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THE BISHOP PADDOCK LECTURES.

edly religious, and also to its defence and confirmation in respect of such central truths as the Trinity, the Atonement, Justification, and the Inspiration of the Word of God; and of such central facts as the Church's Divine Order and Sacraments, her historical Reformation, and her rights and powers as a pure and national Church. And other subjects may be chosen if unanimously approved by the Board of Appointment as being both timely and also within the true intent of this Lecture

ship."

Under the appointment of the Board created by the trust, the Rev. Morgan Dix, S.T.D., D.C.L., delivered the Lectures for the year 1892, contained in this volume.

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2. Two MYSTERIES: IN THE ORDER OF NATURE
AND IN THE ORDER OF GRACE,

3. THEIR CLOSE RELATION TO EACH OTHER,

II.-ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE, "EXTENSION OF
THE INCARNATION,"

III.-SACRAMENTAL

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WITH HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY,

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1. WITNESSES TO THIS POINT:

(a) The Fathers, .

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(6) Luther, and the Augsburg and Westminster

Confessions,

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2. ITS BASIS MUST BE SOUGHT IN THE CONSTITU-
TION OF THINGS,

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3. ITS PRACTICAL AND IDEAL SIDES,

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4. ITS RELATIONS TO MAN AND NATURE,

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(b) And yet rendering efficient service to the

truth,

3. CARDINAL PRINCIPLES OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE

CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE,

4. RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES HAVE NOT IM-

PAIRED THE FORCE OF THE EVIDENTIAL

ARGUMENT,

V.-PLACE OF MAN IN THE UNIVERSE,

Statement of St. Thomas on this point,

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VI.-GOD, IN THE INCARNATION, TAKES HIS

PLACE, AS MAN, IN HIS OWN UNI-

VERSE,

(a) Christ the mundi summa et compendium,
(b) Catholic doctrine of the Incarnation,

VII, REMEDIAL AND RESTORATIVE EFFECT OF

THE INCARNATION IN NATURE,

(a) Exposition of Romans, viii. 19-23, .

(6) Relation of Christ as Man to Creation,

(c) Reciprocal relation of Nature to Christ,

(d) Interchange of aid and help, .

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VIII.-EXTENT OF THE BENEFITS OF THE IN-

CARNATION,

(a) As wide as the universe itself,

(6) Brotherhood of man, and of Christ as man,
with the lower creation,

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(c) Consequent explanation of the influence ex-
erted on men by natural phenomena,

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IX.-TWO FINAL CONSIDERATIONS.

1. THE PERMANENCE OF THE BODY OF MAN, AND
OF MAN IN THE BODY,.

(a) Pagan and Christian ideas on this point con-
trasted, .

2. THE FINAL RESTORATION OF THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH,

(a) Scriptural predictions,

(b) Views of fathers and theologians, .

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LECTURE II.

The Sacramental System Coextensive with the Life and
Experience of Mankind.

I.-DESIGN OF THE PRECEDING LECTURE TO

SHOW THE REAL BASIS OF THE SACRA-
MENTAL SYSTEM,

(a) No valid objection that it is hard to see and
describe,

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(b) Every edifice must stand on a basis,

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(c) But the footings are not made to be seen,
(d) The way now open to view the superstruct-

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(b) But the result of confidence in philosophic

idealism and exaggerated spiritualism,

(c) Tendency and consequences,

(d) The sole remedy is the acceptance of the

teachings of the Catholic religion on the In-

carnation, and the bonds between God, man,

and nature, in Christ, .

III.-TRANSITION TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE,

(a) Catholic theology has many sides,

(5) The practical and commonplace side of the

subject,

IV. USE OF THE WORD "SIGN" IN ANGLICAN

THEOLOGY,

(a) Definition in the catechism,

(b) The use of signs coextensive with the visible

creation,

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(c) And all signs are sacramental in their char-

(e) Life a profound mystery, and the world a

sign-system all through,

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