Theological Lectures On Subjects Connected With Natural Theology Evidences Of Christianity The Canon And Inspiration Of Scripture

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Excerpt from Theological Lectures: On Subjects Connected With Natural Theology, Evidences of Christianity, the Canon and Inspiration of Scripture The student will be disappointed if he takes up this volume with the expectation of finding in it a treatise on Natural Theology or the Evidences of Christianity. It is rather a book that may be profitably studied along with standard works on these subjects. It will be found to contain valuable disquisitions as to the state of the question, and the precise bearing and argumentative value of the various topics discussed in such works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT. TTAVING adverted briefly and generally to the character and objects of the studies which are to occupy your attention, and, I trust, to engross your time and your faculties for several years, if the Lord should be pleased to spare you, it may be proper to give you a somewhat more detailed view of the extent of theological science, of the different branches into which it has been or may be divided, and of the way and manner in which the study of it ought to be conducted. It is right that you should, at this early period of your studies, be duly impressed with the magnitude and extent of the work which, even when viewed simply and in the first instance as the study of a branch of knowledge, lies before you; and just because of the magnitude and extent of the subject, it is the more important that you have some practical directions to assist you in the regulation of your studies, and especially to point out how you may most usefully employ the time to be more particularly devoted to this object, so as to secure that you may all acquire that measure of knowledge of theological science, which may be regarded as indispensable before you enter upon the work of the ministry, and may at the same time lay the best foundation for the prosecuting those investigations into the revealed mind and will of God, which should continue so long as you live. After having described the different branches of theological science in the order in which they ought to be studied, I shall suggest some practical counsels that may assist you in the work, and point out the spirit as well as the manner in which this study ought to be prosecuted. Those who are to be engaged in this study are men, rational and intelligent beings, who find...

The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their European 'fortunes'. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which David Hume has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of Europe. This is the first collection of essays to consider how and where Hume's works were initially understood throughout Europe. They reflect on how early European responses to Hume relied on available French translations, and concentrated on his Political Discourses and his History, and how later German translations enabled professional philosophers to discuss his more abstract ideas. Also explored is the idea that continental readers were not able to judge the accuracy of the translations they read, nor did many consider the contexts in which Hume was writing: rather, they were intent on using what they read for their own purposes.

John C. Poirier examines the “theopneustic” nature of the Scripture, as a response to the view that “inspiration” lies at the heart of most contemporary Christian theology. In contrast to the traditional rendering of the Greek word theopneustos as “God-inspired” in 2 Tim 3:16, Poirier argues that a close look at first- and second-century uses of theopneustos reveals that the traditional inspirationist understanding of the term did not arise until the time of Origen in the early third century CE, and that in every pre-Origen use of theopneustos the word instead means “life-giving.” Poirier thus conducts a detailed investigation of theopneustos as it appears in the fifth Sibylline Oracle, the Testament of Abraham, Vettius Valens, Pseudo-Plutarch (Placita Philosophorum), and Pseudo-Phocylides, all of whom understand the word to mean “life-giving.” He also studies the use of the cognate term theopnous in Numenius, the Corpus Hermeticum, on an inscription at the Great Sphinx of Giza, and on an inscription at a nymphaeum at Laodicea on the Lycus. Poirier argues that a rendering of “life-giving” also fits better within the context of 2 Tim 3:16, and that this meaning survived late enough to figure in a fifth-century work by Nonnus of Panopolis. He further traces the pre-Origen use of theopneustos among the Church Fathers. Poirier concludes by addressing the implication of rethinking the traditional understanding of Scripture, stressing that the lack of “God-inspired” scripture ultimately does not affect the truth status of the gospel as preached by the apostles.