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1 COMBINED INDEX A Abelard, Peter, adoption, , afterlife. See eschatology agnosticism, amillennialism, Anabaptism, ancestor worship, angels, 1.79 annihilationism, Anselm of Canterbury, apologetics, Apollinarius, apostles, 3.67 Arius, 1.69, Arminius, Jacob, 1.150, 2.79 ascension of Christ, Athanasian Creed, , atheism, atonement, Christus Victor, extent of, , moral influence, penal substitution, 2.75 revealed in OT, revealed in NT, satisfaction, attributes of God. See God, attributes of Aulén, Gustav, 2.72 authority in the church, Azusa Street, B baptism, and assurance, and covenant, and election, foreshadowed in OT, of infants, 3.30, as sacrament, and union with God, body, as prison house of soul, resurrection of, Buddhism, burial, C calling, , rejection of, COMBINED INDEX 157

2 internal and external, Calvin, John, 2.165, 3.3, 3.45, 3.87 catechisms, 1.3 Chalcedon Council of, 2.12 definition of, 2.12 charismatic movement. See Pentecostal movement children and baptism, and regeneration, Christ, , ascension of, burial of, death of, descent into hell, divine and human natures, , exultation of, humiliation of, incarnation of, intercession of, , as judge, as king, , as mediator, obedience of, as priest, as prophet, resurrection of, return of, , self-emptying (kenosis), 2.35 seated at the right hand, session of, states of his work, 2.32 suffering of, threefold office of, , , , , , Christian, as king, as priest, 2.26 as prophet, 2.23 church, , , apostolic, 3.33 applying marks of, as assembly, attributes of, , and authority, as bride of Christ, , , , catholicity of, Christian, distinctions concerning, 3.4 5, holiness of, and hypocrites, invisible and visible, 3.4, 3.13, 3.32 local and federation, marks of, militant and triumphant, 3.5, 3.13 misconceptions concerning, organism and institute, 3.5, 3.12 pluriformity of, 3.32 and sects, and state, true and false, 3.38 unity of, GROWING IN THE GOSPEL

3 church discipline and Lord s supper, as mark of the church, conditional immortality. See annihilationism conversion, See repentance covenant, and baptism, definition of, and election, in Paradise, of works, relationship of old and new and the best, two parts of, creation, angels, 1.79 by God the Father, and evolution, in six days, out of nothing (ex nihilo), creeds, 1.3 cremation, D deacons, death, and the body, of Christ, and the soul, deification, demons, 1.79 descent into hell, dispensationalism, 1.133, 3.30 Docetism, doctrine, 1.1 2, definition of, source of, dogma, 1.5 dogmatics, 1.3 E ecclesiology, elders, election, , and adoption, and baptism, and covenant, definition of, not exceeding limits of Scripture, on the basis of foreseen faith, scriptural proof for, environmentalism, eschatology, , , brief survey of events, general and personal, , and hermeneutics, theocentric approach to, , eternal glory, eternal punishment, eternal state, Eutyches, 2.12 evangelist, 3.68 evolution, , COMBINED INDEX 159

4 F faith, , , as assent, assurance of, , , 3.111, 3.118, definition of, defending, gift of God, historical, as knowledge, miraculous, refining of, temporary, as trust, federation of churches, filioque, 2.89 G gender, general revelation. See revelation, general Gaia, glorification, glossolalia, 2.102, God, attributes of, 1.20, 1.49 essence of, 1.49 eternity of, 1.54 faithfulness of, goodness of, 1.57 grace of, 1.57 holiness of, 1.57, image of. See image of God immutability of, 1.55 incomprehensibility of, 1.55 infinity of, invisibility of, 1.55 justice of, , knowledge of, names of, , not the author of sin, simplicity of, 1.53 sovereignty of, 1.56 spirituality of, 1.54 wisdom of, 1.56 good works, 2.154, , , gospel, , grace, how many means of, means of, Gregory of Nyssa, 2.72 H healings, hell, Hinduism, 3.171, Holiness Movement, Holy Spirit, , and application of redemption, , blasphemy against, divinity of, names of, procession of, 2.89 work in creation, 2.90 work in OT, work in sacraments, 3.113, work of inspiration, GROWING IN THE GOSPEL

5 homoousion, 2.11 hypocrisy, I image of God, 1.63, , , 2.170, , definition of, and fall into sin, , , and Father-children relationship, and gender, and likeness, purpose of, incarnation of Christ, inspiration, , See also Scripture plenary, 1.27 intercession of Christ, , intermediate state, Islam, J Jainism, Jehovah s Witnesses, 1.69, Judaism, Judgment Day, , and good works, justification, , and Christ s merits, by faith, and Judgment Day, and sanctification, and works, 2.154, , K kenosis, 2.35 keys of the kingdom, 3.28, , 3.97, L last days. See eschatology law, three uses of, light of nature, liturgy, Lord s supper, and assurance, and children, Christ s presence at, compared to baptism, different views of, foreshadowed in OT, as sacrament, self-examination, Luther, Martin, 2.151, 2.160, 3.5, , 3.45, , Lutheran Church, 3.114, M male and female, man created in God s image, fallen into sin, materialism, 1.78 means of grace, men, Methodism, COMBINED INDEX 161

6 millennium different views of, minister of the Word, monotheism, Montanism, Mormonism, , , Mother Nature, N Nestorius, 2.12 new heaven and new earth, O obedience of Christ active, passive, office bearers, equality of, ordinary and extraordinary, 3.67 women in office, office of all believers, , , 2.95 open theism, 1.58 order of salvation (ordo salutis), , P paedo-communion, panentheism, 1.78 pantheism, Parham, Charles, pastor, Pelagianism, Pentecost Day, , 3.30 Pentecostal movement, perseverance of the saints, , experience of, means of, objections to, philosophy, 1.6 polytheism, pneumatology, postmillennialism, pragmatism, preaching, , basis of, law and gospel, and liturgy, as mark of the church, power of, predestination. See election premillennialism, prophecy, prophets, 3.67 protoevangelium, 3.92 providence, by God the Father, and human limitations, and sin, 1.91 use of means within, purgatory, R rationalism, 1.42 reprobation, return of Christ, revelation, cessation of, GROWING IN THE GOSPEL

7 general, , 1.82 need for, special, regeneration, , 2.134, and children, and human will, means of, reincarnation, Remonstrants, 2.79 repentance, , duration of, fruits of, resurrection of the body, of Christ, return of Christ, Roman Catholic Church, 1.6, 1.120, 3.29, , 3.85, 3.114, , S sacraments, definition of, as mark of the church, need for, sign and thing signified, sanctification, , and Christ, and justification, progress of, Satan, , Scripture, authority of, 1.32 clarity of, inerrancy of, infallibility of, inspiration of, necessity of, 1.32 perfections of, sufficiency of, 1.33 second blessing, sects, Semi-Pelagianism, session of Christ, Seymour, William, Sheol, 2.44, sin, , , actual, against the Holy Spirit, God is not the author of, and the image of God, , , inherited, original, total depravity, soteriology, 2.116, 3.2 4, soul, soul sleep, speaking in tongues, special revelation. See revelation, special speculative theology. See theology, speculative spiritual gifts, state and church, subordinationism, 1.69 suffering of Christ, symbolics, 1.3 COMBINED INDEX 163

8 symbolism in Scripture, systematic theology. See theology, systematic T Taoism, theistic evolution, , theodicy, , theology speculative, 1.40 systematic, 1.3 total depravity, Trinity, , revealed in OT, revealed in NT, U unpardonable sin, W Wesley, Charles, Wesley, John, will of humans, women, in office, world religions, X xenoglossolalia, 2.102, GROWING IN THE GOSPEL

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