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The Christian Doctrine of Sin

The Christian Doctrine of Sin

John Tulloch (1823–1886) was a Scottish theologian and principal of the University of St Andrews. A Church of Scotland minister known for broad sympathies and historical interests, he wrote on the leaders of the Reformation, on rational theology, and on The Christian Doctrine of Sin. Our library holds his sermons, including Some Facts of Religion and of Life, preached before Queen Victoria, and his Religion and Theology: A Sermon for the Times.

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First published
1876
Category
Theology
Length
56k words · about 4 hours
Chapters
28

About this book

John Tulloch's theological study of the doctrine of sin, published in 1876. Tulloch examines how sin is presented in Scripture and understood in Christian teaching, considering its origin, its power over human nature, and its remedy in redemption. The book reflects the thoughtful, mediating Broad Church scholarship for which this Scottish theologian and church historian was known.

Contents

  1. Prefatory Note.
  2. I. The Question of Sin in Relation to Modern Schools of Thought.
  3. II. Idea of Evil Outside of Revelation. 🔒
  4. III. Old Testament Doctrine of Sin. 🔒
  5. IV. Doctrine of Sin as Contained in the Gospels. 🔒
  6. V. Doctrine of St. Paul’s Epistles. 🔒
  7. VI. Original Sin. 🔒
  8. Appendix I. Theology and Natural Science. 🔒
  9. Appendix II. Kant’s Recognition of the Moral Law. 🔒
  10. Appendix III. Modern School of Dutch Devines—De Ethische Richtung. 🔒
  11. Appendix IV. Revelation and the Development of Doctrine. 🔒
  12. Appendix V. Nature and Evil. 🔒
  13. Appendix VI. Comparative Theology. 🔒
  14. Appendix VII. Savage Notions of Evil. 🔒
  15. Appendix VIII. Apollo. 🔒
  16. Appendix IX. Brahma. 🔒
  17. Appendix X. Narratives of the Creation and of the Fall. 🔒
  18. Appendix XI. National Importance of the Hebrew Prophets. 🔒
  19. Appendix XII. Hebrew Prophecy and the Question of Evil. 🔒
  20. Appendix XIII. The Essens and the Influence of Dualistic Speculation in Palestine in the First Century. 🔒
  21. Appendix XIV. Dr. J. Müller on Love to God, and Sin as Its Opposite. 🔒
  22. Appendix XV. Augusttine and Calvin on Human Corruption. 🔒
  23. Appendix XVI. St. Paul’s View of Law. 🔒
  24. Appendix XvII. Conflict of the Flesh and Mind. 🔒
  25. Appendix XVIII. Sin.—Consciousness of Sin. 🔒
  26. Appendix XIX. Doctrine of Imputation of Sin. 🔒
  27. Appendix XX. Augustine’s Translation of έφ᾽ ᾧ (Rom. v. 12).—His Views on “Original Sin.” 🔒
  28. Appendix XXI. Theological Meaning of Guilt. 🔒

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