Contents

Prolegomena The Nature and Character of Theology

1. Our Position

2. Religion in General

3. The Number of Religions in the World

4. The Sources of the Two Existing Religions

5. The Cause of the Divisions Within Visible Christendom

6. Christianity the Absolute Religion

7. Christian Religion and Christian Theology

8. Christian Theology

9. Theology as Aptitude

10. Theology as Doctrine

11. Divisions of the Christian Doctrine

A. Law and Gospel

B. Fundamental and Non-Fundamental DoctrinesPrimary and Secondary Fundamental DoctrinesNon-Fundamental Doctrines

C. Open Questions and Theological Problems

12. The Church and Its Dogmas

13. The Purpose of Christian Theology for Man

14. The Means by Which Theology Accomplishes Its Purpose

15. Theology and Science —

16. Theology and Certainty

17. Theology and Doctrinal Development

18. Theology and Doctrinal Liberty

19. Theology and System

20. Theology and Method

21. The Attainment of Theological Aptitude

Holy Scripture

1. Holy Scripture the Only Source and Norm of Christian Doctrine for the Church Today

2. Holy Scripture Identical with the Word of God

3. The Verbal Inspiration of Holy Scripture

4. The Relation of the Holy Ghost to the Holy Writers

5. Objections to the Doctrine of Inspiration

6. On the History of the Doctrine of Inspiration

7. Luther and the Inspiration of Holy Scripture

8. A Brief Critique of Modern Theology in So Far as It Denies the Inspiration of Scripture

9. The Consequences of the Denial of the Inspiration of Holy Scripture

10. Tue Properties of Holy Scripture

1. Authority

2. Efficacy

3. Perfection, or Sufficiency

4. Perspicuity

11. The Witness of History for Scripture

12. The Integrity of the Biblical Text

13. The Original Text of Holy Scripture and the Translations

14. The Use of Scripture in Deciding Doctrinal Controversies

15. The Authority of Scripture and the Confessions

16. Holy Scripture and Exegesis

The Doctrine of God

1. The Natural Knowledge of God

2. The Christian Knowledge of God

3. The Trinitarian Controversies

4. Objections to the Unity of the Godhead

5. The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Old Testament

6. The Trinity and Human Reason

7. Ecclesiastical Terminology and the Christian Knowledge of God

8. God’s Essence and Attributes

A. The Relation of the Divine Essence to the Divine Attributes and of the Attributes to One Another

B. Classifications of the Divine Attributesa. The Negative Attributes Unity, Simplicity, Immutability, Infinity, Omnipresence, Eternityb. Positive Attributes Life, Knowledge, Wisdom, Attributes of the Divine Will: Holiness, Justice, Truthfulness, Power, Goodness

The Creation of the World and of Man

1. The Record of Creation

2. The Definition of Creation

3. The Hexaemeron

4. The Order Observed in Creation

5. The Work of the Six Days

Divine Providence, or the Preservation and Government of the World

1. Definition of Divine Providence

2. The Relation of Divine Providence to the Causae Secundae

3. Divine Providence and Sin

4. Does God Permit Men to Sin?

5. Divine Providence and Free Will

Angelology

1. The Existence of Angels and the Time of Their Creation

2. The Name “Angel”

3. The Nature and the Properties of the Angels

4. Number and Ranks of the Angels

5. Good and Evil Angels

6. The Good Angels and Their Activity

7. The Evil Angels, Their Activities, and Their Eternal Punishment

The Doctrine of Man

A. Man Before the Fall

1. Man Created in the Image of God

2. What Constituted the Image of God

3. Image of God in the Wider and in the Proper Sense

4. The Relation of the Divine Image to the Nature of Man

5. Immediate Consequences of the Possession of the Divine Image

6. The Purpose of the Divine Image

7. Woman and the Divine Image

B. Man After the Falla. On Sin in General

1. Definition of Sin

2. The Divine Law and Sin

3. How the Divine Law is Made Known to Man

4. The Cause of Sin

5. The Consequences of Sinb. Original Sin

1. Definition of Original Sin

2. The Effect of Hereditary Corruption on the Mind and Will of Man — 543

3. The Negative and the Positive Side of Original Corruption

4. The Subject of Hereditary Corruption

5. The Effects of Original CorruptionC. Actual Sin

1. Definition of Actual Sin

2. The Causes of Actual Sin

3. The Scripture Doctrine of Offense

4. The Scripture Doctrine of Temptation

5. Classification of Actual Sins

Prolegomena The Nature and Character of Theology

(DE NATURA ET CONSTITUTIONE THEOLOCIAE)