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Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3)

Augustus Hopkins Strong · Public domain text

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Author
Augustus Hopkins Strong (1836–1921)
Language
English
Subjects
Theology, Doctrinal, Baptists › Doctrines
Length
282,011 words · about 19 h 45 min
Sections
136 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (136)
  1. Opening about 5 min
  2. Preface about 8 min
  3. I. Idea Of Theology about 2 min
  4. II. Aim of Theology about 3 min
  5. III. Possibility of Theology about 1 min
  6. 1. The existence of a God about 8 min
  7. 2. Man’s capacity for the knowledge of God about 19 min
  8. 3. God’s revelation of himself to man about 12 min
  9. IV. Necessity of Theology about 12 min
  10. V. Relation of Theology to Religion under 1 min
  11. 1. Derivation about 1 min
  12. 2. False Conceptions about 4 min
  13. 3. Essential Idea about 2 min
  14. 4. Inferences about 6 min
  15. II. Material of Theology about 3 min
  16. 1. Scripture and Nature about 11 min
  17. 2. Scripture and Rationalism about 5 min
  18. 3. Scripture and Mysticism about 7 min
  19. 4. Scripture and Romanism about 4 min
  20. II. Limitations of Theology about 7 min
  21. III. Relations of Material to Progress in Theology about 4 min
  22. III. Method Of Theology about 9 min
  23. II. Divisions of Theology about 9 min
  24. III. History of Systematic Theology about 16 min
  25. IV. Order of Treatment in Systematic Theology about 2 min
  26. V. Text-Books in Theology about 2 min
  27. I. Origin Of Our Idea Of God’s Existence about 4 min
  28. I. First Truths in General about 7 min
  29. II. The Existence of God a first truth about 6 min
  30. 2. Its necessity about 4 min
  31. 3. Its logical independence and priority about 9 min
  32. III. Other Supposed Sources of our Idea of God’s Existence about 15 min
  33. IV. Contents of this Intuition about 10 min
  34. II. Corroborative Evidences Of God’s Existence about 6 min
  35. I. The Cosmological Argument, or Argument from Change in Nature about 52 min
  36. III. Erroneous Explanations, And Conclusion about 1 min
  37. I. Materialism about 16 min
  38. II. Materialistic Idealism about 15 min
  39. III. Idealistic Pantheism about 17 min
  40. IV. Ethical Monism about 17 min
  41. I. Preliminary Considerations about 10 min
  42. II. Marks of the Revelation man may expect about 9 min
  43. III. Miracles, as attesting a Divine Revelation about 13 min
  44. 2. Possibility of Miracle about 9 min
  45. 3. Probability of Miracles about 11 min
  46. 4. Amount of Testimony necessary to prove a Miracle about 3 min
  47. 5. Evidential force of Miracles about 12 min
  48. 6. Counterfeit Miracles about 6 min
  49. IV. Prophecy as Attesting a Divine Revelation about 25 min
  50. 1. As to documentary evidence about 3 min
  51. 2. As to testimony in general about 6 min
  52. II. Positive Proofs That The Scriptures Are A Divine Revelation about 4 min
  53. 1. Genuineness of the Books of the New Testament about 30 min
  54. 1st. The Myth-theory of Strauss (1808-1874) about 6 min
  55. 2nd. The Tendency-theory of Baur (1792-1860) about 9 min
  56. 3d. The Romance-theory of Renan (1823-1892) about 7 min
  57. 4th. The Development-theory of Harnack (born 1851) about 9 min
  58. 2. Genuineness of the Books of the Old Testament about 25 min
  59. II. Credibility of the Writers of the Scriptures about 7 min
  60. III. The Supernatural Character of the Scripture Teaching about 7 min
  61. 2. Moral System of the New Testament about 32 min
  62. 3. The person and character of Christ about 14 min
  63. IV. The Historical Results of the Propagation of Scripture Doctrine about 15 min
  64. III. Inspiration Of The Scriptures about 8 min
  65. II. Proof of Inspiration about 14 min
  66. III. Theories of Inspiration about 7 min
  67. 2. The Illumination Theory about 13 min
  68. 3. The Dictation-theory about 7 min
  69. 4. The Dynamical Theory about 3 min
  70. IV. The Union of the Divine and Human Elements in Inspiration about 32 min
  71. V. Objections to the Doctrine of Inspiration about 3 min
  72. 1. Errors in matters of Science about 11 min
  73. 2. Errors in matters of History about 12 min
  74. 3. Errors in Morality about 9 min
  75. 4. Errors of Reasoning about 4 min
  76. 5. Errors in quoting or interpreting the Old Testament about 5 min
  77. 6. Errors in Prophecy about 4 min
  78. 7. Certain books unworthy of a place in inspired Scripture about 12 min
  79. 9. Sceptical or fictitious Narratives about 8 min
  80. I. The Attributes Of God about 2 min
  81. I. Definition of the term Attributes under 1 min
  82. II. Relation of the divine Attributes to the divine Essence about 8 min
  83. III. Methods of determining the divine Attributes about 2 min
  84. IV. Classification of the Attributes about 4 min
  85. V. Absolute or Immanent Attributes about 5 min
  86. 1. Life about 4 min
  87. 2. Personality about 5 min
  88. Second Division.—Infinity, and attributes therein involved about 9 min
  89. 1. Self-existence about 3 min
  90. 2. Immutability about 5 min
  91. 3. Unity about 4 min
  92. Third Division.—Perfection, and attributes therein involved about 1 min
  93. 1. Truth about 8 min
  94. 2. Love about 17 min
  95. 3. Holiness about 26 min
  96. VI. Relative or Transitive Attributes about 11 min
  97. 2. Immensity about 4 min
  98. Second Division.—Attributes having relation to Creation about 9 min
  99. 2. Omniscience about 15 min
  100. 3. Omnipotence about 6 min
  101. Third Division.—Attributes having relation to Moral Beings about 4 min
  102. 2. Mercy and Goodness, or Transitive Love about 4 min
  103. 3. Justice and Righteousness, or Transitive Holiness about 16 min
  104. VII. Rank and Relations of the several Attributes about 2 min
  105. 1. Holiness the fundamental attribute in God about 9 min
  106. 2. The holiness of God the ground of moral obligation about 16 min
  107. II. Doctrine Of The Trinity about 5 min
  108. I. In Scriptures there are Three who are recognized as God under 1 min
  109. B. Jesus Christ is recognized as God about 34 min
  110. C. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God about 8 min
  111. 2. Intimations of the Old Testament about 6 min
  112. B. Passages relating to the Angel of Jehovah about 2 min
  113. C. Descriptions of the divine Wisdom and Word about 6 min
  114. D. Descriptions of the Messiah about 2 min
  115. 1. The Father and the Son are persons distinct from each other about 1 min
  116. 2. The Father and the Son are persons distinct from the Spirit about 1 min
  117. 3. The Holy Spirit is a person about 13 min
  118. 2. Errors refuted by the foregoing passages about 6 min
  119. B. The Arian about 18 min
  120. V. The Three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are equal under 1 min
  121. 1. These titles belong to the Persons about 4 min
  122. 2. Qualified sense of these titles about 18 min
  123. 3. Generation and procession consistent with equality about 11 min
  124. 1. The mode of this triune existence is inscrutable about 6 min
  125. 2. The Doctrine of the Trinity is not self-contradictory about 24 min
  126. III. The Decrees Of God about 6 min
  127. II. Proof of the Doctrine of Decrees about 4 min
  128. 2. From Reason about 7 min
  129. B. From the Divine Wisdom about 1 min
  130. C. From the Divine Immutability about 1 min
  131. D. From the Divine Benevolence about 1 min
  132. III. Objections to the Doctrine of Decrees about 10 min
  133. 2. That they take away all motive for human exertion about 7 min
  134. 3. That they make God the author of sin about 12 min
  135. IV. Concluding Remarks about 4 min
  136. 2. True method of preaching the doctrine about 1 min

The opening of Preface

The present work is a revision and enlargement of my “Systematic Theology,” first published in 1886. Of the original work there have been printed seven editions, each edition embodying successive corrections and supposed improvements. During the twenty years which have intervened since its first publication I have accumulated much new material, which I now offer to the reader. My philosophical and critical point of view meantime has also somewhat changed. While I still hold to the old doctrines, I interpret them differently and expound them more clearly, because I seem to myself to have reached a fundamental truth which throws new light upon them all. This truth I have tried to set forth in my book entitled “Christ in Creation,” and to that book I refer the reader for further information.

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