Binney's Theological Compend

By Amos Binney and Daniel Steele

Table of Contents

Title Page
Preface to First Edition

PART I EVIDENCES OF RELIGION

A. Divine REVELATION
       1. Necessity
     2. Revelation, Oral and Written
     3. Genuineness and Authenticity
     4. Mode of Inspiration
B. The Bible
       1. Names and Divisions
     2. English Versions--King James
     3. The Value of the Bible
C. The CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES CLASSIFIED
       1. External, or Historical Evidence
          a. Miracles in the Old Testament
          b. Miracles in the New Testament
          c. Resurrection of Jesus Christ
          d. Historical Evidence, Continued
          e. External Evidence, Continued
     2. Internal Evidence
          a. Harmony of its several parts
          b. Simplicity of its whole design
          c. In harmony with the light of nature.
     3. Experimental Evidence
     4. Collateral Evidences
          a. Influence of the Bible on Character.
          b. Homage of Eminent Persons to the Bible
          c. Admissions of Skeptics respecting the Bible
          d. Remarkable Spread of Christianity
          e. Relation of Christianity to Human Progress

PART II. DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY

A. EXISTENCE OF GOD
B. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
       1. Natural Attributes
          a. Unity
          b. Eternity
          c. Omnipresence
          d. Omniscience
          e. Omnipotence
          f. Immutability
          g. Invisibility
          h. Incomprehensibility
     2. Moral Attributes
          a. Wisdom
          b. Goodness
          c. Holiness
          d. Justice
          e. Mercy
          f. Truth
C. THE TRINITY
       1. Analogical Proof
     2. Hebraistic Proof
     3. Scripture Proof
     4. Errors
D. JESUS CHRIST
       1. Truly Man Scripture Proof
     2. Truly God Scripture Proof
     3. God-Man Errors respecting the Person of Jesus Christ & Mediation
E. THE HOLY GHOST
       1. Errors
     2. Personality and Divinity
F. ANGELS
       1. Their nature, names, and employment
     2. Not to be worshiped
G. THE DEVIL AND DEMONS
       1. Their names
     2. Their nature and employment
H. MAN--MANKIND
       1. Origin and Nature
     2. Condition and Fall
     3. Free Agency
     4. Proofs
I. REDEMPTION--ATONEMENT
       1. Definitions and Distinctions
     2. Errors respecting the Atonement
     3. Benefits of the Atonement
J. JUSTIFICATION
K. SAVING FAITH
       1. Nature
     2. Errors
     3. Repentance
L. REGENERATION
       1. Nature and Necessity
     2. Errors
M. ADOPTION
       1. Witness of the Spirit
     2. Inferential Evidence
N. CONVERSION
O. HOLINESS--SANCTIFICATION
       1. Nature
     2. Attainable before Death
     3. Errors
P. PERSEVERANCE--APOSTASY
Q. LAST THINGS
       1. Death
     2. Intermediate State
          a. Of the Righteous
          b. Of the Wicked
     3. Messiahs Kingdom--Its Progress and Ultimate Triumph
     4. The Second Advent of Christ
     5. The General Resurrection
     6. The General Judgment
     7. Heaven
     8. Hell
 
PART III MORALS OF CHRISTIANITY

    THE MORAL LAW

A. DUTIES WE OWE TO GOD
       1. Internal
          a. Submission to God
          b. Love to God
          c. Trust in God
          d. Fear of God
     2. External
     Public and Social Worship and Prayer...
          a. Mental Prayer
          b. Private Prayer Family Prayer
          d. Public and Social Prayer
B. DUTIES TO OUR NEIGHBORS
       1. Prohibition of Unholy Dispositions
     2. Prohibition of Unjust Acts
     3. Requirement of Holy Dispositions
     4. Requirement of Just and Kind Acts
     5. Duties to Particular Classes
C. DUTIES TO OURSELVES
       1. Self-Defense
     2. Self-Preservation
     3. Self-Control
     4. Sell-Culture
PART IV INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY
A. MARRIAGE
B. THE SABBATH
C. THE CHURCH
D. THE SACRAMENTS
       1. Baptism
     2. The Lords Supper
E. CHURCH ORDER
       Woman's Sphere in the Church