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Foreword -- Analysis -- Translator's preface -- Prefatory observations -- Definition of theopneustia -- Theopneustia difined -- Theopneustia asserted -- Theopneustia rejected -- Theopneustia further defined and stated -- On the individuality of the sacred writers -- Scriptural proof of the divine inspiration -- All scripture is divinely inspired -- All the prophetic utterances are given by God -- All the scriptures of the Old Testament are prophetic -- All the scriptures of the New Testament are prophetic -- The examples of the apostles and or their Master -- Attest that, in their view, all the words of the Holy Books are given by God -- Brief didactic abstract of the doctrine of the divine inspiration -- Catechetical sketch of the main points of the doctrine -- On the adversaries and defenders of this doctrine -- Examination of objections -- The translations -- Use of the Septuagint translation -- The various readings -- Errors of reasoning or of doctrine -- Errors in narratives; contradictions in the facts -- Errors contrary to natural philosophy -- The declarations of Paul himself -- Examination of evasions -- Might not inspiration pertain to the thoughts only, without extending the words -- Should we except from inspiration the historical books? -- Will the apparent insignificance of certain details in the Bible authorize their being excepted from inspiration? -- Sacred criticism, in the relations it bears to divine inspiration -- Sacred criticism is a scientific inquirer, and not a judge -- Let sacred criticism be an historian, not a soothsayer -- Sacred criticism is the doorkeeper of the temple, not its God -- Conclusion -- Retrospect -- The Bible above everything -- Index -- Scripture index -- The crisis of our time -- Intellectual ammunition. |
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