Same Christology in Synoptics and John, 174 — Differences in Method, 175 — The Prologue of John, 177 — Jesus' Narrative Name in John, 179 — Jesus' Popular Designations, 180 — Formulas of Address, 180 — ' Lord ', 181 — Jesus the ' Christ ', 182 — Jesus' Own Use of ' Jesus Christ ', 184 — Jesus' Relation to God, 186 — 'King', 189^ Accumulation of Titles, 189 — ^Jesus' Mission, 190 — The ' Lamb of God ', 192 — Figurative Des- ignations, 193 — ' Son of Man ', 194 — ' Son of God ', 195 — ' Son ', 196 — Eternal Sonship, 198 —
* God ', 199 — ' God ', no New Title, 200.
The Designatio.ns of our Lord in Acts and
their Significance ..... 202
Value of Acts' Testimony, 202 — ' Jesus ' in Acts, 203 — ' Jesus of Nazareth ', 204 — ' Jesus Christ ', 205 — ' Christ Jesus ', 205 — ' The Lord Jesus ', 206 — ' Lord ', 207 — ' Lord ' as Narrative Name,
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209 — * Son of Man ', 212 — ' Son of God ', 213 — Prevalence of ' Christ ', 214 — Accumulation of Titles, 216 — 'The Name', 218.
The Corroboration of the Epistles of
Paul ...... 220
Relative Early Date of Paul's Letters, 220 — ^The Value of their Testimony, 221 — Constant Use of
* Lord ', 222 — Ground of Jesus' Lordship, 223 —
* Lord ' a Proper Name of Jesus, 226 — Jesus Em- braced in the One Godhead, 228 — Trinitarian Background, 229 — ■' Lord ' the Trinitarian Name of Jesus, 231 — Appearance of Subordination, 232 — Its Impossibility with Paul, 234 — Implication of Term ' Lord ', 236 — Subordination is Humilia- tion, 237 — Designations Compounded with ' Lord ', 238 — ' Christ ' Paul's Favorite Designation, 241 —
* Christ Jesus ', 242 — Jesus the ' Saviour ', 244 —
* The Great God ', 245—' The Beloved ', 245— Jesus the ' IVIan ', 247 — But not Merely Man, 248 — The Two Sides of Christ's Being, 249 — ' Son of God', 251 — God 'the Father', 252 — Christ All that God Is, 254 — Paul's Jesus the Primitive Jesus, 255 — Inaccessibility to Critical Doubts, 258 — No Substantial Development, 260.
The Witness of the Catholic Epistles . 262
Catholic Epistles Corroborative, 262 — James' and Jude's Christology High, 263 — Christ ' the Glory ', 264 — Christ ' the Despot ', 266 — Christology of I Peter, 266 — 2 Peter and the Deity of Our Lord, 268 — John's Epistles and ' the Son of God ', 270 — Jesus the ' True God ', 272 — How Our Lord's Companions Thought of Him, 274.
The Witness of the Epistle to the He- brews ...... 276
Prevalence of ' Christ ', 276 — Recognition of Jesus' Humanity, 277 — ^What ' the Son ' is, 278 — ^His Deity, 280 — Soteriological Titles, 282 — Christ our Priest, 284.
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The Witness of the Apocalypse -.. . 286
A Summary View of Early Conceptions, 286 — Two Classes of Designations, 287 — Simple Des- ignations, 287 — Descriptive Designations, 290 — * The Lamb ', 290 — Accumulative Designations, 292 — The Deity of Our Lord, 294 — Trinitarian Background, 296.
The Issue of the Investigation . .298
Fundamental Conviction of the Christian Commu- nity, 298 — This Conviction Presupposes our Lord's Teaching, 299 — And Something More than His Teaching, 300 — Including Something Very Con- clusive, 301 — Not Supposable that Jesus Made False Claims, 302 — The Issue the Sufficient Evi- dence of the Source, 303.
Indexes ....... 305
Index of the Designations of Our Lord, 307 — Index of the Passages of Scripture Cited, 312 — Index of Names Cited, 330.
This man so cured regards the curer, then,
As — God forgive mef — who but God Himself,
Creator and sustainer of the world,
That came and dwelt on it awhile! ....
And must have so avouched himself in fact,
The very God! think Ahib; dost thou think?
— Robert Browning.
THE DESIGNATIONS OF OUR LORD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
They . . . crucified the Lord of Glory.
— I Corinthians ii. 8.
JVho is this King of Glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of Glory.
— Psalm xxiv. lo.
THE DESIGNATIONS OF OUR LORD
The proper subject of the New Testament is Christ. Every page of it, or perhaps we might better say
Pervasive every line of it, has its place in the por- Witness of N.T. trait which is drawn of Him by the