A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 • SECTION 15

THE PERSON OF CHRIST.

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§ 1. Preliminary Remarks '. . .378

§ 2. Scriptural Facts concerning the Person of Christ .... 380 He is truly Man. — He is truly God. — He is one Person . . 380 Proof of the Doctrine. — Proof of the several Points separately. — From the cuiTcnt Representations of Scripture. — From particu- lar Passages of Scripture. — St. John's Gospel i. 1-14 — 1 John i. 1-3. — Romans i. 2-5. — 1 Timothy iii. 16. — Philippians ii. 6-11.

— Hebrews ii. 14 386

§ 3. The Ilypostatical Union 387

Two Natures in Christ. — Meaning of the Word Nature. — Two Natures united but not confounded. — The Attributes of one

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Nature not transferred to the other. — The Union is a Personal Union 39C

§ 4. Consequences of the Hypostatical Union 392

Communion of Attributes. — The Acts of Christ. — The Man Christ Jesus the Object of Worship. — Christ can sympathize with his People. — The Incarnate Logos the Source of Life. — The Ex- altation of the Human Nature of Christ 397

§5. EiToneous Doctrines on the Person of Christ. — Ebionites. — Gnos- tics. — Apollinarian Doctrine. — Nestorianism. — Eutychianism.

— Monothelite Controversy 404

§ 6. Doctrine of the Reformed Churches 405

§7. Lutheran Docti-ine 4C7

Different Views among the Lutherans. — Remarks on the Lutheran

Doctrine 418

§8. Later Forms of the Doctrine 418

Socinianism. — Swedenborg. — Dr. Isaac Watts. — Objections to

Dr. Watts' Theory 427

§ 9. Modern Forms of the Doctrine 428

Pantheistical Christology. — Theistical Christology. — The Doc- trine of Kenosis. — Ebrard 434

Gess 435

Remarks on the Doctrine of Kenosis 437

Schleiermacher's Christology ........ 441

Objections to Schleiermacher's Theory. — Founded on Pantheisti- cal Principles. — Involves Rejection of the Doctrine of the Trin- ity. — False Anthropology. — Perverts the Plan of Salvation . 450

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