Letters to a Friend Volume 2; On the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties, of the Christian Religion - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1829 Excerpt: .... LETTER XV. On the Divinity of Jesus Christ. " Four things," said the great and judicious Hooker, " concur to make complete the whole state of our Lord " Jesus Christ: his Deity, his manhood, the con" junction of both, and the distinction of the one from " the other, being joined in one. Four principal " heresies there are which have in those things withstood " the truth. Avians, by bending themselves against " the Deity of Christ; Apollinarians, by maiming " and misinterpreting that which belongeth to his " human nature; Nestorians, by rending Christ " asunder, and dividing him into two persons: the " followers of Eutiches, by confounding in his person " those natures which they should distinguish. Against " these there have been four ancient general councils: " the council of Nice, to define against Arians, A. D. " 325; the council of Constantinople against Apolli" narians, A. D. 381; that of Ephesus against Nesto" rians, A. D. 431; against Eutichians that of Chalce" don, A. D. 451: the decisions of which may be com" prised in four words aXrfius truly, Tcxcw; perfectly, " afaxipzTtos indivisibly, andoo-«yxUT4lf distinctly. The " first applied to his being God; and the second to his " being Man; the third to his being of both one; " and the fourth to his still continuing in that one " both. We may fully, by way of abridgment, com" prise whatsoever antiquity hath at large handled, " either in declaration of Christian belief, or in refu" tation of the aforesaid heresies, within the compass " of these four heads." (o) This view of the Messiah's person agrees with the opinion that has most universally prevailed, among Christians, from the first introduction of Christianity into the world down to the present period. Nor does the mere existence of other op...