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Love Enthroned: Essays on Evangelical Perfection

Love Enthroned: Essays on Evangelical Perfection

by Daniel Steele

Daniel Steele (1824–1914) was an American Methodist theologian and the scholarly voice of the nineteenth-century holiness movement. After years in New England pastorates he taught theology at Boston University, where he held the chair of doctrinal theology, and he also helped lead the young Syracuse University. Our library holds Love Enthroned (1875), his influential essays on entire sanctification and evangelical perfection.

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First published
1877
Category
Holiness
Length
77k words · about 5 hours
Chapters
23

About this book

Essays on evangelical perfection by Daniel Steele, the Methodist theologian, published in 1877. Steele argues that perfect love — a heart wholly given to God — is the privilege of believers in this life, and he supports the doctrine from Scripture and Christian experience. A representative work of the nineteenth-century holiness movement, written by one of its leading scholars.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1. Love Revealed.
  2. Chapter 2. Love Militant.
  3. Chapter 3. Love Triumphant Over Original Sin
  4. Chapter 4. Full Salvation Immediately Attainable
  5. Chapter 5. Bible Texts For Sin Examined 🔒
  6. Chapter 6. Deliverance Deferred 🔒
  7. Chapter 7. Metaphorical Representations of Perfect Love 🔒
  8. Chapter 8. St. Paul's Great Prayer of the Higher Life 🔒
  9. Chapter 9. The Three Dispensations 🔒
  10. Chapter 10. Perfect Love as a Definite Blessing 🔒
  11. Chapter 11. The Fruits of Perfect Love 🔒
  12. Chapter 12. Salvation From Artificial Appetites 🔒
  13. Chapter 13. The Full Assurance of Faith 🔒
  14. Chapter 14. The Evidences of Perfect Love 🔒
  15. Chapter 15. Testimony 🔒
  16. Chapter 16. Spiritual Dynamics 🔒
  17. Chapter 17. Stumbling-Blocks in the King's Highway 🔒
  18. Chapter 18. Growth in Grace 🔒
  19. Chapter 19. Objections Answered. 🔒
  20. Chapter 20. An Address to the Young Convert--the Higher Path 🔒
  21. Chapter 21. Address to Seekers of Full Salvation 🔒
  22. Chapter 22. Address to Professors 🔒
  23. Chapter 23. Love as a Principle and Love as a Passion 🔒

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