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Book Description

Title:
An Exposition of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, delivered as lectures in the University of Oxford about the year 1497
Author:
Publication Year:
Location:
London
Publisher:
Bell and Daldy
Pages:
235
Subjects:
Romans, Commentary, New Testament
Copyright Holder:
Public domain

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
    1. On the Times in which Colet lived
    2. University Studies in 1486
    3. Divinity Lectures at Oxford in 1497
    4. On the Official Sanction given to these Lectures
    5. Platonic Character of Colet's Lectures
    6. Influence of the Writings of Ficino and Mirandola
    7. Comparison with other Contemporary Lectures
    8. In what sense Colet was a Reformer
  • Lectures
    • Chapter I.—St. Paul's Commission—State of Jewish and Gentile world
    • Chapter II.—Way of acceptance with God
    • Chapter III.—No Superiority to Jews over Gentiles—Foreordained way of Salvation for both
    • Chapter IV.—Circ.mcision—Abraham's faith, and its reward
    • Chapter V.—Power of Grace, that is, of God's love
    • Chapter VI.—No further Atonement for Sin—The Jews slow to accept the true one—Weakness of their Law—Weakness of man's corrut nature
    • Chapter VII.—Jewish Law, continued—No power in it to remove sin—This done by the death of Christ alone
    • Chapter VIII.—Comfort in this for the faithful—Their duty to requite such love of God—Love superior to knowledge
    • Chapters IX., X.—St. Paul's Affection for his People—Their wilfulness unable to defeat the counsel of God—Predestination—Man's pride disqualifies him for understanding the purposes of God
    • Chapter XI.—Ultimate conversion of the Jews—Balance rightly held between them and the Gentiles
    • Chapter XII.—Argnment resumed—Consequences that follow from what has been said—Duty of reformation—Sacrifices now required—Unity of new life, in the individual, and in the Church—The Body and its Member—Causes, and remedy, of disease
    • Chapter XIII.—Practical application to the state of the Christians in Rome—Evil not to be returned for evil
    • Chapter XIV.—Duties of Christians towards one another— Of the stronger towards the weaker—Questions of meats, observance of dzys, and the like—Charity the solver of difficulties—Evils of a contentious spirit
    • Chapter XV.—Concord to be sought—Neither Jew nor Gentile forgotten by Christ—St. Paul's labours in this spirit; his travels; his dangers
    • Chapter XVI.—Farewell greetings—Conclusion
  • Enarratio
  • Index