFANTS

PART 6. — SOTERIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRIST AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

CHAPTER 1. — CHRISTIOLOGY, OR THE REDEMPTION WROUGHT BY CHRIST

SECTION 1. — HISTORICAL PERPARATION FOR REDEMPTION
I. Negative Preparation, in the History of the Heathen World
II. — Positive Preparation, in the history of Israel

SECTION 2. — THE PERSON OF CHRIST
I. — Historical Survey of Views respecting the Person of Christ


1. The Ebionites
2. The Docette
3. The Arians
4. The Apollinarians
5. The Nestorians
6. The Eutychians
7. The Orthodox Doctrine

II. — The two Natures of Christ,. — their Reality and Integrity

1. The Humanity of Christ A. Its Reality B. Its Integrity
2. The Deity of Christ

III. — The Union of the two Natures in one Person

1. Proof of this Union
2. Modem Misrepresentations of this Union A. The Theory of Gess and Beecher, that the Humanity of Christ is a Contracted and Metamorphosed Deity B. The Theory of Dorner and Rothe, that the Union between the Divine and the human Natures is not completed by the Incarnating Act
3. The Real Nature of this Union.

SECTION 3. — THE TWO STATES OF CHRIST
I. — The State of Humiliation


1. The Nature of Christ’s Humiliation A. The Theory of Thomasius, Delitzsch, and Crosby, that the Humiliation consisted in the Surrender of the Divine Exercise of the Relative Attributes B. The Theory that the Humiliation consisted in the Surrender of the Independent Exercise of the Divine Attributes
2. The Stages of Christ’s Humiliation Exposition of Philippians 2 5-9

II. — The State of Exaltation

1. The Nature of Christ’s Exaltation
2. The Stages of Christ’s Exaltation

SECTION 4. — THE OFFICES OF CHRIST
I. The Prophetic Office of Christ


1. The Nature of Christ’s Prophetic Work
2. The Stages of Christ’s Prophetic Work

II. The Priestly Office of Christ

1. Christ’s Sacrificial Work, or the Doctrine of the Atonement A. Scriptural Methods of Representing the Atonement B. The Institution of Sacrifice, especially as found In the Mosaic System C. Theories of the Atonement 1st . The Socinian, or Example Theory of the Atonement 2nd . The Bushuellian, or Moral Influence Theory of the Atonement 3rd . The Grotian, or Governmental Theory of the Atonement 4th . The Irvingian Theory, or Theory of gradually extirpated Depravity 5th . The Anselmic, or Commercial Theory of the Atonement 6th . The Ethical Theory of the Atonement D. Objections to the Ethical Theory of the Atonement.. E. The Extent of the Atonement
2. Christ’s Intercessory Work

III. — The Kingly Office of Christ

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