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Abstract of Systematic Theology

Abstract of Systematic Theology

by James P. Boyce

James Petigru Boyce (1827–1888) was an American Baptist pastor and theologian who founded the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1859 and served as its first president and professor of theology. A Confederate chaplain and a tireless denominational organizer, he insisted the seminary hold fast to confessional orthodoxy. His Abstract of Systematic Theology (1887), in our library, was written as the seminary's textbook of doctrine.

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First published
1887
Category
Theology
Length
202k words · about 13 hours
Chapters
48

About this book

James Petigru Boyce's outline of systematic theology, published in 1887 as a textbook for the seminary he founded at Louisville. Boyce, the first president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, presents the doctrines of the faith in orderly form from a Calvinistic Baptist standpoint. It served generations of Southern Baptist pastors as a standard theological manual.

Contents

  1. Chapter I: The Science of Theology
  2. Chapter II: The Being of God · Part 1
  3. Chapter II: The Being of God · Part 2
  4. Chapter II: The Being of God · Part 3
  5. Chapter II: The Being of God · Part 4
  6. Chapter III: Reason and Revelation
  7. Chapter IV: The Unity of God 🔒
  8. Chapter V: Spirituality of God 🔒
  9. Chapter VI: Divine Attributes 🔒
  10. Chapter VII: The Immutability of God 🔒
  11. Chapter VIII: The Power of God 🔒
  12. Chapter IX: The Knowledge of God 🔒
  13. Chapter X: Holiness, Goodness, Love and Truth 🔒
  14. Chapter XI: Justice of God 🔒
  15. Chapter XII: The Will of God 🔒
  16. Chapter XIII: The Decrees of God 🔒
  17. Chapter XIV: The Trinity 🔒
  18. Chapter XV: Personal Relations in Trinity 🔒
  19. Chapter XVI: Outward Relations of the Trinity 🔒
  20. Chapter XVII: Creation 🔒
  21. Chapter XVIII: Creation of angels 🔒
  22. Chapter XIX: Fallen Angels 🔒
  23. Chapter XX: Creation of Man 🔒
  24. Chapter XXI: Providence 🔒
  25. Chapter XXII: The Fall of Man 🔒
  26. Chapter XXIII: The Effects of the Sin of Adam 🔒
  27. Chapter XXIV: The Headship of Adam 🔒
  28. Chapter XXV: Christ in the Old Testament 🔒
  29. Chapter XXVI: The Person of Christ 🔒
  30. Chapter XXVII: The Offices of Christ 🔒
  31. Chapter XXVIII: The Atonement of Christ. · Part 1 🔒
  32. Chapter XXVIII: The Atonement of Christ. · Part 2 🔒
  33. Chapter XXVIII: The Atonement of Christ. · Part 3 🔒
  34. Chapter XXVIII: The Atonement of Christ. · Part 4 🔒
  35. Chapter XXIX: Election. 🔒
  36. Chapter XXX: Reprobation 🔒
  37. Chapter XXXI: Outward and Effectual Calling 🔒
  38. Chapter XXXII: Regeneration and Conversion 🔒
  39. Chapter XXXIII: Repentance 🔒
  40. Chapter XXXIV: Faith 🔒
  41. Chapter XXXV: Justification 🔒
  42. Chapter XXXVI: Adoption 🔒
  43. Chapter XXXVII: Sanctification 🔒
  44. Chapter XXXVIII: Final Perseverance of the Saints 🔒
  45. Chapter XXXIX: Death and the Soul's Immortality 🔒
  46. Chapter XL: Christ's Second Coming, and the Resurrection 🔒
  47. Chapter XLI: The Final Judgement 🔒
  48. Chapter XLII: The Final States of the Righteous and the Wicked 🔒

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