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Conventions Used in This Work
Preface
[1] §§1–7 / The Entire Sacred Scripture Is about the Lord, and the Lord Is the Word
[2] §§8–11 / To Say That the Lord Fulfilled All of the Law Is to Say That He Fulfilled All of the Word
[3] §§12–14 / The Lord Came into the World to Subdue the Hells and to Glorify His Human Nature; the Suffering on the Cross Was the Last Battle by Which He Completely Defeated the Hells and Completely Glorified His Human Nature
[4] §§15–17 / The Lord Did Not Take Away Our Sins by His Suffering on the Cross, but He Did Carry Them
[5] §18 / The Imputation of the Lord’s Merit Is Nothing More nor Less Than the Forgiveness of Sins That Follows upon Repentance
[6] §§19–28 / The Lord as the Divine-Human One Is Called “The Son of God” and as the Word Is Called “The Son of Humanity”
[7] §§29–36 / The Lord Made His Human Nature Divine out of the Divine Nature within Himself, and in This Way Became One with the Father
[8] §§37–44 / The Lord Is God Himself, the Source and Subject of the Word
[9] §45 / God Is One, and the Lord Is God
[10] §§46–54 / The Holy Spirit Is the Divine Nature That Emanates from the Lord and Is the Lord Himself
[11] §§55–61 / The Athanasian Statement of Faith Agrees with the Truth, Provided That We Understand It to Be Referring Not to “a Trinity of Persons” but to “a Trinity within One Person,” Who Is the Lord
[12] §§62–65 / The New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation Means a New Church
Biographical Note