Lectures in Divinity Delivered in the University of Cambridge Volume 2 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 edition. Excerpt: ... the Arian controversy. It was in some Arian Creeds before it was (seemingly) in any that were orthodox; yet it was not to be called an Arian Doctrine, because several Arian Creeds omitted it. The Arian Presbyters, who write to Alexander Bishop of Alexandriab, have it not; neither is it in the Creed delivered by Arius and Euzolns to the Emperor0 Constantine. It appears, that the descent of Christ into Hell has been confounded with his burial. So that it has happened sometimes, that, where one of these was inserted in a Creed, the other was omitted. Our Nicene Creed has the burial without the descent; and the Athanasian Creed has the descent without the burial. As this may seem unaccountable, we will just mention here, that the words yjnrxjn ad a$qs have been used in various senses. S'l/x) has been sometimes rendered the Body, as the context in some passages of the LXX fully allows. That it should be rendered Soul, will seem obvious. "A&j? is several times in Scripture translated Grave, on account of the meaning of the sentence, in which it occurs; and it is frequently translated Hell: rj trv s o&w, then, may be construed according to these senses, either the Body in the Grave, or, the Soul in Hell; and therefore those, who thought it meant the one, might think it could not mean the other; and consequently, if they made profession of the burial of Christ's Body, might pass over the descent of his Soul into Hell.--Perhaps more satisfaction may be had with regard to-uxn, as understood to mean the body, when we come to the Explanation. Bishop Bingham, 10. 3. end. Pearson, Creed, p. 472. 1st edit. b Epiphanius, Art. 2. Sect. 6. c Soerat. Hist. i. 1Q. Lev. xxi. 1, 2. Numb. v. 2.--vi. 6. These passages bad better be considered in...

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