- LECTURE 1 – MORAL GOVERNMENT
- LECTURE 2 – MORAL GOVERNMENT
- LECTURE 3 – MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 4 – FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 5 – FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 6 – FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 7 – FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 8 – FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION
- LECTURE 9 – UNITY OF MORAL ACTION
- LECTURE 10 – OBEDIENCE ENTIRE
- LECTURE 11 – OBEDIENCE TO THE MORAL LAW
- LECTURE 12 – ATTRIBUTES OF LOVE
- LECTURE 13 – ATTRIBUTES OF LOVE
- LECTURE 14 – ATTRIBUTES OF LOVE
- LECTURE 15 – ATTRIBUTES OF LOVE
- LECTURE 16 – WHAT CONSTITUTES DISOBEDIENCE TO MORAL LAW
- LECTURE 17 – ATTRIBUTES OF SELFISHNESS
- LECTURE 18 – ATTRIBUTES OF SELFISHNESS
- LECTURE 19 – SANCTIONS OF MORAL LAW, NATURAL AND GOVERNMENTAL
- LECTURE 20 – HUMAN GOVERNMENT
- LECTURE 21 – HUMAN GOVERNMENT
- LECTURE 22 – MORAL DEPRAVITY
- LECTURE 23 – MORAL DEPRAVITY
- LECTURE 24 – MORAL DEPRAVITY
- LECTURE 25 – ATONEMENT
- LECTURE 26 – EXTENT OF ATONEMENT
- LECTURE 27 – REGENERATION
- LECTURE 28 – PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF REGENERATION
- LECTURE 29 – EVIDENCES OF REGENERATION
- LECTURE 30 – EVIDENCES OF REGENERATION
- LECTURE 31 – NATURAL ABILITY
- LECTURE 32 – GRACIOUS ABILITY
- LECTURE 33 – THE NOTION OF INABILITY
- LECTURE 34 – REPENTANCE AND IMPENITENCE
- LECTURE 35 – FAITH AND UNBELIEF
- LECTURE 36 – JUSTIFICATION
- LECTURE 37 – SANCTIFICATION
- LECTURE 38 – SANCTIFICATION, PAUL ENTIRELY SANCTIFIED
- LECTURE 39 – SANCTIFICATION, CONDITIONS OF THIS ATTAINMENT
- LECTURE 41 – SANCTIFICATION, FURTHER OBJECTIONS
- LECTURE 42 – SANCTIFICATION
- LECTURE 43 – ELECTION
- LECTURE 44 – REPROBATION
- LECTURE 45 – DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY
- LECTURE 46 – PURPOSES OF GOD
- LECTURE 47 – PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
- LECTURE 48 – PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS PROVED
- LECTURE 49 – PERSEVERANCE PROVED
- LECTURE 50 – PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
- LECTURE 51 – PERSEVERANCE OF SAINTS
- APPENDIX A – VARIOUS CLASSES OF TRUTHS
- APPENDIX B – HOW WE ATTAIN TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CERTAIN TRUTHS
- GLOSSARY
- Forward
- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
Charles G. Finney’s Systematic Theology Edited by J.H. Fairchild 1878 President, Oberlin college (With modest grammatical and layout changes)
By The Rev. Charles G. Finney Late President of Oberlin College and Professor of Theology
1878 EDITION
NOTE BY THE EDITOR J.H. FAIRCHILD
Two editions of President Finney’s Lectures on Systematic Theology have been published–the first in this country in 1846, the second in England in 1851,–the English edition being somewhat more full than its predecessor. Both editions have been exhausted, and the book has disappeared from the market.
The present edition has been prepared from the English edition by a process of condensation, omitting, to some extent, restatements or repetitions of the argument, paragraphs of a hortatory character, and other parts not essential to the expression or elucidation of the doctrine.
Aside from these omissions, no changes have been made. No liberties have been taken with the author’s style or thought. Every sentence is his own, and even in those parts where, in the judgment of the editor, the author’s views are not elaborated with perfect consistency, as in the presentation of sin as selfishness, and in the lectures on sanctification, no attempt has been made to secure consistency, as might have been done by judicious omissions. The author was in the habit of thinking and speaking for himself while living, and no one can undertake to speak for him now that he is dead.
This condensed edition, it is believed, will not be less valuable, as an exponent of Mr. Finney’s teaching, than the English edition, but even more valuable. Unnecessary bulk in a volume is a hindrance and discouragement to the reader. The topics will be found to be presented with all necessary fullness.
J.H.F. OBERLIN COLLEGE, 1878.