ANALYSIS OF THE LECTURES. LECTURE I. THE QUESTION BEFORE US. St. Matt. xvi. 13. PAGE LI . The Question before us in these Lectures is proposed by our Lord Himself, and is a strictly theological one 3 Its import 1. as affirming that Christ is the Son of Man 6 2. as enquiring what He is besides 9 I. Enduring interest of the question thus raised even for non-believers II. Three answers to it are possible 1. The Humanitarian 15 2. The Arian 16 3. The Catholic 17 Of these the Arian is unsubstantial, so that practically there are only two 17 III. The Catholic answer 1. jealously guards the truth of Christ's Manhood 18 2. secures its full force to the idea of Godhead. 26 IV. Position taken in these Lectures stated 34 Objections to the necessary discussion a. From the ground of Historical Æstheticism 34 B. From the ground of ‘Anti-doctrinal' Morality 37 7. From the ground of Subjective Pietism . 41 . LECTURE II. ANTICIPATIONS OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. Gal. iii. 8. PAGE . Principle of the Organic Unity of Scripture-Its importance in the argument . 45 I. Foreshadowings a. Indications in the Old Testament of a Plurality of Persons within the One Divine Essence 49 B. The Theophanies; their import 52 7. The Divine · Wisdom 1. in the Hebrew Canon бо 2. in the later Greek Sapiential Books 62 3. in Philo Judæus 63 Contrast between Philo and the New Testament 69 Probable Providential purpose of Philo's speculations . 71 II. Predictions and Announcements Hope in a future, a moral necessity for men and nations 73 76 Four stages observable in the Messianic doctrine a. From the Protevangelium to the death of Moses 79 B. Age of David and Solomon 80 y. From Isaiah to Malachi 84 8. After Malachi 93 Contrast between the original doctrine and the secularized form of it 94 Christ was rejeeted for appealing from the debased to the original doctrine 94 Conclusion: The foregoing argument illustrated1. from the emphatic Monotheism of the old Testament 95 2. from its full description of Christ's Manhood . 97 . . Analysis of the Lectures. XXXV LECTURE III. OUR LORD'S WORK IN THE WORLD A WITNESS TO HIS DIVINITY. St. Matt. xiii. 54-56. PAGE IOI I02 115 I 20 . I. Our Lord's Plan' (caution as to the use of the ex pression) ritual society, in the form of a kingdom 107 B. audacity' II. Success of our Lord's Plan'- 1. The verdict of Church history 123 3. Internal empire of Christ over souls 127 4. External results of His work observable in human society 132 III. How to account for the success of our Lord's Plan' 1. Not by reference to the growth of other 134 2. Not by the causes' assigned by Gibbon 137 3. Not by the hypothesis of a favourable crisis. 138 which ignores the hostility both of a. Judaism 139 and B. Paganism 141 But only by the belief in, and truth of Christ's Divinity 147 LECTURE IV. OUR LORD'S DIVINITY AS WITNESSED BY HIS CONSCIOUSNESS. St. John X. 33 The Christ of history' none other than the Christ of dogma' 154 PAGE 155 . A. The Miracles of the Gospel History Their bearing upon the question of Christ's Person . Christ's Moral Perfection bound up with their reality B. intense authoritativeness which is justified by dogmatic revelations of His a. in His claim of co-equality with the Father with the Father 162 163 164 165 169 172 . . 179 181 185 ence 189 193 Ground of Christ's condemnation by the Jews His Human Character : 2. Unselfishness 3. Humility great alternative 195 197 . 198 206 LECTURE V. THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE WRITINGS OF ST. JOHN. 1 St. John i. 1-3. St. John's Gospel the battle-field' of the New Testament Witness of the second century 1. Supplementary 221 222 |
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