num_pages: 342
description: s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduction &amp; NotesThe FatherChristThe Holy SpiritLoss or falling awayRational naturesThe end or consummationThings corporeal &amp; incorporealThe angelsThe world &amp; the creatures in itThe perpetuity of bodily natureThe beginning of the world &amp; its causesThat there is one God of the law &amp; the prophets, &amp; that the God of the old &amp; new covenants is the sameThe just &amp; the goodThe incarnation of the SaviourThat it was the same Spirit who was in Moses &amp; the rest of the prophets &amp; in the holy apostlesThe soulThe world &amp; the movements of rational creatures both good &amp; evil &amp; the causes of these movementsResurrection &amp; punishmentThe promisesFree willHow the devil &amp; the opposing powers are, according to the Scriptures, at war with the human raceThe threefold wisdomWhether the statement made by some is true, that each individual has two soulsThat the world is originated &amp; subject to decay, since it took its beginning in timeThe endThe inspiration of divine ScriptureHow divine Scripture should be read &amp; interpretedThe principle underlying the obscurities in divine Scripture &amp; its impossible or unreasonable character in places, if taken literallySummary of doctrine concerning the Father, the Son &amp; the Holy Spirit
language: English
title: On First Principles
titlecomplete: On First Principles
genres: Christian, Classics, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Church History, Catholic, Nonfiction, Christianity
ratings_count: 245
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher Inc. (Gloucester, MA)