LECTURE I.
|
THE QUESTION OF SIN IN RELATION TO MODERN SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
|
| The question Anthropological, |
1 |
| Is man a spiritual being or not? |
3 |
| All Theology and higher Philosophy depend upon the answer, |
6 |
| Naturalistic theory of Evolution fails to explain man, |
9 |
| Moral life inexplicable on this theory |
10 |
| Religion of Moral Law, |
13 |
| Unsatisfactory character of this Religion, |
15 |
| Metaphysic necessary to both Religion and Morality, |
17 |
| Method of treatment, |
20 |
| Advantages of Historic method, |
23 |
| True view of this method, |
25 |
| Plan of the Lectures, |
27 |
LECTURE II.
|
IDEA OF EVIL OUTSIDE OF REVELATION.
|
| Question of Evil as old as humanity, |
29 |
| Answers to the question, |
31 |
| Comparative Theology, |
32 |
| Savage conception of Evil, |
33 |
| Religions of Egypt and Phoenicia, |
35 |
| Vedic and Hellenic mythologies, |
37 |
|
viiiZoroastrianism, |
41 |
| Manichæism, |
46 |
| Brahmanic conception of Evil, |
48 |
| Buddhism, |
52 |
| Gnosticism, |
55 |
| Conception of Evil in Greek Tragedy, |
58 |
LECTURE III.
|
OLD TESTAMENT DOCTRINE OF SIN.
|
| Modern critical views of Old Testament, |
60 |
| Moral atmosphere pervading it, |
63 |
| The Fall, |
66 |
| Moral characteristics of Evil illustrated by it, |
70 |
| Expressions for Sin in Old Testament, |
78 |
| Development of the Idea in the Old Testament, |
86 |
| Mosaism, |
88 |
| Prophecy, |
90 |
| Results of Analysis, |
95 |
LECTURE IV.
|
DOCTRINE OF SIN AS IN THE GOSPELS.
|
| Relation of Judaism and Christianity, |
98 |
| Types of Christian Doctrine in New Testament, |
101 |
| Doctrine of Satan in the Gospels, |
103 |
| Our Lord’s deeper view of Sin, |
111 |
| His idealisation of Law, |
114 |
| His higher Revelation of the Divine, |
117 |
| Sin intensified in these aspects, |
119 |
| Essential nature of Sin, |
121 |
| Sin as a natural tendency, |
124 |
| Physical and Moral Evil, |
125 |
| Sin universal, |
127 |
| Man still divine in the midst of his sin, |
131 |
ix
LECTURE V.
|
DOCTRINE OF ST. PAUL’S EPISTLES.
|
| St. Paul’s mode of teaching different from the Gospels, |
135 |
| St. Paul’s idea of Law, |
138 |
| His doctrine of Sin in the light of this idea, |
145 |
| Gentiles and Jews alike sinners, |
146 |
| Analysis of Sin in human nature, |
152 |
| St. Paul’s doctrine of the σάρξ, |
155 |
| Struggle depicted in Rom. vii., |
159 |
| The effects of Sin, |
161 |
| Meaning of “death,” |
164 |
| Divine “wrath,” |
167 |
LECTURE VI.
|
ORIGINAL SIN.
|
| Original Sin a doctrine of St. Paul, |
169 |
| St. Paul and Augustine, |
170 |
| Advance beyond the doctrine of Experience, |
174 |
| Hereditary corruption, |
177 |
| St. Paul’s view more than this, |
178 |
|
Rom. v. 12-21; 1
Cor. xv. 22, |
180 |
| Typical character of Adam, |
182 |
| Spiritual unity of the race, |
183 |
| Special discussion of Rom. v. 12, |
184 |
| The death of infants, |
189 |
| Imputation of the “guilt of sin,” |
191 |
| Liberty and necessity, |
196 |
| The future of Theology, |
199 |
| Conclusion, |
200 |
