Adams’ Christian Science
Review of W. Adams' Elements of Christian Science: argues fallen human nature still retains goodness and is redeemable by divine grace, rejecting Pelagian and Manichean extremes.
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Adams’ Christian Science
Cur Deus Homo?
Survey of the theological debate whether the Son would have become incarnate absent Adam's fall, reviewing patristic, scholastic, Reformation and modern positions.
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Modern Civilization
Discussion of the Old Palatinate liturgy's Lord's Supper and a review of Balmes' Modern Civilization, urging Protestants to meet Roman Catholic apologetics with learning and fair debate.
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Practical Exegesis
Reprints the Palatinate liturgy for the Lord's Supper and presents Neander's 'Practical Exegesis,' urging historically grounded, scholarly interpretation so Scripture can be faithfully applied.
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Catholicism
Argues that 'catholic' in the Creed denotes organic universality—the Church as a living whole, not a mere sum of parts. Christianity's mission is both extensive (to all nations) and intensive (inner renewal).
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Trench’s Lectures
Review of R. C. Trench's lectures: Christianity's inward spiritual life is primary; nature, miracles, and prophecy confirm and illustrate that truth. Theology must be churchly and Christ-centered.
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The Moral Order of Sex
Argues human morality rises from nature yet transcends it; sexual difference and the family are the primal moral root grounding social, artistic, scientific, and religious life.
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Doctrine of the Reformed Church on the Lord’s Supper
Historical inquiry into the Reformed (Calvinist) doctrine of the Lord's Supper. Argues Calvin taught a real, spiritual participation in Christ's person (flesh and blood) by the Spirit.
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Bible Christianity
1850 review of 'Bible Christianity'—profiles Stockton and Craig advocating undenominational Christianity, criticizing sectarian creeds and urging Christian unity.
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Brownson’s Review Again
Critiques Brownson's charge that Mercersburg theology leads to pantheism. Defends a middle way affirming real revelation, inspiration, and the incarnation.
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Noel on Baptism
Overview of Anabaptists in Switzerland and Noel's 1850 essay on baptism, weighing immersion vs sprinkling and believer versus infant baptism.
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Wilberforce on the Incarnation
Review arguing church history and Wilberforce's study of the Incarnation emphasize German theology's influence and a renewed Christology as vital for Protestant theology and the church.
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Faith, Reverence and Freedom: A Baccalaureate Address to the Graduating Class in Marshall College, Sept. 12, 1849
Baccalaureate address urging graduates to cultivate faith, reverence, and freedom. Faith unites the soul to the spiritual world, centers on Christ (incarnation), and sustains virtue amid doubt.
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Brownson’s Quarterly Review
1850 review critiquing O. A. Brownson’s conversion to Roman Catholicism and his polemical Review, contrasting Protestant learning and disputing transcendental claims about the 'new birth'.
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The New Creation in Christ
Argues that the "new creation in Christ" is an organic, mystical union with Christ—believers partake in his life, a doctrine rooted in John and Paul against mere moral imitation.
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Puritanism and the Creed
Mid-19th-century critique of American sectarianism arguing Puritanism rejects the Apostles' Creed and favors independent churches; defends creeds and visible catholic unity.
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Historical Development
Argues Christianity is an organic, historical development tested by Scripture as its fixed norm; development needs no infallible earthly head and prophecy points to the restitution of all things.
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The Classis of Mercersburg
Analyzes the Apostles' Creed's threefold structure centered on Christ as foundation; reports Mercersburg Classis upholding catechetical order and declaring the Albright ordination invalid.
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Zuingli No Radical
Defends Zuingli (Zwingli) and the Apostles' Creed, arguing he retained traditional liturgy and sacramental union rather than radical reform. Reviews Zurich's worship and sacraments.
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Kirwan’s Letters
A Mercerburg Review piece examines the Apostles' Creed's inward formation and critiques Kirwan's popular anti‑Catholic polemics as unfair, superficial, and presumptuous.
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