Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) - Augustus Hopkins Strong

The Doctrine of Man

The Judson Press

Philadelphia

1907

[Part IV. The Nature, Decrees, And Works of God. (Continued)]
[Chapter IV. The Works Of God; Or The Execution Of The Decrees.]
[Section I.—Creation.]
[I. Definition Of Creation.]
[II. Proof of the Doctrine of Creation.]
[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,—as uniting the ideas of creation and of development.]
[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 II.—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 III.—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. Fatalism.]
[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 IV.—Good And Evil Angels.]
[I. Scripture Statements and Imitations.]
[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.]
[A. Uses of the doctrine of good angels.]
[B. Uses of the doctrine of evil angels.]
[Part V. Anthropology, Or The Doctrine Of Man.]
[Chapter I. Preliminary.]
[I. Man a Creation of God and a Child of God.]
[II. Unity of the Human Race.]
[1. The argument from history.]
[2. The argument from language.]
[3. The argument from psychology.]
[4. The 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 Preëxistence.]
[2. The Creatian Theory.]
[3. The Traducian Theory.]
[V. The Moral Nature of Man.]
[1. Conscience.]
[2. Will.]
[Chapter II. 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.]
[Chapter III. Sin, Or Man's State Of Apostasy.]
[Section I.—The Law Of God.]
[I. Law in General.]
[II. The Law of God in Particular.]
[III. Relation of the Law to the Grace of God.]
[Section II.—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 III.—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 IV.—Origin Of Sin In The Personal Act Of Adam.]
[I. The Scriptural Account of the Temptation and Fall in Genesis 3:1-7.]
[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.]
[2. Positive and formal exclusion from God's presence.]
[Section V.—Imputation Of Adam's Sin To His Posterity.]
[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. The Augustinian Theory, or Theory of Adam's Natural Headship.]
[II.—Objections to the Augustinian Doctrine of Imputation.]
[Section VI.—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. The actual penalty of sin.]
[Section VII.—The Salvation Of Infants.]
[Part VI. Soteriology, Or The Doctrine Of Salvation Through The Work Of Christ And Of The Holy Spirit.]
[Chapter I. Christology, Or The Redemption Wrought By Christ.]
[Section I.—Historical Preparation For Redemption.]
[I. Negative Preparation,—in the history of the heathen world.]
[II. Positive Preparation,—in the history of Israel.]
[Section II.—The Person Of Christ.]
[I. Historical Survey of Views Respecting the Person of Christ.]
[II. The two Natures of Christ,—their Reality and Integrity.]
[1. The Humanity of Christ.]
[2. The Deity of Christ.]
[III. The Union of the two Natures in one Person.]
[1. Proof of this Union.]
[2. Modern misrepresentations of this Union.]
[3. The real nature of this Union.]
[Section III.—The Two States Of Christ.]
[I. The State of Humiliation.]
[1. The nature of this humiliation.]
[2. The stages of Christ's humiliation.]
[II. The State of Exaltation.]
[1. The nature of this exaltation.]
[2. The stages of Christ's exaltation.]
[Section IV.—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. Scripture Methods of Representing the Atonement.]
[B. The Institution of Sacrifice, more especially as found in the Mosaic system.]
[C. Theories of the Atonement.]
[1st. The Socinian, or Example Theory of the Atonement.]
[2nd. The Bushnellian, or Moral Influence Theory of the Atonement.]
[3d. 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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