Chapter 68

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193its influence on civilization, 193, 194its influence on individuals, 194, 195submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195and pantheism, 282circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898Christological method in theology, 50Christology, 665-776Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18its relation to truth, 33polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546a prophetic institution, 712doctrine of the, 887-980constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929in its largest signification, 887and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887the universal, includes all believers, 888universal, the body of Christ, 888a transcendent element in, 888union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889individual, defined, 890the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890not a humanitarian organization, 890the term employed in a loose sense, 891significance of the term etymologically, 891the secular use of its Greek form, 891used as a generic or collective term, 891the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891the local, a divine appointment, 892the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892exists for sake of the kingdom, 892will be displaced by a Christian state, 893the decline of, not to be deplored, 893a voluntary society, 893membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893highest organism of human life, 894is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891its organization may be informal, 894its organization may be formal, 894its organization in N. T. formal, 894its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897regenerate persons only members of, 897[pg 1069]Christ law giver of, 897members on equality, 898one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898independent of civil power, 899local, its sole object, 899local, united worship a duty of, 899its law, the will of Christ, 900membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900membership in, duties attached to, 900its genesis, 900in germ before Pentecost, 900three periods in life of, 901officers elected as occasion demanded, 901Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902how far synagogue was model of, 902a new, how constituted, 902in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903at Antioch, its independent career, 903its government, 903-926its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903should be united in action, 904union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906as a whole, exercises discipline, 907the self government of, an educational influence, 908pastor's duty to, 908the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911See alsoPeter.the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911the theory of a national, considered, 912-914Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912independence of, when given up, 912a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913officers of the, 914-924offices in, two, 914-916a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917the deacon, his duties, 917, 918did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918ordination of officers in, 918-924SeeOrdination.local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920discipline of, 924-926relation of, to sister churches, 926-929each, the equal of any other, 926each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929list of authorities on general subject of the, 929ordinances of the, 930-980SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.Circulatio, 333Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955Circumincessio, 333Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995Cogito ergo Deus est, 61Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55Cogito = cogitans sum, 55Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015the doctrine of, stated, 1003Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004outward and visible, 1004the objects to be secured at, 1004said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005analogous to his first, 1005[pg 1070]can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005the time of, not definitely taught, 1005predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007precursors of, 1008-1010a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008four signs of, according to some, 1010millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011of two kinds, 1014a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014the destiny of those living at, 1015Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003Commenting, its progress, 35Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906Commercial theory of Atonement, 747Common law of church, what?, 970Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970prerequisites to, are four, 970Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971the apostles were baptized before, 971the command of Christ places baptism before, 971in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972church membership, a prerequisite to, 973a church rite, 973a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974heresy, a bar to, 974schism, a bar to, 975restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977no more binding than baptism, 978open, tends to do away with baptism, 978open, destroys discipline, 978open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980open, its justification briefly considered, 980a list of authors upon, 980Compact with Satan, 458Complex act, part may designate whole, 946Concept, not a mental image, 7in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15Concupiscence, what?, 522Romish doctrine of, 604Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419Confession, Romanist view of, 834Conflagration, final, 1012Confucianism, 180, 181Confucius, 180, 181Connate ideas, 53, 54Conscience, what?, 82, 83proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82its supremacy, 82warns of existence of law, 82speaks in imperative, 82represents to itself some other as judge, 82the will it expresses superior to ours, 83witness against pantheism, 103thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297its nature, 498[pg 1071]not a faculty, but a mode, 498intellectual element in, 498emotional element in, 498solely judicial, 498discriminative, 498impulsive, 498other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499the moral judiciary of the soul, 500must be enlightened and cultivated, 500an echo of God's voice, 501in its relation to God as holy, 502the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647needs Christ's propitiation, 736absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28defined, 63not source of other knowledge, 63self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104self consciousness, what?, 252Consubstantiation, 968Contrary choice, in Adam, 519not essential to will, 600, 605its present limits, 605Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793sudden, 827defined, 829relation to regeneration, 829voluntary, 829man's relation to God in, 830conversions other than the first, 831relations of the divine and human in, 831Cosmological argument, seeGod.Covetousness, what?, 569Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473Creatianism, its advocates, 491its tenets, 491its untenability, 491-493Creation, attributed to Christ, 310attributed to Spirit, 316doctrine of, 371-410definition of, 371, 372by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371is change of energy into force, 371Lotzean, author's view of, 372is not“production out of nothing,”, 372is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373not an emanation from divine substance, 372the divine in, the origination of substance, 373free act of a rational will, 373externalization of God's thought, 373creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373how an act of the triune God, 373not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375Paul's idea of, 376absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376best expressed in Hebrew, 376found among early Babylonians, 376found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376in heathen systems, 377literature on, 377“out of nothing,”its origin, 377indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378theories which oppose, 378-391Dualism opposes, seeDualism.Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387contradictory in terms and irrational, 387another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387inconceivable, 387not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388not necessitated by God's immutability, 388not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.Mosaic account of, 391-397asserts originating act of God in, 391makes God antedate and create matter, 391recognizes development, 392lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392not an allegory or myth, 394[pg 1072]Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394is not a precise geological record, 395its scheme in detail, 395-397literature upon, 396, 397

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193its influence on civilization, 193, 194its influence on individuals, 194, 195submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195and pantheism, 282circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898Christological method in theology, 50Christology, 665-776Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18its relation to truth, 33polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546a prophetic institution, 712doctrine of the, 887-980constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929in its largest signification, 887and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887the universal, includes all believers, 888universal, the body of Christ, 888a transcendent element in, 888union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889individual, defined, 890the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890not a humanitarian organization, 890the term employed in a loose sense, 891significance of the term etymologically, 891the secular use of its Greek form, 891used as a generic or collective term, 891the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891the local, a divine appointment, 892the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892exists for sake of the kingdom, 892will be displaced by a Christian state, 893the decline of, not to be deplored, 893a voluntary society, 893membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893highest organism of human life, 894is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891its organization may be informal, 894its organization may be formal, 894its organization in N. T. formal, 894its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897regenerate persons only members of, 897[pg 1069]Christ law giver of, 897members on equality, 898one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898independent of civil power, 899local, its sole object, 899local, united worship a duty of, 899its law, the will of Christ, 900membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900membership in, duties attached to, 900its genesis, 900in germ before Pentecost, 900three periods in life of, 901officers elected as occasion demanded, 901Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902how far synagogue was model of, 902a new, how constituted, 902in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903at Antioch, its independent career, 903its government, 903-926its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903should be united in action, 904union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906as a whole, exercises discipline, 907the self government of, an educational influence, 908pastor's duty to, 908the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911See alsoPeter.the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911the theory of a national, considered, 912-914Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912independence of, when given up, 912a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913officers of the, 914-924offices in, two, 914-916a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917the deacon, his duties, 917, 918did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918ordination of officers in, 918-924SeeOrdination.local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920discipline of, 924-926relation of, to sister churches, 926-929each, the equal of any other, 926each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929list of authorities on general subject of the, 929ordinances of the, 930-980SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.Circulatio, 333Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955Circumincessio, 333Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995Cogito ergo Deus est, 61Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55Cogito = cogitans sum, 55Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015the doctrine of, stated, 1003Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004outward and visible, 1004the objects to be secured at, 1004said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005analogous to his first, 1005[pg 1070]can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005the time of, not definitely taught, 1005predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007precursors of, 1008-1010a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008four signs of, according to some, 1010millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011of two kinds, 1014a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014the destiny of those living at, 1015Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003Commenting, its progress, 35Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906Commercial theory of Atonement, 747Common law of church, what?, 970Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970prerequisites to, are four, 970Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971the apostles were baptized before, 971the command of Christ places baptism before, 971in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972church membership, a prerequisite to, 973a church rite, 973a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974heresy, a bar to, 974schism, a bar to, 975restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977no more binding than baptism, 978open, tends to do away with baptism, 978open, destroys discipline, 978open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980open, its justification briefly considered, 980a list of authors upon, 980Compact with Satan, 458Complex act, part may designate whole, 946Concept, not a mental image, 7in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15Concupiscence, what?, 522Romish doctrine of, 604Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419Confession, Romanist view of, 834Conflagration, final, 1012Confucianism, 180, 181Confucius, 180, 181Connate ideas, 53, 54Conscience, what?, 82, 83proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82its supremacy, 82warns of existence of law, 82speaks in imperative, 82represents to itself some other as judge, 82the will it expresses superior to ours, 83witness against pantheism, 103thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297its nature, 498[pg 1071]not a faculty, but a mode, 498intellectual element in, 498emotional element in, 498solely judicial, 498discriminative, 498impulsive, 498other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499the moral judiciary of the soul, 500must be enlightened and cultivated, 500an echo of God's voice, 501in its relation to God as holy, 502the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647needs Christ's propitiation, 736absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28defined, 63not source of other knowledge, 63self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104self consciousness, what?, 252Consubstantiation, 968Contrary choice, in Adam, 519not essential to will, 600, 605its present limits, 605Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793sudden, 827defined, 829relation to regeneration, 829voluntary, 829man's relation to God in, 830conversions other than the first, 831relations of the divine and human in, 831Cosmological argument, seeGod.Covetousness, what?, 569Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473Creatianism, its advocates, 491its tenets, 491its untenability, 491-493Creation, attributed to Christ, 310attributed to Spirit, 316doctrine of, 371-410definition of, 371, 372by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371is change of energy into force, 371Lotzean, author's view of, 372is not“production out of nothing,”, 372is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373not an emanation from divine substance, 372the divine in, the origination of substance, 373free act of a rational will, 373externalization of God's thought, 373creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373how an act of the triune God, 373not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375Paul's idea of, 376absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376best expressed in Hebrew, 376found among early Babylonians, 376found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376in heathen systems, 377literature on, 377“out of nothing,”its origin, 377indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378theories which oppose, 378-391Dualism opposes, seeDualism.Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387contradictory in terms and irrational, 387another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387inconceivable, 387not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388not necessitated by God's immutability, 388not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.Mosaic account of, 391-397asserts originating act of God in, 391makes God antedate and create matter, 391recognizes development, 392lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392not an allegory or myth, 394[pg 1072]Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394is not a precise geological record, 395its scheme in detail, 395-397literature upon, 396, 397

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193its influence on civilization, 193, 194its influence on individuals, 194, 195submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195and pantheism, 282circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898Christological method in theology, 50Christology, 665-776Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18its relation to truth, 33polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546a prophetic institution, 712doctrine of the, 887-980constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929in its largest signification, 887and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887the universal, includes all believers, 888universal, the body of Christ, 888a transcendent element in, 888union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889individual, defined, 890the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890not a humanitarian organization, 890the term employed in a loose sense, 891significance of the term etymologically, 891the secular use of its Greek form, 891used as a generic or collective term, 891the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891the local, a divine appointment, 892the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892exists for sake of the kingdom, 892will be displaced by a Christian state, 893the decline of, not to be deplored, 893a voluntary society, 893membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893highest organism of human life, 894is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891its organization may be informal, 894its organization may be formal, 894its organization in N. T. formal, 894its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897regenerate persons only members of, 897[pg 1069]Christ law giver of, 897members on equality, 898one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898independent of civil power, 899local, its sole object, 899local, united worship a duty of, 899its law, the will of Christ, 900membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900membership in, duties attached to, 900its genesis, 900in germ before Pentecost, 900three periods in life of, 901officers elected as occasion demanded, 901Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902how far synagogue was model of, 902a new, how constituted, 902in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903at Antioch, its independent career, 903its government, 903-926its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903should be united in action, 904union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906as a whole, exercises discipline, 907the self government of, an educational influence, 908pastor's duty to, 908the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911See alsoPeter.the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911the theory of a national, considered, 912-914Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912independence of, when given up, 912a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913officers of the, 914-924offices in, two, 914-916a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917the deacon, his duties, 917, 918did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918ordination of officers in, 918-924SeeOrdination.local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920discipline of, 924-926relation of, to sister churches, 926-929each, the equal of any other, 926each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929list of authorities on general subject of the, 929ordinances of the, 930-980SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.Circulatio, 333Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955Circumincessio, 333Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995Cogito ergo Deus est, 61Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55Cogito = cogitans sum, 55Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015the doctrine of, stated, 1003Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004outward and visible, 1004the objects to be secured at, 1004said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005analogous to his first, 1005[pg 1070]can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005the time of, not definitely taught, 1005predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007precursors of, 1008-1010a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008four signs of, according to some, 1010millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011of two kinds, 1014a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014the destiny of those living at, 1015Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003Commenting, its progress, 35Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906Commercial theory of Atonement, 747Common law of church, what?, 970Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970prerequisites to, are four, 970Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971the apostles were baptized before, 971the command of Christ places baptism before, 971in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972church membership, a prerequisite to, 973a church rite, 973a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974heresy, a bar to, 974schism, a bar to, 975restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977no more binding than baptism, 978open, tends to do away with baptism, 978open, destroys discipline, 978open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980open, its justification briefly considered, 980a list of authors upon, 980Compact with Satan, 458Complex act, part may designate whole, 946Concept, not a mental image, 7in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15Concupiscence, what?, 522Romish doctrine of, 604Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419Confession, Romanist view of, 834Conflagration, final, 1012Confucianism, 180, 181Confucius, 180, 181Connate ideas, 53, 54Conscience, what?, 82, 83proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82its supremacy, 82warns of existence of law, 82speaks in imperative, 82represents to itself some other as judge, 82the will it expresses superior to ours, 83witness against pantheism, 103thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297its nature, 498[pg 1071]not a faculty, but a mode, 498intellectual element in, 498emotional element in, 498solely judicial, 498discriminative, 498impulsive, 498other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499the moral judiciary of the soul, 500must be enlightened and cultivated, 500an echo of God's voice, 501in its relation to God as holy, 502the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647needs Christ's propitiation, 736absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28defined, 63not source of other knowledge, 63self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104self consciousness, what?, 252Consubstantiation, 968Contrary choice, in Adam, 519not essential to will, 600, 605its present limits, 605Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793sudden, 827defined, 829relation to regeneration, 829voluntary, 829man's relation to God in, 830conversions other than the first, 831relations of the divine and human in, 831Cosmological argument, seeGod.Covetousness, what?, 569Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473Creatianism, its advocates, 491its tenets, 491its untenability, 491-493Creation, attributed to Christ, 310attributed to Spirit, 316doctrine of, 371-410definition of, 371, 372by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371is change of energy into force, 371Lotzean, author's view of, 372is not“production out of nothing,”, 372is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373not an emanation from divine substance, 372the divine in, the origination of substance, 373free act of a rational will, 373externalization of God's thought, 373creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373how an act of the triune God, 373not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375Paul's idea of, 376absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376best expressed in Hebrew, 376found among early Babylonians, 376found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376in heathen systems, 377literature on, 377“out of nothing,”its origin, 377indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378theories which oppose, 378-391Dualism opposes, seeDualism.Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387contradictory in terms and irrational, 387another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387inconceivable, 387not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388not necessitated by God's immutability, 388not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.Mosaic account of, 391-397asserts originating act of God in, 391makes God antedate and create matter, 391recognizes development, 392lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392not an allegory or myth, 394[pg 1072]Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394is not a precise geological record, 395its scheme in detail, 395-397literature upon, 396, 397

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193its influence on civilization, 193, 194its influence on individuals, 194, 195submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195and pantheism, 282circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898Christological method in theology, 50Christology, 665-776Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18its relation to truth, 33polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546a prophetic institution, 712doctrine of the, 887-980constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929in its largest signification, 887and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887the universal, includes all believers, 888universal, the body of Christ, 888a transcendent element in, 888union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889individual, defined, 890the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890not a humanitarian organization, 890the term employed in a loose sense, 891significance of the term etymologically, 891the secular use of its Greek form, 891used as a generic or collective term, 891the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891the local, a divine appointment, 892the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892exists for sake of the kingdom, 892will be displaced by a Christian state, 893the decline of, not to be deplored, 893a voluntary society, 893membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893highest organism of human life, 894is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891its organization may be informal, 894its organization may be formal, 894its organization in N. T. formal, 894its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897regenerate persons only members of, 897[pg 1069]Christ law giver of, 897members on equality, 898one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898independent of civil power, 899local, its sole object, 899local, united worship a duty of, 899its law, the will of Christ, 900membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900membership in, duties attached to, 900its genesis, 900in germ before Pentecost, 900three periods in life of, 901officers elected as occasion demanded, 901Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902how far synagogue was model of, 902a new, how constituted, 902in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903at Antioch, its independent career, 903its government, 903-926its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903should be united in action, 904union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906as a whole, exercises discipline, 907the self government of, an educational influence, 908pastor's duty to, 908the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911See alsoPeter.the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911the theory of a national, considered, 912-914Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912independence of, when given up, 912a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913officers of the, 914-924offices in, two, 914-916a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917the deacon, his duties, 917, 918did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918ordination of officers in, 918-924SeeOrdination.local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920discipline of, 924-926relation of, to sister churches, 926-929each, the equal of any other, 926each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929list of authorities on general subject of the, 929ordinances of the, 930-980SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.Circulatio, 333Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955Circumincessio, 333Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995Cogito ergo Deus est, 61Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55Cogito = cogitans sum, 55Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015the doctrine of, stated, 1003Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004outward and visible, 1004the objects to be secured at, 1004said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005analogous to his first, 1005[pg 1070]can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005the time of, not definitely taught, 1005predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007precursors of, 1008-1010a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008four signs of, according to some, 1010millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011of two kinds, 1014a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014the destiny of those living at, 1015Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003Commenting, its progress, 35Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906Commercial theory of Atonement, 747Common law of church, what?, 970Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970prerequisites to, are four, 970Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971the apostles were baptized before, 971the command of Christ places baptism before, 971in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972church membership, a prerequisite to, 973a church rite, 973a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974heresy, a bar to, 974schism, a bar to, 975restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977no more binding than baptism, 978open, tends to do away with baptism, 978open, destroys discipline, 978open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980open, its justification briefly considered, 980a list of authors upon, 980Compact with Satan, 458Complex act, part may designate whole, 946Concept, not a mental image, 7in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15Concupiscence, what?, 522Romish doctrine of, 604Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419Confession, Romanist view of, 834Conflagration, final, 1012Confucianism, 180, 181Confucius, 180, 181Connate ideas, 53, 54Conscience, what?, 82, 83proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82its supremacy, 82warns of existence of law, 82speaks in imperative, 82represents to itself some other as judge, 82the will it expresses superior to ours, 83witness against pantheism, 103thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297its nature, 498[pg 1071]not a faculty, but a mode, 498intellectual element in, 498emotional element in, 498solely judicial, 498discriminative, 498impulsive, 498other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499the moral judiciary of the soul, 500must be enlightened and cultivated, 500an echo of God's voice, 501in its relation to God as holy, 502the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647needs Christ's propitiation, 736absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28defined, 63not source of other knowledge, 63self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104self consciousness, what?, 252Consubstantiation, 968Contrary choice, in Adam, 519not essential to will, 600, 605its present limits, 605Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793sudden, 827defined, 829relation to regeneration, 829voluntary, 829man's relation to God in, 830conversions other than the first, 831relations of the divine and human in, 831Cosmological argument, seeGod.Covetousness, what?, 569Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473Creatianism, its advocates, 491its tenets, 491its untenability, 491-493Creation, attributed to Christ, 310attributed to Spirit, 316doctrine of, 371-410definition of, 371, 372by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371is change of energy into force, 371Lotzean, author's view of, 372is not“production out of nothing,”, 372is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373not an emanation from divine substance, 372the divine in, the origination of substance, 373free act of a rational will, 373externalization of God's thought, 373creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373how an act of the triune God, 373not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375Paul's idea of, 376absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376best expressed in Hebrew, 376found among early Babylonians, 376found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376in heathen systems, 377literature on, 377“out of nothing,”its origin, 377indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378theories which oppose, 378-391Dualism opposes, seeDualism.Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387contradictory in terms and irrational, 387another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387inconceivable, 387not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388not necessitated by God's immutability, 388not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.Mosaic account of, 391-397asserts originating act of God in, 391makes God antedate and create matter, 391recognizes development, 392lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392not an allegory or myth, 394[pg 1072]Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394is not a precise geological record, 395its scheme in detail, 395-397literature upon, 396, 397

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193its influence on civilization, 193, 194its influence on individuals, 194, 195submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195and pantheism, 282circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898

Christianity, its triumph over paganism, the wonder of history, 191-193

its influence on civilization, 193, 194

its influence on individuals, 194, 195

submits to judgment by only test of a religion, not ideals, but performances, 195

and pantheism, 282

circumstances favorable to its propagation, 666

Japanese objection to its doctrine of brotherhood, 898

Christological method in theology, 50

Christological method in theology, 50

Christology, 665-776

Christology, 665-776

Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225

Chronology, schemes of, 224, 225

Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18its relation to truth, 33polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546a prophetic institution, 712doctrine of the, 887-980constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929in its largest signification, 887and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887the universal, includes all believers, 888universal, the body of Christ, 888a transcendent element in, 888union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889individual, defined, 890the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890not a humanitarian organization, 890the term employed in a loose sense, 891significance of the term etymologically, 891the secular use of its Greek form, 891used as a generic or collective term, 891the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891the local, a divine appointment, 892the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892exists for sake of the kingdom, 892will be displaced by a Christian state, 893the decline of, not to be deplored, 893a voluntary society, 893membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893highest organism of human life, 894is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891its organization may be informal, 894its organization may be formal, 894its organization in N. T. formal, 894its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897regenerate persons only members of, 897[pg 1069]Christ law giver of, 897members on equality, 898one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898independent of civil power, 899local, its sole object, 899local, united worship a duty of, 899its law, the will of Christ, 900membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900membership in, duties attached to, 900its genesis, 900in germ before Pentecost, 900three periods in life of, 901officers elected as occasion demanded, 901Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902how far synagogue was model of, 902a new, how constituted, 902in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903at Antioch, its independent career, 903its government, 903-926its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903should be united in action, 904union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906as a whole, exercises discipline, 907the self government of, an educational influence, 908pastor's duty to, 908the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911See alsoPeter.the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911the theory of a national, considered, 912-914Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912independence of, when given up, 912a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913officers of the, 914-924offices in, two, 914-916a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917the deacon, his duties, 917, 918did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918ordination of officers in, 918-924SeeOrdination.local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920discipline of, 924-926relation of, to sister churches, 926-929each, the equal of any other, 926each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929list of authorities on general subject of the, 929ordinances of the, 930-980SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.

Church, its safety and aggressiveness dependent on sound doctrine, 18

its relation to truth, 33

polity and ordinances of, their purpose, 546

a prophetic institution, 712

doctrine of the, 887-980

constitution of the, or its Polity, 887-929

in its largest signification, 887

and kingdom, difference between, 887, 889

definition of, in Westminster Confession, 887

the universal, includes all believers, 888

universal, the body of Christ, 888

a transcendent element in, 888

union with Christ, the presupposition of, 888

the indwelling Christ, its elevating privilege, 888

the universal or invisible distinguished from the local or visible, 889

individual, defined, 890

the laws of Christ on which church gathered, 890

not a humanitarian organization, 890

the term employed in a loose sense, 891

significance of the term etymologically, 891

the secular use of its Greek form, 891

used as a generic or collective term, 891

the Greek term translated, its derivation, 891

applied by a figure of rhetoric to many churches, 891

the local, a divine appointment, 892

the Hebrew terms for, its larger and narrower use, 892

Christ took his idea of, from Hebrew not heathen sources, 892

exists for sake of the kingdom, 892

will be displaced by a Christian state, 893

the decline of, not to be deplored, 893

a voluntary society, 893

membership in, not hereditary or compulsory, 893

union with, logically follows union with Christ, 893

its doctrine, a necessary outgrowth of the doctrine of regeneration, 893

highest organism of human life, 894

is an organism such as the religion of spirit necessarily creates, 891

its organization may be informal, 894

its organization may be formal, 894

its organization in N. T. formal, 894

its developed organization indicated by change of names from Gospels to Epistles, 895

not an exclusively spiritual organization, 895

doctrine of Plymouth Brethren concerning, 895, 896

organization of the, not definitely prescribed in N. T. and left to expediency; an erroneous theory, 896

government of, five alleged forms in N. T., 897

regenerate persons only members of, 897

Christ law giver of, 897

members on equality, 898

one member of, has no jurisdiction over another, 898

independent of civil power, 899

local, its sole object, 899

local, united worship a duty of, 899

its law, the will of Christ, 900

membership in, qualifications prescribed for, 900

membership in, duties attached to, 900

its genesis, 900

in germ before Pentecost, 900

three periods in life of, 901

officers elected as occasion demanded, 901

Paul's teaching concerning, progressive, 902

how far synagogue was model of, 902

a new, how constituted, 902

in formation of, a council not absolutely requisite, 902, 903

at Antioch, its independent career, 903

its government, 903-926

its government, as to source of authority, an absolute monarchy, 903

its government, as to interpretation and execution of Christ's law, an absolute democracy, 903

should be united in action, 904

union of, in action should be, not passive submission, but intelligent co-operation, 904

peaceful unity in, result of Spirit's work, 904

Baptist, law of majority rule in, 904

as a whole responsible for doctrinal and practical purity, 905

ordinances committed to custody of whole, 905

as a whole, elects its officers and delegates, 906

as a whole, exercises discipline, 907

the self government of, an educational influence, 908

pastor's duty to, 908

the world church or Romanist theory of, considered, 908-911

Peter as foundation of, what meant by the statement, 909-911

See alsoPeter.

the hierarchical government of, corrupting and dishonoring to Christ, 911

the theory of a national, considered, 912-914

Presbyterian system of the, authors upon, 912

independence of, when given up, 912

a spiritual, incapable of delimitation, 913

officers of the, 914-924

offices in, two, 914-916

a plurality of eldership in the primitive, occasional, 915, 916

the pastor, bishop or elder of the, his three fold duty, 916, 917

the deacon, his duties, 917, 918

did women in the early church discharge diaconal functions?, 918

ordination of officers in, 918-924

SeeOrdination.

local, highest ecclesiastical authority in N. T., 920

discipline of, 924-926

relation of, to sister churches, 926-929

each, the equal of any other, 926

each, directly responsible to Christ, and with spiritual possibilities equal to any other, 926

each, to maintain fraternity and co-operation with other churches, 926

each, should seek and take advice from other churches, 927

the fellowship of a, with another church may be broken by departures from Scriptural faith and practice, 928

independence of, qualified by interdependence, 928

what it ought to do if distressed by serious internal disagreements, 928

its independence requires largest co-operation with other churches, 929

list of authorities on general subject of the, 929

ordinances of the, 930-980

SeeOrdinances,Baptism, and Lord's Supper.

Circulatio, 333

Circulatio, 333

Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955

Circumcision, of Christ, its import, 761

its law and that of baptism not the same, 954, 955

Circumincessio, 333

Circumincessio, 333

Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529

Civilization, can its arts be lost?, 529

Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995

Coffin, called by Egyptians 'chest of the living,', 995

Cogito ergo Deus est, 61

Cogito ergo Deus est, 61

Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55

Cogito ergo sum = cogito scilicet sum, 55

Cogito = cogitans sum, 55

Cogito = cogitans sum, 55

Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52

Cognition of finiteness, dependence, etc., the occasion of the direct cognition of the Infinite, Absolute, etc., 52

Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015the doctrine of, stated, 1003Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004outward and visible, 1004the objects to be secured at, 1004said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005analogous to his first, 1005[pg 1070]can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005the time of, not definitely taught, 1005predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007precursors of, 1008-1010a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008four signs of, according to some, 1010millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011of two kinds, 1014a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014the destiny of those living at, 1015

Coming, second, of Christ, 1003-1015

the doctrine of, stated, 1003

Scriptures describing, 1003, 1004

statements concerning, not all spiritual, 1004

outward and visible, 1004

the objects to be secured at, 1004

said to be“in like manner”to his ascension, 1004, 1005

analogous to his first, 1005

can all men at one time see Christ at the?, 1005

the time of, not definitely taught, 1005

predictions of, parallel those of his first, 1007

patient waiting for, disciplinary, 1007

precursors of, 1008-1010

a general prevalence of Christianity, a precursor of, 1008

a deep and wide spread development of evil, a precursor of, 1008

a personal antichrist, a precursor of, 1008

four signs of, according to some, 1010

millennium, prior to, 1010, 1011

and millennium as pointed out in Rev. 20:4-10, 1011

immediately connected with a general resurrection and judgment, 1011

of two kinds, 1014

a reconciliation of pre-millenarian and post-millenarian theories suggested, 1014

is the preaching which is to precede, to nations as wholes, or to each individual in a nation?, 1014

the destiny of those living at, 1015

Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003

Comings of Christ, partial and typical, 1003

Commenting, its progress, 35

Commenting, its progress, 35

Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906

Commission, Christ's final, not confined to eleven, 906

Commercial theory of Atonement, 747

Commercial theory of Atonement, 747

Common law of church, what?, 970

Common law of church, what?, 970

Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970prerequisites to, are four, 970Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971the apostles were baptized before, 971the command of Christ places baptism before, 971in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972church membership, a prerequisite to, 973a church rite, 973a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974heresy, a bar to, 974schism, a bar to, 975restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977no more binding than baptism, 978open, tends to do away with baptism, 978open, destroys discipline, 978open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980open, its justification briefly considered, 980a list of authors upon, 980

Communion, prerequisites to, 969-980

limitation of, commanded by Christ and apostles, 969

limitation of, implied in its analogy to Baptism, 969

prerequisites to, laid down not by church, but by Christ and his apostles expressly or implicitly, 970

prerequisites to, are four, 970

Regeneration, a prerequisite to, 971

Baptism, a prerequisite to, 971

the apostles were baptized before, 971

the command of Christ places baptism before, 971

in all cases recorded in N. T. baptism precedes, 971

the symbolism of the ordinances requires baptism to precede, 971, 972

standards of principal denominations place baptism before, 972

where baptism customarily does not precede, the results are unsatisfactory, 972

church membership, a prerequisite to, 973

a church rite, 973

a symbol of Christian fellowship, 973

an orderly walk, a prerequisite to, 973

immoral conduct, a bar to, 973, 974

disobedience to the commands of Christ, a bar to, 974

heresy, a bar to, 974

schism, a bar to, 975

restricted, the present attitude of Baptist churches to, 976

local church under responsibility to see its, preserved from disorder, 975, 976

open, advocated because baptism cannot be a term of communion, not being a term of salvation, 977

open, contrary to the practice of organised Christianity, 977

no more binding than baptism, 978

open, tends to do away with baptism, 978

open, destroys discipline, 978

open, tends to do away with the visible church, 979

strict, objections to, answered briefly, 979, 980

open, its justification briefly considered, 980

a list of authors upon, 980

Compact with Satan, 458

Compact with Satan, 458

Complex act, part may designate whole, 946

Complex act, part may designate whole, 946

Concept, not a mental image, 7in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15

Concept, not a mental image, 7

in theology, may be distinguished by definition from all others, 15

Concupiscence, what?, 522Romish doctrine of, 604

Concupiscence, what?, 522

Romish doctrine of, 604

Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419

Concurrence in all operations at basis of preservation, 411

divine efficiency in, does not destroy or absorb the efficiency assisted, 418

God's, in evil acts only as they are natural acts, 418, 419

Confession, Romanist view of, 834

Confession, Romanist view of, 834

Conflagration, final, 1012

Conflagration, final, 1012

Confucianism, 180, 181

Confucianism, 180, 181

Confucius, 180, 181

Confucius, 180, 181

Connate ideas, 53, 54

Connate ideas, 53, 54

Conscience, what?, 82, 83proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82its supremacy, 82warns of existence of law, 82speaks in imperative, 82represents to itself some other as judge, 82the will it expresses superior to ours, 83witness against pantheism, 103thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297its nature, 498[pg 1071]not a faculty, but a mode, 498intellectual element in, 498emotional element in, 498solely judicial, 498discriminative, 498impulsive, 498other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499the moral judiciary of the soul, 500must be enlightened and cultivated, 500an echo of God's voice, 501in its relation to God as holy, 502the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647needs Christ's propitiation, 736absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899

Conscience, what?, 82, 83

proves existence of a holy Lawgiver and Judge, 82

its supremacy, 82

warns of existence of law, 82

speaks in imperative, 82

represents to itself some other as judge, 82

the will it expresses superior to ours, 83

witness against pantheism, 103

thirst of, assuaged by Christ's sacrifice, 297

its nature, 498

not a faculty, but a mode, 498

intellectual element in, 498

emotional element in, 498

solely judicial, 498

discriminative, 498

impulsive, 498

other mental processes from which it is to be distinguished, 499

the moral judiciary of the soul, 500

must be enlightened and cultivated, 500

an echo of God's voice, 501

in its relation to God as holy, 502

the organ by which the human spirit finds God in itself, and itself in God, 503

rendered less sensitive, but cannot be annulled, by sin, 647

needs Christ's propitiation, 736

absolute liberty of, a distinguishing tenet of Baptists, 898, 899

Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28defined, 63not source of other knowledge, 63self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104self consciousness, what?, 252

Consciousness, Christian, notnorma normans, butnorma normata, 28

defined, 63

not source of other knowledge, 63

self, primarily a distinguishing of itself from itself, 104

comes logically before consciousness of the world, 104

self consciousness, what?, 252

Consubstantiation, 968

Consubstantiation, 968

Contrary choice, in Adam, 519not essential to will, 600, 605its present limits, 605

Contrary choice, in Adam, 519

not essential to will, 600, 605

its present limits, 605

Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834

Contrition, Romish doctrine of, 834

Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793sudden, 827defined, 829relation to regeneration, 829voluntary, 829man's relation to God in, 830conversions other than the first, 831relations of the divine and human in, 831

Conversion, God's act in the will in, 793

sudden, 827

defined, 829

relation to regeneration, 829

voluntary, 829

man's relation to God in, 830

conversions other than the first, 831

relations of the divine and human in, 831

Cosmological argument, seeGod.

Cosmological argument, seeGod.

Covetousness, what?, 569

Covetousness, what?, 569

Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473

Cranial capacity of man and apes, 473

Creatianism, its advocates, 491its tenets, 491its untenability, 491-493

Creatianism, its advocates, 491

its tenets, 491

its untenability, 491-493

Creation, attributed to Christ, 310attributed to Spirit, 316doctrine of, 371-410definition of, 371, 372by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371is change of energy into force, 371Lotzean, author's view of, 372is not“production out of nothing,”, 372is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373not an emanation from divine substance, 372the divine in, the origination of substance, 373free act of a rational will, 373externalization of God's thought, 373creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373how an act of the triune God, 373not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375Paul's idea of, 376absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376best expressed in Hebrew, 376found among early Babylonians, 376found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376in heathen systems, 377literature on, 377“out of nothing,”its origin, 377indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378theories which oppose, 378-391Dualism opposes, seeDualism.Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.

Creation, attributed to Christ, 310

attributed to Spirit, 316

doctrine of, 371-410

definition of, 371, 372

by man of ideas and volitions and indirectly of brain modifications, 371

is change of energy into force, 371

Lotzean, author's view of, 372

is not“production out of nothing,”, 372

is not“fashioning,”, 372, 373

not an emanation from divine substance, 372

the divine in, the origination of substance, 373

free act of a rational will, 373

externalization of God's thought, 373

creation and“generation”and“procession,”, 373

is God's voluntary limitation of himself, 373

how an act of the triune God, 373

not necessary to a trinitarian God, 373

the doctrine of, proved only from Scripture, 374

direct Scripture statements concerning, discussed, 374-377

idea of, originates, when we think of things as originating in God immediately, 375

Paul's idea of, 376

absolute, heathen had glimpses of, 376

best expressed in Hebrew, 376

found among early Babylonians, 376

found in pre-Zoroastrian, Vedic, and early Egyptian religions, 376

in heathen systems, 377

literature on, 377

“out of nothing,”its origin, 377

indirect evidence of, from Scripture, 377, 378

theories which oppose, 378-391

Dualism opposes, seeDualism.

Emanation opposes, seeEmanation.

Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387contradictory in terms and irrational, 387another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387inconceivable, 387not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388not necessitated by God's immutability, 388not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389

Creation from eternity, theory stated, 386

not necessitated by God's omnipotence, 387

contradictory in terms and irrational, 387

another form of the see-saw philosophy, 387

not necessitated by God's timelessness, 387

inconceivable, 387

not consistent with the conception of universe as an organism, 388

not necessitated by God's immutability, 388

not necessitated by God's love, 388, 389

inconsistent with God's independence and personality, 389

outgrowth of Unitarian tendencies, 389

Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.Mosaic account of, 391-397asserts originating act of God in, 391makes God antedate and create matter, 391recognizes development, 392lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392not an allegory or myth, 394[pg 1072]Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394is not a precise geological record, 395its scheme in detail, 395-397literature upon, 396, 397

Creation, opposed by theory of spontaneous generation, seeGeneration, Spontaneous.

Mosaic account of, 391-397

asserts originating act of God in, 391

makes God antedate and create matter, 391

recognizes development, 392

lays the foundation for cosmogony, 392

can be interpreted in harmony with mediate creation or evolution, 392

not an allegory or myth, 394

Mosaic account of, not the blending of inconsistent stories,-394

not to be interpreted in a hyperliteral way, 394

does not use“day”for a period of twenty-four hours, 394

is not a precise geological record, 395

its scheme in detail, 395-397

literature upon, 396, 397

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