ANALYSIS OF THE LECTURES. LECTURE L THE QUESTION BEFORE US. St. Matt. xvi. 13. The Question before us in these Lectures is proposed by PAGE 3 6 9 I. Enduring interest of the question thus raised even for non-believers II. Three answers to it are possible 1. The Humanitarian 2. The Arian . 3. The Catholic Of these the Arian is unsubstantial, so that prac- III. The Catholic answer 17 17 1. jealously guards the truth of Christ's Manhood 18 2. secures its full force to the idea of Godhead IV. Position taken in these Lectures stated Objections to the necessary discussion— 34 a. From the ground of Historical Estheticism LECTURE IL ANTICIPATIONS OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. Gal. iii. 8. Principle of the Organic Unity of Scripture-Its importance in the argument. L. Foreshadowings PAGE 45 a. Indications in the Old Testament of a Plurality B. The Theophanies; their import 7. The Divine 'Wisdom' I. in the Hebrew Canon 60 62 63 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 Four stages observable in the Messianic doctrine a. From the Protevangelium to the death of Moses y. From Isaiah to Malachi 8. After Malachi Contrast between the original doctrine and the se- Christ was rejected for appealing from the debased Conclusion: The foregoing argument illustrated— 1. from the emphatic Monotheism of the Old 2. from its full description of Christ's Manhood. 76 80 84 93 94 94 95 97 LECTURE III.. OUR LORD'S WORK IN THE WORLD A WITNESS TO HIS DIVINITY. St. Matt. xiii. 54–56. I. Our Lord's Plan' (caution as to the use of the ex- Its substance the formation of a world-wide spi- PAGE 100 ΙΟΙ It is set forth in His Discourses and Parables. a. originality. B. 'audacity' II. Success of our Lord's 'Plan' 1. The verdict of Church history 2. Objections from losses and difficulties, con 4. External results of His work observable in III. How to account for the success of our Lord's Plan' I 20 132 1. Not by reference to the growth of other 2. Not by the 'causes' assigned by Gibbon But only by the belief in, and truth of Christ's Divinity LECTURE IV. 134 OUR LORD'S DIVINITY AS WITNESSED BY HIS CONSCIOUSNESS. St. John x. 33. The Christ of history' none other than the 'Christ of A. The Miracles of the Gospel History Their bearing upon the question of Christ's Person B. Our Lord's Self-assertion. I. First stage of His Teaching chiefly Ethical marked by a. silence as to any moral defect. B. intense authoritativeness II. Second stage: increasing Self-assertion which is justified by dogmatic revelations of His PAGE 155 162 179 181 185 189 193 a. in His claim of co-equality with the Father y. in His references to His actual Pre-exist ence Ground of Christ's condemnation by the Jews The argument necessarily assumes the form of a LECTURE V. 206 THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE WRITINGS OF ST. JOHN. I St. John i. 1-3. St. John's Gospel 'the battle-field' of the New Testament I. Ancient and modern objections to its claims Its distinctive internal features may be explained 209 210 212 |