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Systematic Theology - Volume II

Systematic Theology - Volume II

Charles Hodge (1797–1878) was an American Presbyterian theologian and the leading figure of Princeton Theological Seminary, where he taught for over fifty years and served as principal from 1851 to 1878. Through the Princeton Review and his classroom he defended confessional Reformed orthodoxy for a generation of ministers. His three-volume Systematic Theology remains a standard work, and our library also holds The Way of Life and his Ephesians commentary.

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First published
1872
Category
Theology
Length
317k words · about 21 hours
Chapters
128

About this book

The second volume of Charles Hodge's Systematic Theology, continuing the Princeton system begun in 1872. This volume turns to anthropology and Christology: the creation and fall of man, sin and the covenants, and then the person of Christ and His mediatorial work. Hodge writes as a careful expositor of Scripture and the Westminster standards, engaging opposing views along the way.

Contents

  1. Title
  2. Prefatory
  3. Part II. Anthropology
  4. 1. Scriptural Doctrine.
  5. 2. Anti-Scriptural Theories.
  6. 3. Antiquity of Man.
  7. 1. Scripture Doctrine
  8. 2. Trichotomy.
  9. 3. Realism.
  10. 4. Another form of the Realistic Theory.
  11. 1. Theory of Preëxistence.
  12. 2. Traducianism.
  13. 3. Creationism.
  14. 4. Concluding Remarks.
  15. Chapter IV. Unity of the Human Race.
  16. 1. Meaning of the Word, or the Idea of Species. 🔒
  17. 2. Evidence of Identity of Species. 🔒
  18. 3. Application of these Criteria to Man. 🔒
  19. 4. Philological and Moral Evidence 🔒
  20. 1. The Scriptural Doctrine. 🔒
  21. 2. Man Created in the Image of God. 🔒
  22. 3. Original Righteousness. 🔒
  23. 4. Dominion over the Creatures. 🔒
  24. 5. The Doctrine of the Romish Church. 🔒
  25. 6. Pelagian and Rationalistic Doctrine. 🔒
  26. Chapter VI. Covenant of Works. 🔒
  27. 1. God entered into Covenant with Adam. 🔒
  28. 2. The Promise. 🔒
  29. 3. Condition of the Covenant. 🔒
  30. 4. The Penalty. 🔒
  31. 5. The Parties to the Covenant of Works. 🔒
  32. 6. Perpetuity of the Covenant of Works 🔒
  33. Chapter VII. The Fall. 🔒
  34. 1. The Nature of the Question to be Considered. 🔒
  35. 2. Philosophical Theories of the Nature of Sin. 🔒
  36. 3. The Doctrine of the Early Church. 🔒
  37. 4. Pelagian Theory. 🔒
  38. 5. Augustinian Doctrine. 🔒
  39. 6. Doctrine of the Church of Rome. 🔒
  40. 7. Protestant Doctrine of Sin. 🔒
  41. 8. The Effects of Adam’s Sin upon his Posterity. 🔒
  42. 9. Immediate Imputation. 🔒
  43. 10. Mediate Imputation. 🔒
  44. 11. Preëxistence. 🔒
  45. 12. Realistic Theory. 🔒
  46. 13. Original Sin. · Part 1 🔒
  47. 13. Original Sin. · Part 2 🔒
  48. 13. Original Sin. · Part 3 🔒
  49. 14. The Seat of Original Sin. 🔒
  50. 15. Inability. 🔒
  51. Chapter IX. Free Agency. 🔒
  52. 1. Different Theories of the Will. 🔒
  53. 2. Definition of Terms. 🔒
  54. 3. Certainty Consistent with Liberty. 🔒
  55. 1. God has such a Plan. 🔒
  56. 2. Supralapsarianism. 🔒
  57. 3. Infralapsarianism. 🔒
  58. 4. Hypothetical Redemption. 🔒
  59. 5. The Lutheran Doctrine as to the Plan of Salvation. 🔒
  60. 6. The Remonstrant Doctrine. 🔒
  61. 7. Wesleyan Arminianism. 🔒
  62. 8. The Augustinian Scheme. 🔒
  63. 9. Objections to the Augustinian Scheme. 🔒
  64. 1. The Plan of Salvation is a Covenant. 🔒
  65. 2. Different Views of the Nature of this Covenant. 🔒
  66. 3. Parties to the Covenant. 🔒
  67. 4. Covenant of Redemption. 🔒
  68. 5. The Covenant of Grace. 🔒
  69. 6. The Identity of the Covenant of Grace under all Dispensations. 🔒
  70. 7. Different Dispensations. 🔒
  71. 1. Preliminary Remarks. 🔒
  72. 2. The Scriptural Facts concerning the Person of Christ. 🔒
  73. 3. The Hypostatical Union. 🔒
  74. 4. Consequences of the Hypostatical Union. 🔒
  75. 5. Erroneous and Heretical Doctrines on the Person of Christ. 🔒
  76. 6. Doctrine of the Reformed Churches. 🔒
  77. 7. Lutheran Doctrine. 🔒
  78. 8. Later Forms of the Doctrine. 🔒
  79. 9. Modern Forms of the Doctrine. 🔒
  80. 1. Christ the only Mediator. 🔒
  81. 2. Qualifications for the Work. 🔒
  82. 3. The Threefold Office of Christ. 🔒
  83. 1. Nature of the Prophetic Office. 🔒
  84. 2. How Christ executes the Office of a Prophet. 🔒
  85. 1. Christ is truly, not figuratively, a Priest. 🔒
  86. 2. Christ our only Priest. 🔒
  87. 3. Definition of Terms 🔒
  88. 1. Statement of the Doctrine. 🔒
  89. 2. The Intrinsic Worth of Christ’s Satisfaction. 🔒
  90. 3. Doctrine of the Scotists and Remonstrants. 🔒
  91. 4. Satisfaction rendered to Justice. 🔒
  92. 5. The Work of Christ Satisfies the Demands of the Law. 🔒
  93. 6. Proof of the Doctrine. · Part 1 🔒
  94. 6. Proof of the Doctrine. · Part 2 🔒
  95. 6. Proof of the Doctrine. · Part 3 🔒
  96. 7. Objections. 🔒
  97. 1. State of the Question. 🔒
  98. 2. Proof of the Augustinian Doctrine. 🔒
  99. Chapter IX. Theories of the Atonement. 🔒
  100. 1. The Orthodox View. 🔒
  101. 2. Doctrine of some of the Fathers. 🔒
  102. 3. The Moral Theory. 🔒
  103. 4. The Governmental Theory. 🔒
  104. 5. The Mystical Theory. 🔒
  105. 6. Concluding Remarks. 🔒
  106. 1. Christ our Intercessor. 🔒
  107. 2. Its Nature. 🔒
  108. 3. Its Objects. 🔒
  109. 4. Intercession of Saints. 🔒
  110. 1. The Church God’s Kingdom. 🔒
  111. 2. Christ is truly a King. 🔒
  112. 3. Nature of Christ’s Kingdom. 🔒
  113. 4. The Kingdom of Glory. 🔒
  114. 1. Includes his Incarnation. 🔒
  115. 2. He was made under the Law. 🔒
  116. 3. His Sufferings and Death. 🔒
  117. 4. He endured the Wrath of God. 🔒
  118. 5. His Death and Burial. 🔒
  119. 1. Resurrection of Christ. 🔒
  120. 2. Ascension of Christ. 🔒
  121. 3. Sitting at the Right Hand of God. 🔒
  122. 4. Christ’s coming to judge the World. 🔒
  123. 1. Scriptural Usage of the Word. 🔒
  124. 3. Common Grace. 🔒
  125. 4. Efficacious Grace. 🔒
  126. 5. Proof of the Doctrine. 🔒
  127. 6. Objections. 🔒
  128. 7. History of the Doctrine of Grace. 🔒

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