Abstract of Systematic Theology

by

Rev. James Petigru Boyce, D. D., LL. D.,
Joseph-Emerson-Brown Professor of Systematic Theology
in The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

First published in 1887

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To the
HON. JOSEPH E. BROWN,

President of the
Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,

 

this book is respectfully dedicated, as a token of high personal esteem, and in recognition of his deep interest in the cause of education, and especially of the theological education of the Christian ministry; as evinced, among other generous gifts, by his endowment in The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of the Chair of Systematic Theology, with which the author is officially connected.

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Transcribed by Roane Hunt, Spencer Haygood, Todd Wilson, and Dan Wright
Proofread by Cindy Kemp, Lewis Noles, Sam Hughey, and Henry Holloway
HTML by Lewis Noles

CONTENTS

1. THE SCIENCE OF THEOLOGY.

2. THE BEING OF GOD.

3. REASON AND REVELATION.

4. THE UNITY OF GOD.

5. SPIRITUALITY OF GOD.

6. DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.

7. THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD.

8. THE POWER OF GOD.

9. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

10. HOLINESS, GOODNESS, LOVE AND TRUTH.

11. JUSTICE OF GOD.

12. THE WILL OF GOD

13. THE DECREES OF GOD

14. THE TRINITY

15. PERSONAL RELATIONS IN TRINITY.

16. OUTWARD RELATIONS OF THE TRINITY

17. CREATION.

18. CREATION OF ANGELS

19. FALLEN ANGELS.

20. CREATION OF MAN.

21. PROVIDENCE.

22. THE FALL OF MAN.

23. THE EFFECTS OF THE SIN OF ADAM.

24. THE HEADSHIP OF ADAM.

25. CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

26. THE PERSON OF CHRIST.

27. THE OFFICES OF CHRIST.

28. THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST.

29. ELECTION.

30. REPROBATION.

31. OUTWARD AND EFFECTUAL CALLING.

32. REGENERATION AND CONVERSION.

33. REPENTANCE.

34. FAITH.

35. JUSTIFICATION.

36. ADOPTION.

37. SANCTIFICATION.

38. FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS.

39. DEATH AND THE SOUL'S IMMORTALITY.

40. CHRIST'S SECOND COMING, AND THE RESURRECTION.

41. THE FINAL JUDGEMENT.

42. THE FINAL STATES OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED.