Volume 1  

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DEDICATION

To the young men and young women who, feeling the call of God to the work of the ministry, desire to "take heed to the doctrine" that they may be able to direct others in the way that leads to God and life eternal, this work is affectionately dedicated.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I. INTRODUCTION: THE PROVINCE OF THEOLOGY CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY  

I.       The Idea and Relations of Theology 13

II.      The Sources of Theology 33

III.     Systems and Methods 53

IV.     Theology in the Church 63

V.      The Christian Religion 100

VI.     The Christian Revelation 125

VII.    The Inspiration of the Scriptures 167

VIII.    The Canon 185    

 

PART II. THE DOCTRINE OF THE FATHER  

IX.     The Existence and Nature of God 217

X.      The Divine Names and Predicates 241

XI.    God as Absolute Reality 255

XII.   God as Infinite Efficiency 279

XIII.  God as Perfect Personality 290

XIV.  The Attributes of God 320

XV.   The Trinity 393 (unedited)

XVI.  Cosmology 440 (unedited)  

 

Volume 2

PART II. THE DOCTRINE OF THE FATHER (Continued)

XVII. Anthropology 7

XVIII. Hamartiology 51

XIX. Original Sin or Inherited Depravity 96    

 

PART III. THE DOCTRINE OF THE SON

XX. Christology 143

XXI. The Person of Christ 169

XXII. The Estates and Offices of Christ 187

XXIII. The Atonement: Its Biblical Basis and History 217

XXIV. The Atonement: Its Nature and Extent 270    

 

PART IV. THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

XXV. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 303

XXVI. The Preliminary States of Grace 334 (unedited)

XXVII. Christian Righteousness 379 (unedited)

XXVIII. Christian Sonship 402 (unedited)

XXIX. Christian Perfection or Entire Sanctification 440    

 

Volume 3

PART IV. THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT  (Continued)

XXX. Christian Ethics or the Life of Holiness 7  

 

PART V. THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

XXXI. The Church: Its Organization and Ministry 103

XXXII. The Church: Its Worship and Sacraments 138    

 

PART VI. THE DOCTRINE OF LAST THINGS

XXXIII. Eschatology or the Doctrine of Last Things 211

XXXIV.  The Second Advent 243

XXXV.  The Resurrection and the Judgment 320 (unedited)

XXXVI.  The Final Consummation 355 (unedited)

General Bibliography 394 (unedited)  

 

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