The Kingdom of Christ Delineated, in Two Essays on Our Lord's Own Account of His Person
Subtitle: and of the nature of his kingdom, and on the constitution, powers and ministry of a Christian church as appointed by himself
Publisher: Robert Carter & Brothers
Published: 1859
Place of publication: New York
Format: Hardcover
Notes: "From the last London edition, with additions" - title page.
Table of contents: title: Essay I.; title: Christ's own account of himself and of his kingdom at his two trials; title: His trial and condemnation by the Jewish Council; title: Jesus, the Son of God, in a peculiar sense; title: Christ charged with blasphemy, as claiming to be the Son of God, in a sense authorizing adoration; title: Proofs that he was so understood; title: A divine Messiah not expected by the Jews; title: Proofs that the sense in which he was understood, was that which he designed; title: His testimony concerning himself at his trial, must have been true; title: His declarations concerning himself, at his second trial, that before Pilate; title: Sense in which his disclaimer of a kingdom of this world, is to be understood; title: Impiety of attributing to him a hidden meaning; title: Spiritual societies and secular, not to be confounded; title: Intolerance, a natural accompaniment of insincerity; tolerance the fruit of Christian faith and knowledge; title: Essay II.; title: Christianity designed to be a social religion; title: properties of a community; title: Rights divinely conferred on a Christian community; title: Constitution of the Jewish Church; title: How the disciples would understand the commission given them; title: Penalties for ecclesiastical offenses; title: Power of the keys; title: Procedure of the disciples in Conformity with their Master's directions; title: Christian churches derived from synagogues; title: Scanty records of what relates to church government, and copious, of moral and doctrinal instructions; title: Remarkable circumstances in matters of detail which they do record; title: Internal evidence of the Gospel resulting from the above views; title: Things enjoined, things excluded, and things left at large; title: Christianity a religion without sacrifice, altar, priest or temple; title: The Christian Church Universal has no one spiritual head on earth; title: Contrary errors opposed to the above principles; title: Church ordinances removed from a firm foundation and placed on one of sand; title: The English reformers chose the true foundation; title: Pretended Church principles fatal to the Christian hopes and privileges, even of their advocates; title: Appeal to the practice of the early churches, an argument inaccessible to the great mass of Christians; title: Pretended decisions of the Catholic Church; title: Appeals to supposed decisions, etc. of the Catholic Church, as superfluous as they are unsound; title: The Articles, the symbol embodying the deliberate decisions of our Church; title: Pretended distinctions between coordinate and subordinate tradition; title: Alleged importance of human teaching; title: Use and abuse of human instruction; title: The system of Reserve; title: Unsound reasons brought in aid of sound ones; title: Difficulty of ascertaining unbroken succession in the case of individuals; title: Increased danger of schism; title: Irregular formations of Christian communities; title: Presumption in favor of the church to which one actually belongs; title: Apprehension of what is called unsettling men's minds; title: Supposed case neither an impossible one, nor useless even if it were so; title: Cases of a moral necessity for separation; title: Mistakes to be guarded against by reformers when compelled to separation; title: Certain views seductive to the feelings and imagination; title: Case of deposed bishops and presbyters; title: System of traditionists incapable of being supported by clear argument; title: Fallacies resorted to on religious subjects; title: False views of what is Christian faith and humility; title: Principles of the Anglican Reformers