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THE DOCTRINE OF GOD
LECTURE V.
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169-206
Need of return to original spiritual experiences, 169-170.
The fundamental idea that of Fatherhood, 170. Comparison
with Philo, 171-172; and with the Old Testament, 172-176.
Essential character of the Christian ideal, 176-180.
The way in which God is known, 180-189: through reli-
gious experience, 180-183; through the person of Christ,
183-187; through the divinity of human goodness, 187-188;
from the action of God in nature, 188.
General character of Christ's teaching about God, 189-190.
His leading ideas, 190-201: the unity of God, 190-192. His
sovereignty, 192-193. His omnipresence, and omniscience,
193-195. The Hearer of prayer, 195-197. Forgiving,
197-198. Leaves man responsible, 198-201.
Developments, 201-206: practical, 201-202; intellectual, 203-206.
Christianity profoundly ethical, 209-210. Its view of the
supreme good, 210-212. Goodness, not in outward actions,
but in the inward life, 212-215. Deductions from this
principle, 215-225-freedom from the law, 215-216; sin
inward as well as outward, 216-218; need of conversion,
218-221; practical duty insisted upon, 221-223; self-
denial required, 223-225.
Want of system in Christ's teaching, 225-227. Summary
of the Law, 227-228.
Love to God, 229-243: Allegiance must be undivided,
229-230. The power of faith, 230-233. Faithfulness,
233-234. Vigilance, 234-235. Sincerity, 235-236.
Humility, 236-239. Prayer, 239-243.
LECTURE VII.
ETHICS.-II.
247-280
Particular virtues (continued) 247-269 :-
Love to man, 247-258: Love the supreme term, 247-248.
Ground on which Love to man rests, 248-249. Un-
limited in its range, 249-251. Inflicts no injury, 251-252.
Requires us to give, 252-254; and to help to heal the
moral evils of the world, 254-256. The special relations
of life to be regulated by love, 257.
marriage, 257-258.
Christ's view of
Duties towards the lower animals, 258-261.
Duties towards self, 261-269: Openness to truth, 261-262.
Purity, 262-265.
of riches, 266-269.
Swearing, 265-266. The possession
The future life, and its law of retribution, 269-278.
Unity of moral conception in the New Testament, 278-280.
LECTURE VIII.
THE MOTIVE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY
283-318
Statement of the question; Christianity a religion of redemp-
tion, 283-284.
Power of ideas, 285-292: Christ as a Teacher, 285. Remarks
on the phrase, "a mere man," 285-286. Saving efficacy
of truth recognized in the New Testament, 286-288.
Effect of Christian teaching on Jew and Gentile, 288-289.
A Christianity without Christ might still have great power
for good, 289-291. Nevertheless, the view which limits Christianity to the enunciation of truth is inadequate, 291-292.
The Scriptures as "the
Power of Christ's personality, 292-317: Doctrine of his
person, 292-312: The spiritual fact in the experience of
the first disciples, 293; interpreted through the philo-
sophy and vocabulary of the time, 294. The doctrine of
the Logos, 294-312: Meaning of the term, 294-297.
Heraclitus; and the Stoics, 297-300. The Jews of
Alexandria (Philo), 300-304.
Word of God," 304-306. The Johannine view, 307-312.
Its relation to Hebrew and Greek thought, 307-308.
"The Word made flesh" a fact of experience, 308-309.
The Divine Thought in nature, 309-310; in man, 310-311;
in the prophets, 311; "made flesh," 312. Bearing of this
doctrine on the method of revelation of God and man,
312-315. The charter of spiritual freedom, 315-317.
Power of the Church of Christ, as a community of brethren, who perpetuate the life of Divine Sonship among men, 317-318.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
321
CORRIGENDA.
P. 164, 1. 6, for angel's read angels'.
P. 195, heading, for BEARER read HEARER.
P. 231, 1. 14, for as its noblest read so its noblest.