SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY: A Compendium and Commonplace Book

SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
A Compendium and Commonplace Book
DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF
THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS
BY
AUGUSTUS HOPKINS STRONG, D. D., LL. D.
PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY IN THE
ROCHESTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THREE VOLUMES IN ONE
DELMARVA PUBLICATIONS, INC.
PO BOX 96
HARRINGTON, DE 19952
Published in 2015
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About this Volume
Systematic Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong, D. D., LL. D. (president and professor of Biblical Theology in the Rochester Theological Seminary) was originally published in three volumes and divided into Eight Parts:
1. PART I - PROLEGOMENA
2. PART II - THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
3. PART III - THE SCRIPTURES A REVELATION FROM GOD
4. PART IV - THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD
5. PART V - ANTHROPOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF MAN
6. PART VI - SOTERIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRIST AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
7. PART VII - ECCLESIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
8. PART VIII - ESCHATOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF FINAL THINGS

Volume one contended the in Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and the first three chapters of Part 4. Volume 2 contained the remainder of Part 4, Part 5, and the first chapter of Part 6. Volume 3 contained the rest of Part 6, Part 7, and Part 8.
In this volume, we have combined all eight parts. Here is a complete list of the contents:
Table of Contents
PART I.—PROLEGOMENA
Chapter I.—Idea of Theology
Chapter II.—Material of Theology
Chapter III.—Method of Theology

PART II.—THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Chapter I.—Origin of our Idea of God’s Existence
Chapter II.—Corroborative Evidences of God’s Existence
Chapter III.—Erroneous Explanations, and Conclusion

PART III.—THE SCRIPTURES A REVELATION FROM GOD
Chapter I.—Preliminary Considerations
Chapter II.—Positive Proofs that the Scriptures are a Divine Revelation
Chapter III.—Inspiration of the Scriptures

PART IV.—THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD
Chapter I.—The Attributes of God
Chapter II.—Doctrine of the Trinity
Chapter III.—The Decrees of God
Chapter IV.—The Works of God, or the Execution of the Decrees
Section I.—Creation
Section II.—Preservation
Section III.—Providence
Section IV.—Good and Evil Angels

PART V.—ANTHROPOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF MAN
Chapter I.—Preliminary
Chapter II.—The original state of man
Chapter III.—Sin, or Man’s State of Apostasy
Section I.—The Law of God
Section II.—Nature of Sin
Section III.—Universality of Sin
Section IV.—Origin of Sin in the Personal Act of Adam
Section V.—Imputation of Adam’s Sin to his Posterity
Section VI.—Consequences of sin to Adam’s posterity
Section VII.—The salvation of infants

PART VI.—SOTERIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRIST AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chapter I.—Christology, or the redemption wrought by christ
Section I.—Historical Preparation for Redemption
Section II.—The Person of Christ
Section III.—The Two States of Christ
Section IV.—The offices of christ
Chapter II.—The Reconciliation oF man to God, or the Application of Redemption Through the Work of the Holy Spirit
Section I.—The Application of Christ’s Redemption, in its Preparation
Section II.—The Application of Christ’s Redemption, in its Actual Beginning
Section III.—The Application of Christ’s Redemption, in its Continuation

PART VII.—ECCLESIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
Chapter I.—The Constitution of the Church, or Church Polity
Chapter II.—The Ordinances of The Church

PART VIII.—ESCHATOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF FINAL THINGS

I.—Physical Death
II.—The Intermediate State
III.—The Second Coming of Christ
IV.—The Resurrection
V.—The Last Judgment
VI.—The Final States of the Righteous and of the Wicked