Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors

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Orthodoxy as the Oldest Doctrine Objections
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Orthodoxy as the Doctrine held by all
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Orthodoxy as Convictions underlying Opinions
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Substantial Truth and Formal Error in all great Doctrinal Systems
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Importance of this Distinction
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The Orthodox and Liberal Parties in New England
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CHAPTER II
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Orthodoxy assumed to be the Belief of the Majority
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The Doctrine of Essentials and Nonessentials leads to Rome
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Fallacy in this Orthodox Argument
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The three Tendencies in the Church
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The Party of Works
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The Party of Emotion in Christianity
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The Faith Party in Religion
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Error in the Orthodox Principle
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Faith Knowledge Belief Opinion
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made hostile to the Nature of Man
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TRUTHS AND ERRORS AS REGARDS MIRACLES 1 The Subject stated Four Questions concerning Miracles 2 The Definition of a Miracle
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The different Explanations of the Miracles of the Bible 4
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Criticism on these Different Views of Miracles
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Miracles no Proof of Christianity
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But Orthodoxy is right in maintaining their Reality as Historic Facts
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Analogy with other Similar Events recorded in History
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Miracle of the Resurrection Sceptical Objections
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Final Result of this Examination ឌ ខ ខ ន ទ 2
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CHAPTER V
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The Difficulty Antiquity of the World and Age of Mankind
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Basis of the Orthodox Theory of Inspiration 87 89
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Inspiration in general or Natural Inspiration
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Christian or Supernatural Inspiration
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Inspiration of the Scriptures especially of the New Testament Scriptures
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Authority of the Scriptures
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The Christian Prepossession
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Conclusion
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CHAPTER VI
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Orthodox and Liberal View of Man as morally diseased or other wise
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Sin as Disease
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Doctrine of the Fall in Adam and Natural Depravity their Truth and Error
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1221
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Orthodox View of Total Depravity and Inability
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Proof Texts
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Truth in the Doctrine of Total Depravity
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Ability and Inability
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Orthodox Doctrine of Inability
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Some further Features of Orthodox Theology concerning human Sinfulness
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CONVERSION AND REGENERATION 1 Orthodoxy recognizes only two Conditions in which Man can be found
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Crisis and Development
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Nature of the Change
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Its Reality and Importance
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Is it the Work of God or of the Man himself? Orthodox Difficulty
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Men may be divided religiously into three Classes not two
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Difference between Conversion and Regeneration
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Unsatisfactory Attitude of the Orthodox Church
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The Essential Thing for Man is to repent and be converted that is to make it his Purpose to obey God in all Things
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Regeneration is Gods Work in the Soul Examination of the Clas sical Passage or Conversation of Jesus with Nicodemus
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Evidences of Regeneration
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CHAPTER VIII
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Unitarian Objections
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Method in Christianity
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Result
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Its History in the Church
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Orthodox Errors at the present Time in Regard to Justification by Faith
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Errors of Liberal Christians
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CHAPTER X
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Great Importance attributed to this Doctrine
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Stress laid on the Death of Jesus in the Scripture
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Difficulty in interpreting these Scripture Passages
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Theological Theories based on the Figurative Language of the New Testament
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The three principal Views of the Atonement warlike legal and governmental
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Impression made by Christs Death on the Minds of his Disciples First Theory on the Subject in the Epistle to the Hebrews
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Value of Suffering as a Means of Education
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How the Death of Jesus brings Men to God
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This Law of Vicarious Suffering universal
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This Law illustrated from History in the Death of Socrates Joan of Arc Savonarola and Abraham Lincoln
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Dr Bushnells View of the Atonement
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Results of this Discussion
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CHAPTER XI
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Scripture Basis for this Doctrine
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Relation of the Divine Decree to Human Freedom
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History of the Doctrine of Election and Predestination
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Election is to Work and Opportunity here not to Heaven hereafter How Jacob was elected and how the Jews were a Chosen Peo ple
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CHAPTER XII
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Eternal Life as taught in the New Testament not endless Future
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Resurrection and its real Meaning as a Rising up and not a Rising
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Resurrection of the Body as taught in the New Testament not
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CHAPTER XIII
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Coming of Christ in Human History at different Times
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When Christs Judgment takes Place
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Final Result
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CHAPTER XIV
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The Doctrine of Everlasting Punishment as held by the Orthodox at the Present Time
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Apparent Contradictions both in Scripture and Reason in Regard to this Doctrine
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Everlasting Punishment limits the Sovereignty of God
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Everlasting Punishment contradicts the Fatherly Love of God
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Attempts to modify and soften the Doctrine of Everlasting Punish ment
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The meaning of Eternal Punishment in Scripture
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How Judgment by Christ is connected with Punishment
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The Doctrine of Annihilation
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The Doctrine of Universal Restoration
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CHAPTER XV
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Orthodox Doctrine of the ChurchRoman Catholic and High Church
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The Protestant Orthodox Idea of the Church
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Christs Idea of a Church or the Kingdom of Heaven
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Church of the Leaven or the Invisible Church
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The Church of the Mustardseed
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Primitive and Apostolic Church or Church as it was
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The Actual Church or Church as it is
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The Church Ideal or Church as it ought to be
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The Church Possible or Church as it can be
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CHAPTER XVI
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History of the Doctrine
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Errors in the Church Doctrine of the Trinity
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The Trinity of Manifestations founded in the Truth of Things
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It is in Harmony with Scripture
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Practical Value of the Trinity when rightly understood
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Mansel
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