Chapter 67

Baptismal Regeneration, 820-822, 946, 947literature upon, 948Baptist Theology, 47Baptists, English, 972, 977Free Will, 972, 977, 979[pg 1064]Believers, and the“old man,”, 870and the Intermediate State, 998, 999Bewusstsein, inGottesbewusstsein, 63Bible, seeScripture.Bishop, office of, early made sole interpreter of apostles, 912in his progress fromprimus inter paresto Christ's vicegerent, 912ordaining, his qualifications in Episcopal church, 913“presbyter”and“pastor”designate same order, 914, 915the duties of, 916, 917ordination of, 918-924Blessedness, what?, 265contrasted with glory, 265Bodies, new, of saints, are confined to space, 1032Body, image of God, mediately orsignificative, 523honorable, 488suggestions as to reason why given, 488immortality of, sought by Egyptians, 995not indispensable to activity and consciousness, 1000spiritual, what it imports, 1016, 1021-1023resurrection of, seeResurrection.same, though changed annually, 1020a“flowing organism,”, 1021to regard it as a normal part of man's being, Scriptural and philosophical, 1021, 1022“Bond servant of sin,”what?, 509, 510Book may be called by name of chief author, 239Book of Mormon, 141of Enoch, 165of Judges, 166, 171of the Law, its finding, 167Books of O. T. quoted by Jesus, 199of N. T. received and used, in 2d century, 146Brahma, 181Brahmanism, 181Bread, in Lord's Supper, its significance, 963of life, 963Brethren, Plymouth, 895, 896Bride catching, not primeval, 528“Brimstone and fire,”sin and conscience, 1049Brute, conscious but not self conscious, 252, 467cannot objectify self, 252, 467is determined from without, 252, 468none ever thought 'I,' 467has not apperception, 467has no concepts, 467has no language, 467forms no judgments, 467does not associate ideas by similarity, 467cannot reason, 467has no general ideas, 468has no conscience, 468has no religious nature, 468man came notfromthe, butthroughthe, 467Buddha, 181, 182, 183Buddhism, its grain of truth, 181a missionary religion, 181its universalism, 181its altruism, 181its atheism, 182its fatalism, 182“Buncombe,”17Burial of food and weapons with the dead body, why practiced by some races, 532Burnt offering, its significance, 726Byzantine and Italian artists differ in their pictures of Jesus Christ, 678Cæsar, writes in the third person, 151unifier of the Latin West, 566his words on passing the Rubicon, 1032“Caged eagle theory”of man's life, 560Caiaphas, inspired yet unholy, 207Cain, 477Calixtus, his analytic method in systematic theology, 45, 46Call to ministry, 919Calling, efficacious, 777, 782, 790, 791, 793, 794general or external, 791is general, sincere?, 791, 792Calvinism, in history, 368Calvinistic and Arminian views, their approximation, 362, 368Cambridge Platform, 923“Carnal mind,”its meaning, 562Carthage, Council of (397), and Epistle to the Hebrews, 152Synod of (412), and Pelagius, 597Caste, what?, 181and Buddhism, 181and Christianity, 898Casualism, 427, 428Casuistry, non scriptural, 648Catacombs, 191Catechism, Roman, onoriginalis justitiæ donum additum, 522Westminster Assembly's, on Infant Baptism, 957Causality, its law, 73does not require a first cause, 74Cause and effect, simultaneity of, 793Cause, equivalent to 'requisite,', 44formal, 44material, 44efficient, 44[pg 1065]final, 44can an infinite, be inferred from a finite universe? 79when the efficient, gives place to the final? 125various definitions of, 814, 815Causes, Aristotle's four, 44an infinite series of, does not require a cause of itself, 74Celsus, derides the same religion for many peoples, 192Certainty not necessity, 362Chalcedon (451) Symbol, on Mary as 'mother of God,' 671, 686condemned Eutychianism, 672promulgated orthodox doctrine as to the Person of Christ, 673its formula negative with a single exception, 673Chance as a name for ignorance, term allowable, 428as implying absence of causal connection in phenomena, not allowable, 428as undesigning cause, insufficient, 428Change, orderly, requires intelligent cause, 75Character, helped by systematic truth, 16changed rather than expressed by some actions, 360what it is, 506, 600how a man may change, 507extent of one's responsibility for, 605sinning makes, 1041sinful, renders certain continuance in sinful actions, 1041dependent on habit, 1049Chastisement, not punishment, 654, 766Cherubim, 449, 593Child, unborn, has promise and potency of spiritual manhood, 644individuality of the, 492visited for sins of fathers, 634Chiliasts in all ages, 1007Chinese, their religion a survival of patriarchial family worship, 180their history, its commencement, 225may have left primitive abodes while language still monosyllabic, 478Choice, of an ultimate end, 504of means, 504decision in favor of one among several conflicting desires, 505, 506not creation, our destiny, 508New School idea of, 550first moral, 611evil, uniformity of, what it implies, 611contrary, possessed by Adam, 519not essential to will, 600as at present possessed by man, 605God's, seeElection.Christ, his person and character must be historical, 186Christ, no source for conception of, other than himself, 187conception of, could not originate in human genius, 187acceptance of the story of, a proof of his existence, 187some of the difficulties in which the assumption that the story of, is false, lands us, 188if the story of, is true, Christianity is true, 188his testimony to himself, its substance, 189his testimony to himself, not that of an intentional deceiver, 189his testimony to himself, not that of insanity or vanity, 189if neither mentally nor morally unsound, his testimony concerning himself is true, 190in his sympathy and sorrow reveals God's feeling, 266the whole Christ present in each believer, 281his supreme regard for God, 302recognized as God in certain passages, 305-308some passages once relied on to prove his divinity now given up for textual reasons, 308Old Testament descriptions of God applied to him, 309possesses attributes of God, 309undelegated works of God are ascribed to him, 310receives honor and worship due only to God, 311his name associated on equality with that of God, 312equality with God expressly claimed for him, 312“si non Deus, non bonus,”, 313proofs of his divinity in certain phrases applied to him, 313his divinity corroborated by Christian experience, 313, 682his divinity exhibited in hymns and prayers of church, 313his divinity, passages which seem inconsistent with, how to be regarded, 314as pre-incarnate Logos, Angel of Jehovah, 319in pre-existent state, the Logos, 335in pre-existent state, the Image of God, 335in pre-existent state, the Effulgence of God, 335the centrifugal action of Deity, 336and Spirit, how their work differs, 338his eternal Sonship, 340if not God, cannot reveal him, 349[pg 1066]orders of creation to be united in, 444his human soul, 493his character convinces of sin, 539he is the ideal and the way to it, 544not law,“the perfect Image”of God, 548his holiness, in what it consisted, 572in Gethsemane felt for the race, 635with him believers have a connection of spiritual life, 636human nature in, may have guilt without depravity, 645educator of the race, 666the Person of, 669-700the doctrine of his Person stated, 669a brief historical survey of the doctrine of his Person, 669views of the Ebionites concerning, 669reality of his body denied by Docetæ, 670views of Arians concerning, 670views of Apollinarians, 670, 671views of Nestorians, 671, 672views of Eutychians, 672the two natures of, their integrity, 673his humanity real, 673is expressly called“a man,”, 673his genealogies, 673had the essential elements of human nature, 674had the same powers and principles of normal humanity, 674his elocution, 674subject to the laws of human development, 675in twelfth year seems to enter on consciousness of his divine Sonship, 675suffered and died, 675dies (Stroud) of a broken heart, 675lived a life of faith and prayer, and study of Scripture, 675the integrity of his humanity, 675-681supernaturally conceived, 675free from hereditary depravity and actual sin, 676his ideal human nature, 678his human nature finds its personality in union with the divine, 679his human nature germinal, 680the“Everlasting Father,”680the Vine man, 680Docetic doctrine concerning, confuted, 681possessed a knowledge of his own deity, 681exercised divine prerogatives, 682in him divine knowledge and power, 682union of two natures in his one person, 683-700possesses a perfect divine and human nature, 683, 684proof of this union of natures in, 684speaks of himself as a single person, 684attributes of both his natures ascribed to one person, 684, 685Scriptural representation of infinite value of atonement and union of race with God prove him divine, 685Lutheran view as to communion of natures in, 686fourgeneraregarding the natures of Christ, 686union of natures in, 686theory of his incomplete humanity, 686objections to this theory, 687, 688theory of his gradual incarnation, 688, 689objections to this view, 689-691real nature of union of persons in, 691-700importance of correct views of the person of, 691, 692chief problems in the doctrine of the person of, 692why the union of the natures in the person of Christ is inscrutable, 693on what the possibility of the union of deity and humanity in his person is grounded, 693, 694no double personality in, 694-696union of natures in, its effect upon his humanity, 696, 697union of natures in, its effect upon the divine, 697this union of natures in the person of, necessary, 698the union of natures in, eternal, 698, 699the infinite and finite in, 699, 700the two states of, 701-710the nature of his humiliation, 701-706not the union in him of Logos and human nature, 701his humiliation did not consist in the surrender of the relative divine attributes, 701objections to above view, 701-703his humiliation consisted in the surrender of the independent exercise of the Divine attributes, 703his humiliation consisted in the assumption by the pre-existent Logos of the servant-form, 703his humiliation consisted in the submission of the Logos to the Holy Spirit, 703his humiliation consisted in the surrender as to his human nature of all advantages accruing thereto from union with deity, 703, 704the five stages of his humiliation, 704-706his state of exaltation, 706-710the nature of his exaltation, 706, 707the stages of his exaltation, 707-710[pg 1067]his quickening and resurrection, 707, 708his ascension, 708-710his offices, 710-776his offices three, 710his Prophetic work, 710-713prophet, its meaning as applied to him, 710three methods of fulfilling the prophet's office, 711his preparatory work as Logos, 711his ministry as incarnate, 711, 712his ascended guidance and teaching of the church on earth, 712his final revelation of the Father to the saints in glory, 712, 713his Priestly office, 713-775in what respects he was a priest, 713his atoning work, seeAtonement.as immanent in the universe, seeLogos.bearer of our humanity, life of our race, 715his sufferings not atonement but revelation of atonement, 715his death a moral stimulus to men, 716did he ever utter the words“give his life a ransom for many”?, 717did not preach, but established the gospel, 721a noble martyr, 729his death the central truth of Christianity, 733, 764his death set forth by Baptism and Lord's Supper, 733the Great Penitent, 734, 737, 760the Savior of all men, 739refused“the wine mingled with myrrh,”, 742never makes confession of sin, 746a stumbling-block to modern speculation, 746had not hereditary depravity but guilt, 747, 762was he slain by himself or another?, 747does he suffer intensively the infinite punishment of sin?, 747his obedience, active and passive, needed in salvation, 749, 770died for all, 750incorporate with humanity, became our substitute, 750how“lifted up,”, 751mediator between the just God and the merciful God, 754in his organic union with the race is the vital relation which makes his vicarious sufferings either possible or just, 754as God immanent in humanity, is priest and victim, condemning and condemned, atoning and atoned, 755created humanity, and as immanent God sustains it, while it sins, thus becoming responsible for its sin, 755, 769as Logos smitten by guilt and punishment, 755the“must be”of his sufferings, what?, 755his race-responsibility not destroyed by incarnation, or purification in womb of Virgin, 756his sufferings reveal the cross hidden in the divine love from foundation of the world, 756, 763in womb of Virgin purged from depravity, guilt and penalty remaining, 757, 759the central brain of our race through which all ideas must pass, 757his guilt, what?, 757innocent in personal, but not race relations, 758his secular and church priesthood, 758did he suffer only for his own share in sin of the race?, 758his incarnation an expression of a prior union with race beginning at creation, 758various explanations of his identification with race, 759he longed to suffer, 759he could not help suffering, 760all nerves and sensibilities of race meet in him, 760his place in 2 Cor. 5:21, 760, 761when and how did he take guilt and penalty on himself, 761import of his submission to John's baptism, 762was he unjustified till his death?, 762his guilt first purged on Cross, 762as incarnate, revealed, rather than made, atonement, 762the personally unmerited sufferings of, the mystery of atonement, 768may have felt remorse as central conscience of humanity, 769his sufferings, though temporal, met infinite demands of law, 769paid a penalty equivalent, though not identical, 769, 770how Savior of all men, 772specially Savior of those who believe, 773his priesthood, everlasting, 773as Priest he is intercessor, seeIntercession.his Kingly office, 775his kingship defined, 775his kingdom of power, 775[pg 1068]his kingdom of grace, 775, 776the only instance ofFortwirkungafter death, 776his kingdom of glory, 776his kingdom, the antidote to despair concerning church, 776his kingship, two practical remarks upon, 776union with, seeUnion.ascended, communicates life to church, 806heathen may receive salvation from Christ without knowing giver or how gift was purchased, 843his sufferings secure acquittal from penalty of law, 858his obedience secures reward of law, 858union with, secures his life as dominant principle in soul, 860his life in believer will infallibly extirpate all depravity, 860“we in,”Justification, 862“in us,”Sanctification, 862his twofold work in the world, 869a new object of attention to the believer, 873union with, secures impartation of spirit of obedience, 875his commands must not be modified by any church, 939submitted to rites appointed for sinners, 943God's judicial activity exercised through, 1027qualified by his two natures to act as judge, 1027his body confined to space, 1032his soul not limited to space, 1032

Baptismal Regeneration, 820-822, 946, 947literature upon, 948

Baptismal Regeneration, 820-822, 946, 947

literature upon, 948

Baptist Theology, 47

Baptists, English, 972, 977Free Will, 972, 977, 979

Baptists, English, 972, 977

Free Will, 972, 977, 979

Believers, and the“old man,”, 870and the Intermediate State, 998, 999

Believers, and the“old man,”, 870

and the Intermediate State, 998, 999

Bewusstsein, inGottesbewusstsein, 63

Bible, seeScripture.

Bishop, office of, early made sole interpreter of apostles, 912in his progress fromprimus inter paresto Christ's vicegerent, 912ordaining, his qualifications in Episcopal church, 913“presbyter”and“pastor”designate same order, 914, 915the duties of, 916, 917ordination of, 918-924

Bishop, office of, early made sole interpreter of apostles, 912

in his progress fromprimus inter paresto Christ's vicegerent, 912

ordaining, his qualifications in Episcopal church, 913

“presbyter”and“pastor”designate same order, 914, 915

the duties of, 916, 917

ordination of, 918-924

Blessedness, what?, 265contrasted with glory, 265

Blessedness, what?, 265

contrasted with glory, 265

Bodies, new, of saints, are confined to space, 1032

Body, image of God, mediately orsignificative, 523honorable, 488suggestions as to reason why given, 488immortality of, sought by Egyptians, 995not indispensable to activity and consciousness, 1000spiritual, what it imports, 1016, 1021-1023resurrection of, seeResurrection.same, though changed annually, 1020a“flowing organism,”, 1021to regard it as a normal part of man's being, Scriptural and philosophical, 1021, 1022

Body, image of God, mediately orsignificative, 523

honorable, 488

suggestions as to reason why given, 488

immortality of, sought by Egyptians, 995

not indispensable to activity and consciousness, 1000

spiritual, what it imports, 1016, 1021-1023

resurrection of, seeResurrection.

same, though changed annually, 1020

a“flowing organism,”, 1021

to regard it as a normal part of man's being, Scriptural and philosophical, 1021, 1022

“Bond servant of sin,”what?, 509, 510

Book may be called by name of chief author, 239

Book of Mormon, 141of Enoch, 165of Judges, 166, 171of the Law, its finding, 167

Book of Mormon, 141

of Enoch, 165

of Judges, 166, 171

of the Law, its finding, 167

Books of O. T. quoted by Jesus, 199of N. T. received and used, in 2d century, 146

Books of O. T. quoted by Jesus, 199

of N. T. received and used, in 2d century, 146

Brahma, 181

Brahmanism, 181

Bread, in Lord's Supper, its significance, 963of life, 963

Bread, in Lord's Supper, its significance, 963

of life, 963

Brethren, Plymouth, 895, 896

Bride catching, not primeval, 528

“Brimstone and fire,”sin and conscience, 1049

Brute, conscious but not self conscious, 252, 467cannot objectify self, 252, 467is determined from without, 252, 468none ever thought 'I,' 467has not apperception, 467has no concepts, 467has no language, 467forms no judgments, 467does not associate ideas by similarity, 467cannot reason, 467has no general ideas, 468has no conscience, 468has no religious nature, 468man came notfromthe, butthroughthe, 467

Brute, conscious but not self conscious, 252, 467

cannot objectify self, 252, 467

is determined from without, 252, 468

none ever thought 'I,' 467

has not apperception, 467

has no concepts, 467

has no language, 467

forms no judgments, 467

does not associate ideas by similarity, 467

cannot reason, 467

has no general ideas, 468

has no conscience, 468

has no religious nature, 468

man came notfromthe, butthroughthe, 467

Buddha, 181, 182, 183

Buddhism, its grain of truth, 181a missionary religion, 181its universalism, 181its altruism, 181its atheism, 182its fatalism, 182

Buddhism, its grain of truth, 181

a missionary religion, 181

its universalism, 181

its altruism, 181

its atheism, 182

its fatalism, 182

“Buncombe,”17

Burial of food and weapons with the dead body, why practiced by some races, 532

Burnt offering, its significance, 726

Byzantine and Italian artists differ in their pictures of Jesus Christ, 678

Cæsar, writes in the third person, 151unifier of the Latin West, 566his words on passing the Rubicon, 1032

Cæsar, writes in the third person, 151

unifier of the Latin West, 566

his words on passing the Rubicon, 1032

“Caged eagle theory”of man's life, 560

Caiaphas, inspired yet unholy, 207

Cain, 477

Calixtus, his analytic method in systematic theology, 45, 46

Call to ministry, 919

Calling, efficacious, 777, 782, 790, 791, 793, 794general or external, 791is general, sincere?, 791, 792

Calling, efficacious, 777, 782, 790, 791, 793, 794

general or external, 791

is general, sincere?, 791, 792

Calvinism, in history, 368

Calvinistic and Arminian views, their approximation, 362, 368

Cambridge Platform, 923

“Carnal mind,”its meaning, 562

Carthage, Council of (397), and Epistle to the Hebrews, 152Synod of (412), and Pelagius, 597

Carthage, Council of (397), and Epistle to the Hebrews, 152

Synod of (412), and Pelagius, 597

Caste, what?, 181and Buddhism, 181and Christianity, 898

Caste, what?, 181

and Buddhism, 181

and Christianity, 898

Casualism, 427, 428

Casuistry, non scriptural, 648

Catacombs, 191

Catechism, Roman, onoriginalis justitiæ donum additum, 522Westminster Assembly's, on Infant Baptism, 957

Catechism, Roman, onoriginalis justitiæ donum additum, 522

Westminster Assembly's, on Infant Baptism, 957

Causality, its law, 73does not require a first cause, 74

Causality, its law, 73

does not require a first cause, 74

Cause and effect, simultaneity of, 793

Cause, equivalent to 'requisite,', 44formal, 44material, 44efficient, 44[pg 1065]final, 44can an infinite, be inferred from a finite universe? 79when the efficient, gives place to the final? 125various definitions of, 814, 815

Cause, equivalent to 'requisite,', 44

formal, 44

material, 44

efficient, 44

final, 44

can an infinite, be inferred from a finite universe? 79

when the efficient, gives place to the final? 125

various definitions of, 814, 815

Causes, Aristotle's four, 44an infinite series of, does not require a cause of itself, 74

Causes, Aristotle's four, 44

an infinite series of, does not require a cause of itself, 74

Celsus, derides the same religion for many peoples, 192

Certainty not necessity, 362

Chalcedon (451) Symbol, on Mary as 'mother of God,' 671, 686condemned Eutychianism, 672promulgated orthodox doctrine as to the Person of Christ, 673its formula negative with a single exception, 673

Chalcedon (451) Symbol, on Mary as 'mother of God,' 671, 686

condemned Eutychianism, 672

promulgated orthodox doctrine as to the Person of Christ, 673

its formula negative with a single exception, 673

Chance as a name for ignorance, term allowable, 428as implying absence of causal connection in phenomena, not allowable, 428as undesigning cause, insufficient, 428

Chance as a name for ignorance, term allowable, 428

as implying absence of causal connection in phenomena, not allowable, 428

as undesigning cause, insufficient, 428

Change, orderly, requires intelligent cause, 75

Character, helped by systematic truth, 16changed rather than expressed by some actions, 360what it is, 506, 600how a man may change, 507extent of one's responsibility for, 605sinning makes, 1041sinful, renders certain continuance in sinful actions, 1041dependent on habit, 1049

Character, helped by systematic truth, 16

changed rather than expressed by some actions, 360

what it is, 506, 600

how a man may change, 507

extent of one's responsibility for, 605

sinning makes, 1041

sinful, renders certain continuance in sinful actions, 1041

dependent on habit, 1049

Chastisement, not punishment, 654, 766

Cherubim, 449, 593

Child, unborn, has promise and potency of spiritual manhood, 644individuality of the, 492visited for sins of fathers, 634

Child, unborn, has promise and potency of spiritual manhood, 644

individuality of the, 492

visited for sins of fathers, 634

Chiliasts in all ages, 1007

Chinese, their religion a survival of patriarchial family worship, 180their history, its commencement, 225may have left primitive abodes while language still monosyllabic, 478

Chinese, their religion a survival of patriarchial family worship, 180

their history, its commencement, 225

may have left primitive abodes while language still monosyllabic, 478

Choice, of an ultimate end, 504of means, 504decision in favor of one among several conflicting desires, 505, 506not creation, our destiny, 508New School idea of, 550first moral, 611evil, uniformity of, what it implies, 611contrary, possessed by Adam, 519not essential to will, 600as at present possessed by man, 605God's, seeElection.

Choice, of an ultimate end, 504

of means, 504

decision in favor of one among several conflicting desires, 505, 506

not creation, our destiny, 508

New School idea of, 550

first moral, 611

evil, uniformity of, what it implies, 611

contrary, possessed by Adam, 519

not essential to will, 600

as at present possessed by man, 605

God's, seeElection.

Christ, his person and character must be historical, 186

Christ, no source for conception of, other than himself, 187conception of, could not originate in human genius, 187acceptance of the story of, a proof of his existence, 187some of the difficulties in which the assumption that the story of, is false, lands us, 188if the story of, is true, Christianity is true, 188his testimony to himself, its substance, 189his testimony to himself, not that of an intentional deceiver, 189his testimony to himself, not that of insanity or vanity, 189if neither mentally nor morally unsound, his testimony concerning himself is true, 190in his sympathy and sorrow reveals God's feeling, 266the whole Christ present in each believer, 281his supreme regard for God, 302recognized as God in certain passages, 305-308some passages once relied on to prove his divinity now given up for textual reasons, 308Old Testament descriptions of God applied to him, 309possesses attributes of God, 309undelegated works of God are ascribed to him, 310receives honor and worship due only to God, 311his name associated on equality with that of God, 312equality with God expressly claimed for him, 312“si non Deus, non bonus,”, 313proofs of his divinity in certain phrases applied to him, 313his divinity corroborated by Christian experience, 313, 682his divinity exhibited in hymns and prayers of church, 313his divinity, passages which seem inconsistent with, how to be regarded, 314as pre-incarnate Logos, Angel of Jehovah, 319in pre-existent state, the Logos, 335in pre-existent state, the Image of God, 335in pre-existent state, the Effulgence of God, 335the centrifugal action of Deity, 336and Spirit, how their work differs, 338his eternal Sonship, 340if not God, cannot reveal him, 349[pg 1066]orders of creation to be united in, 444his human soul, 493his character convinces of sin, 539he is the ideal and the way to it, 544not law,“the perfect Image”of God, 548his holiness, in what it consisted, 572in Gethsemane felt for the race, 635with him believers have a connection of spiritual life, 636human nature in, may have guilt without depravity, 645educator of the race, 666the Person of, 669-700the doctrine of his Person stated, 669a brief historical survey of the doctrine of his Person, 669views of the Ebionites concerning, 669reality of his body denied by Docetæ, 670views of Arians concerning, 670views of Apollinarians, 670, 671views of Nestorians, 671, 672views of Eutychians, 672the two natures of, their integrity, 673his humanity real, 673is expressly called“a man,”, 673his genealogies, 673had the essential elements of human nature, 674had the same powers and principles of normal humanity, 674his elocution, 674subject to the laws of human development, 675in twelfth year seems to enter on consciousness of his divine Sonship, 675suffered and died, 675dies (Stroud) of a broken heart, 675lived a life of faith and prayer, and study of Scripture, 675the integrity of his humanity, 675-681supernaturally conceived, 675free from hereditary depravity and actual sin, 676his ideal human nature, 678his human nature finds its personality in union with the divine, 679his human nature germinal, 680the“Everlasting Father,”680the Vine man, 680Docetic doctrine concerning, confuted, 681possessed a knowledge of his own deity, 681exercised divine prerogatives, 682in him divine knowledge and power, 682union of two natures in his one person, 683-700possesses a perfect divine and human nature, 683, 684proof of this union of natures in, 684speaks of himself as a single person, 684attributes of both his natures ascribed to one person, 684, 685Scriptural representation of infinite value of atonement and union of race with God prove him divine, 685Lutheran view as to communion of natures in, 686fourgeneraregarding the natures of Christ, 686union of natures in, 686theory of his incomplete humanity, 686objections to this theory, 687, 688theory of his gradual incarnation, 688, 689objections to this view, 689-691real nature of union of persons in, 691-700importance of correct views of the person of, 691, 692chief problems in the doctrine of the person of, 692why the union of the natures in the person of Christ is inscrutable, 693on what the possibility of the union of deity and humanity in his person is grounded, 693, 694no double personality in, 694-696union of natures in, its effect upon his humanity, 696, 697union of natures in, its effect upon the divine, 697this union of natures in the person of, necessary, 698the union of natures in, eternal, 698, 699the infinite and finite in, 699, 700the two states of, 701-710the nature of his humiliation, 701-706not the union in him of Logos and human nature, 701his humiliation did not consist in the surrender of the relative divine attributes, 701objections to above view, 701-703his humiliation consisted in the surrender of the independent exercise of the Divine attributes, 703his humiliation consisted in the assumption by the pre-existent Logos of the servant-form, 703his humiliation consisted in the submission of the Logos to the Holy Spirit, 703his humiliation consisted in the surrender as to his human nature of all advantages accruing thereto from union with deity, 703, 704the five stages of his humiliation, 704-706his state of exaltation, 706-710the nature of his exaltation, 706, 707the stages of his exaltation, 707-710[pg 1067]his quickening and resurrection, 707, 708his ascension, 708-710his offices, 710-776his offices three, 710his Prophetic work, 710-713prophet, its meaning as applied to him, 710three methods of fulfilling the prophet's office, 711his preparatory work as Logos, 711his ministry as incarnate, 711, 712his ascended guidance and teaching of the church on earth, 712his final revelation of the Father to the saints in glory, 712, 713his Priestly office, 713-775in what respects he was a priest, 713his atoning work, seeAtonement.as immanent in the universe, seeLogos.bearer of our humanity, life of our race, 715his sufferings not atonement but revelation of atonement, 715his death a moral stimulus to men, 716did he ever utter the words“give his life a ransom for many”?, 717did not preach, but established the gospel, 721a noble martyr, 729his death the central truth of Christianity, 733, 764his death set forth by Baptism and Lord's Supper, 733the Great Penitent, 734, 737, 760the Savior of all men, 739refused“the wine mingled with myrrh,”, 742never makes confession of sin, 746a stumbling-block to modern speculation, 746had not hereditary depravity but guilt, 747, 762was he slain by himself or another?, 747does he suffer intensively the infinite punishment of sin?, 747his obedience, active and passive, needed in salvation, 749, 770died for all, 750incorporate with humanity, became our substitute, 750how“lifted up,”, 751mediator between the just God and the merciful God, 754in his organic union with the race is the vital relation which makes his vicarious sufferings either possible or just, 754as God immanent in humanity, is priest and victim, condemning and condemned, atoning and atoned, 755created humanity, and as immanent God sustains it, while it sins, thus becoming responsible for its sin, 755, 769as Logos smitten by guilt and punishment, 755the“must be”of his sufferings, what?, 755his race-responsibility not destroyed by incarnation, or purification in womb of Virgin, 756his sufferings reveal the cross hidden in the divine love from foundation of the world, 756, 763in womb of Virgin purged from depravity, guilt and penalty remaining, 757, 759the central brain of our race through which all ideas must pass, 757his guilt, what?, 757innocent in personal, but not race relations, 758his secular and church priesthood, 758did he suffer only for his own share in sin of the race?, 758his incarnation an expression of a prior union with race beginning at creation, 758various explanations of his identification with race, 759he longed to suffer, 759he could not help suffering, 760all nerves and sensibilities of race meet in him, 760his place in 2 Cor. 5:21, 760, 761when and how did he take guilt and penalty on himself, 761import of his submission to John's baptism, 762was he unjustified till his death?, 762his guilt first purged on Cross, 762as incarnate, revealed, rather than made, atonement, 762the personally unmerited sufferings of, the mystery of atonement, 768may have felt remorse as central conscience of humanity, 769his sufferings, though temporal, met infinite demands of law, 769paid a penalty equivalent, though not identical, 769, 770how Savior of all men, 772specially Savior of those who believe, 773his priesthood, everlasting, 773as Priest he is intercessor, seeIntercession.his Kingly office, 775his kingship defined, 775his kingdom of power, 775[pg 1068]his kingdom of grace, 775, 776the only instance ofFortwirkungafter death, 776his kingdom of glory, 776his kingdom, the antidote to despair concerning church, 776his kingship, two practical remarks upon, 776union with, seeUnion.ascended, communicates life to church, 806heathen may receive salvation from Christ without knowing giver or how gift was purchased, 843his sufferings secure acquittal from penalty of law, 858his obedience secures reward of law, 858union with, secures his life as dominant principle in soul, 860his life in believer will infallibly extirpate all depravity, 860“we in,”Justification, 862“in us,”Sanctification, 862his twofold work in the world, 869a new object of attention to the believer, 873union with, secures impartation of spirit of obedience, 875his commands must not be modified by any church, 939submitted to rites appointed for sinners, 943God's judicial activity exercised through, 1027qualified by his two natures to act as judge, 1027his body confined to space, 1032his soul not limited to space, 1032

Christ, no source for conception of, other than himself, 187

conception of, could not originate in human genius, 187

acceptance of the story of, a proof of his existence, 187

some of the difficulties in which the assumption that the story of, is false, lands us, 188

if the story of, is true, Christianity is true, 188

his testimony to himself, its substance, 189

his testimony to himself, not that of an intentional deceiver, 189

his testimony to himself, not that of insanity or vanity, 189

if neither mentally nor morally unsound, his testimony concerning himself is true, 190

in his sympathy and sorrow reveals God's feeling, 266

the whole Christ present in each believer, 281

his supreme regard for God, 302

recognized as God in certain passages, 305-308

some passages once relied on to prove his divinity now given up for textual reasons, 308

Old Testament descriptions of God applied to him, 309

possesses attributes of God, 309

undelegated works of God are ascribed to him, 310

receives honor and worship due only to God, 311

his name associated on equality with that of God, 312

equality with God expressly claimed for him, 312

“si non Deus, non bonus,”, 313

proofs of his divinity in certain phrases applied to him, 313

his divinity corroborated by Christian experience, 313, 682

his divinity exhibited in hymns and prayers of church, 313

his divinity, passages which seem inconsistent with, how to be regarded, 314

as pre-incarnate Logos, Angel of Jehovah, 319

in pre-existent state, the Logos, 335

in pre-existent state, the Image of God, 335

in pre-existent state, the Effulgence of God, 335

the centrifugal action of Deity, 336

and Spirit, how their work differs, 338

his eternal Sonship, 340

if not God, cannot reveal him, 349

orders of creation to be united in, 444

his human soul, 493

his character convinces of sin, 539

he is the ideal and the way to it, 544

not law,“the perfect Image”of God, 548

his holiness, in what it consisted, 572

in Gethsemane felt for the race, 635

with him believers have a connection of spiritual life, 636

human nature in, may have guilt without depravity, 645

educator of the race, 666

the Person of, 669-700

the doctrine of his Person stated, 669

a brief historical survey of the doctrine of his Person, 669

views of the Ebionites concerning, 669

reality of his body denied by Docetæ, 670

views of Arians concerning, 670

views of Apollinarians, 670, 671

views of Nestorians, 671, 672

views of Eutychians, 672

the two natures of, their integrity, 673

his humanity real, 673

is expressly called“a man,”, 673

his genealogies, 673

had the essential elements of human nature, 674

had the same powers and principles of normal humanity, 674

his elocution, 674

subject to the laws of human development, 675

in twelfth year seems to enter on consciousness of his divine Sonship, 675

suffered and died, 675

dies (Stroud) of a broken heart, 675

lived a life of faith and prayer, and study of Scripture, 675

the integrity of his humanity, 675-681

supernaturally conceived, 675

free from hereditary depravity and actual sin, 676

his ideal human nature, 678

his human nature finds its personality in union with the divine, 679

his human nature germinal, 680

the“Everlasting Father,”680

the Vine man, 680

Docetic doctrine concerning, confuted, 681

possessed a knowledge of his own deity, 681

exercised divine prerogatives, 682

in him divine knowledge and power, 682

union of two natures in his one person, 683-700

possesses a perfect divine and human nature, 683, 684

proof of this union of natures in, 684

speaks of himself as a single person, 684

attributes of both his natures ascribed to one person, 684, 685

Scriptural representation of infinite value of atonement and union of race with God prove him divine, 685

Lutheran view as to communion of natures in, 686

fourgeneraregarding the natures of Christ, 686

union of natures in, 686

theory of his incomplete humanity, 686

objections to this theory, 687, 688

theory of his gradual incarnation, 688, 689

objections to this view, 689-691

real nature of union of persons in, 691-700

importance of correct views of the person of, 691, 692

chief problems in the doctrine of the person of, 692

why the union of the natures in the person of Christ is inscrutable, 693

on what the possibility of the union of deity and humanity in his person is grounded, 693, 694

no double personality in, 694-696

union of natures in, its effect upon his humanity, 696, 697

union of natures in, its effect upon the divine, 697

this union of natures in the person of, necessary, 698

the union of natures in, eternal, 698, 699

the infinite and finite in, 699, 700

the two states of, 701-710

the nature of his humiliation, 701-706

not the union in him of Logos and human nature, 701

his humiliation did not consist in the surrender of the relative divine attributes, 701

objections to above view, 701-703

his humiliation consisted in the surrender of the independent exercise of the Divine attributes, 703

his humiliation consisted in the assumption by the pre-existent Logos of the servant-form, 703

his humiliation consisted in the submission of the Logos to the Holy Spirit, 703

his humiliation consisted in the surrender as to his human nature of all advantages accruing thereto from union with deity, 703, 704

the five stages of his humiliation, 704-706

his state of exaltation, 706-710

the nature of his exaltation, 706, 707

the stages of his exaltation, 707-710

his quickening and resurrection, 707, 708

his ascension, 708-710

his offices, 710-776

his offices three, 710

his Prophetic work, 710-713

prophet, its meaning as applied to him, 710

three methods of fulfilling the prophet's office, 711

his preparatory work as Logos, 711

his ministry as incarnate, 711, 712

his ascended guidance and teaching of the church on earth, 712

his final revelation of the Father to the saints in glory, 712, 713

his Priestly office, 713-775

in what respects he was a priest, 713

his atoning work, seeAtonement.

as immanent in the universe, seeLogos.

bearer of our humanity, life of our race, 715

his sufferings not atonement but revelation of atonement, 715

his death a moral stimulus to men, 716

did he ever utter the words“give his life a ransom for many”?, 717

did not preach, but established the gospel, 721

a noble martyr, 729

his death the central truth of Christianity, 733, 764

his death set forth by Baptism and Lord's Supper, 733

the Great Penitent, 734, 737, 760

the Savior of all men, 739

refused“the wine mingled with myrrh,”, 742

never makes confession of sin, 746

a stumbling-block to modern speculation, 746

had not hereditary depravity but guilt, 747, 762

was he slain by himself or another?, 747

does he suffer intensively the infinite punishment of sin?, 747

his obedience, active and passive, needed in salvation, 749, 770

died for all, 750

incorporate with humanity, became our substitute, 750

how“lifted up,”, 751

mediator between the just God and the merciful God, 754

in his organic union with the race is the vital relation which makes his vicarious sufferings either possible or just, 754

as God immanent in humanity, is priest and victim, condemning and condemned, atoning and atoned, 755

created humanity, and as immanent God sustains it, while it sins, thus becoming responsible for its sin, 755, 769

as Logos smitten by guilt and punishment, 755

the“must be”of his sufferings, what?, 755

his race-responsibility not destroyed by incarnation, or purification in womb of Virgin, 756

his sufferings reveal the cross hidden in the divine love from foundation of the world, 756, 763

in womb of Virgin purged from depravity, guilt and penalty remaining, 757, 759

the central brain of our race through which all ideas must pass, 757

his guilt, what?, 757

innocent in personal, but not race relations, 758

his secular and church priesthood, 758

did he suffer only for his own share in sin of the race?, 758

his incarnation an expression of a prior union with race beginning at creation, 758

various explanations of his identification with race, 759

he longed to suffer, 759

he could not help suffering, 760

all nerves and sensibilities of race meet in him, 760

his place in 2 Cor. 5:21, 760, 761

when and how did he take guilt and penalty on himself, 761

import of his submission to John's baptism, 762

was he unjustified till his death?, 762

his guilt first purged on Cross, 762

as incarnate, revealed, rather than made, atonement, 762

the personally unmerited sufferings of, the mystery of atonement, 768

may have felt remorse as central conscience of humanity, 769

his sufferings, though temporal, met infinite demands of law, 769

paid a penalty equivalent, though not identical, 769, 770

how Savior of all men, 772

specially Savior of those who believe, 773

his priesthood, everlasting, 773

as Priest he is intercessor, seeIntercession.

his Kingly office, 775

his kingship defined, 775

his kingdom of power, 775

his kingdom of grace, 775, 776

the only instance ofFortwirkungafter death, 776

his kingdom of glory, 776

his kingdom, the antidote to despair concerning church, 776

his kingship, two practical remarks upon, 776

union with, seeUnion.

ascended, communicates life to church, 806

heathen may receive salvation from Christ without knowing giver or how gift was purchased, 843

his sufferings secure acquittal from penalty of law, 858

his obedience secures reward of law, 858

union with, secures his life as dominant principle in soul, 860

his life in believer will infallibly extirpate all depravity, 860

“we in,”Justification, 862

“in us,”Sanctification, 862

his twofold work in the world, 869

a new object of attention to the believer, 873

union with, secures impartation of spirit of obedience, 875

his commands must not be modified by any church, 939

submitted to rites appointed for sinners, 943

God's judicial activity exercised through, 1027

qualified by his two natures to act as judge, 1027

his body confined to space, 1032

his soul not limited to space, 1032

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