Course of Study in Systematic and Pastoral Theology and Ecclesiastical History: For Students Attending the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Theology defined. The application of the word by the ancient Heathen writers. By the ancient writers of the Chris tian Church. Employed sometimes in a restricted and at other'times in a more extended sense. Appiied to some of the Christian Fathers. Theology variously distinguished.~ True and false. Natural and supernatural. Christian The ology arranged under various divisions. Positive and scho lastic. Exegetical. Historical. Pastoral. The more com mon divisions of Theology are didactic or systematic The ology. Polemic Theology. Practical Theology. Theology, a subject of universal interest. Directions for the right study of Theology. Make divine truth itself the object of inquiry, and seek it sincerely. Pursue this object with earnest atten tion and intense application 'of mind. Make the Holy Scrip tures the only standat of moral and religious truth. Search them with eager, painful, and persevering diligence, making use of all proper means for ascertaining their meaning, in order to the attainment of Theological knowledge. Seek the illumination of the Holy Spirit by earnest, instant, and per severmg prayer. To attain the knowledge of; Theology, it must be sought with a free judgment, and a sanctified mind, or in the exercise of unfeigned piety, and the teaching of the Holy Spirit. The case of Spinoza and Huss, as adduced by Dr. Woods, in illustration of the subject.

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