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CHAPTER VII.
Of the Union between the Logos and the Soul
and Body of Christ, and their respective pro-
perties
I. Of this Union in general
Page
281
ib.
II. Of the Ignorance of Christ concerning the Day of Judg-
ment
III. Opinions concerning the Body of Christ
CHAPTER VIII.
Of the Use of the Incarnation, and the Objec-
tions that were made to the Doctrine
CHAPTER IX.
Of the Controversy relating to the Holy Spirit
295
299
I. Opinions concerning the Holy Spirit before the Council
of Nice
300
II. Opinions concerning the Holy Spirit after the Council
306
III. Of the proper Office of the Spirit with respect to the
Offices of the Father and the Son
IV. Of the Arguments for the Divinity of the Holy Spirit 319
CHAPTER X.
Of the Doctrine of the Trinity after the Council
326
I. The Doctrine of the perfect Equality of all the Persons
in the Trinity
328
II. Of the New Language introduced at and after the Coun-
cil of Nice
333
III. Illustrations of the Doctrine of the Trinity
· 337
CHAPTER XI.
Of the Arguments by which the Doctrine of the
Trinity was defended
I. Arguments from the Old Testament
II. Arguments for the Divinity of Christ from the New
BOOK III.
vii
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITARIAN DOCTRINE.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
That the Jews in all Ages were Believers in the
Divine Unity
I. The Fact acknowledged by the Christian Fathers
II. Of the Reasons why, according to the Christian Fathers,
the Doctrine of the Trinity was not discovered to
the Jews -
III. The Sentiments of the Jews, as expressed by them-
selves on the Subject
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IV. Of the Jewish Angel METATRON, &C.
CHAPTER II.
General Considerations relating to the supposed
Conduct of Christ and the Apostles, with re-
spect to the Doctrines of his Pre-existence and
Divinity
CHAPTER III.
Of the Conduct of our Saviour himself with
respect to his own supposed Pre-existence and
CHAPTER IV.
Of the Testimony of Athanasius to the Caution
with which the Apostles divulged the Doc-
trines of the Pre-existence and Divinity of
Christ
CHAPTER V.
Of the concurrent Testimony of other Fathers
to the Caution of the Apostles, in teaching
the Doctrines of the Pre-existence and Di-
vinity of Christ
CHAPTER VI.
Of the Caution observed by the Apostles in
teaching the Doctrines of the Pre-existence
and Divinity of Christ to the Gentile Con-
verts
Of John being thought to have been the first who
clearly and boldly taught the Doctrines of the
Pre-existence and Divinity of Christ
402
411
417
422
427
I. The Acknowledgments of the Christian Fathers that
John was the first who taught the Doctrines above-
mentioned
II. Reflections on the Subject
Of the Nazarenes and the Ebionites; shewing
that they were the same People, and that none
of them believed the Divinity or Pre-existence
of Christ
Of the supposed Church of Orthodox Jews at
Jerusalem, subsequent to the Time of Adrian
Of the supposed Heresy of the Ebionites and
Nazarenes, and other particulars relating to
them
Of the Sacred Books of the Ebionites
CHAPTER XII.
Of Men of Eminence among the Jewish Chris-
tians
CHAPTER XIII.
Unitarianism was the Doctrine of the primitive
Gentile Churches
I. Presumptive Evidence that the Majority of the Gentile
Christians in the Early Ages were Unitarians
473
II. Direct Evidence in Favour of the Gentile Christians
having been generally Unitarians
483
CHAPTER XIV.
An Argument for the Novelty of the Doctrine
of the Trinity, from the Manner in which it
was taught and received in early Times
CHAPTER XV.
Objections to the preceding State of Things con-
sidered
I. Of the Testimony of Eusebius to the Novelty of the
Unitarian Doctrine -
II. Of the Excommunication of Theodotus by Victor
III. Of the Part taken by the Laity in the Excommunica-
tion of the early Unitarians, and other Considerations
relating to the Subject
490
500
503
506
Αγραφαις χρήσασθαι φωναίς διο σχεδόν η πασα γέγονε συγχυσις τε
και ακαταςασία των εκκλησιων.
[First published in 1786.]
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