Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors

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American Unitarian Association, 1866 - 512 pages

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Contents

Errors of Arianism and Naturalism
208
CHAPTER IX
210
Its Meaning and Importance
212
Need of Justification for the Conscience
216
Reaction of Sin on the Soul
218
Different Methods of obtaining Forgiveness
220
Method in Christianity
222
Result
224
Its History in the Church
225
Orthodox Errors at the present Time in Regard to Justification by Faith
228
Errors of Liberal Christians
231
CHAPTER X
235
Great Importance attributed to this Doctrine
237
Stress laid on the Death of Jesus in the Scripture
238
Difficulty in interpreting these Scripture Passages
239
Theological Theories based on the Figurative Language of the New Testament
240
The three principal Views of the Atonement warlike legal and governmental
242
Impression made by Christs Death on the Minds of his Disciples First Theory on the Subject in the Epistle to the Hebrews
243
Value of Suffering as a Means of Education
245
How the Death of Jesus brings Men to God
247
This Law of Vicarious Suffering universal
251
This Law illustrated from History in the Death of Socrates Joan of Arc Savonarola and Abraham Lincoln
254
Dr Bushnells View of the Atonement
259
Results of this Discussion
260
CHAPTER XI
266
Scripture Basis for this Doctrine
269
Relation of the Divine Decree to Human Freedom
271
History of the Doctrine of Election and Predestination
272
Election is to Work and Opportunity here not to Heaven hereafter How Jacob was elected and how the Jews were a Chosen Peo ple
276
Other Illustrations of Individual Calling and Election
282
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CHAPTER XIII
324
How Judgment by Christ is connected with Punishment
382
CHAPTER XV
391
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The Church Possible or Church as it can
419
Mansel
441

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Page 112 - The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself by his own natural strength and good works to faith and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good will.
Page 88 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 219 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." " Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining...
Page 206 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Page 380 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 180 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.
Page 157 - I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Page 380 - ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost," — joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.
Page 204 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 123 - And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

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