| Abbreviations | p. 8 |
| Editor's Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| Editor's Preface | p. 11 |
| A Historical and Theological Introduction to W. G. T. Shedd and His Dogmatic Theology | p. 16 |
| Author's Preface | p. 37 |
| Theological Introduction | |
| True Method in Theological Science | p. 43 |
| Plan, Divisions, and Subdivisions | p. 46 |
| Description of Topics | |
| Biblical, Systematic, and Polemical Theology | |
| Nature and Definition of Theological Science | p. 51 |
| Definition of Theology | |
| Whether Theology Is a Science | |
| Theology as an Absolute Science | |
| Theology as a Positive Science | |
| Bibliology | |
| Revelation and Inspiration | p. 85 |
| General Revelation | |
| Special Revelation | |
| Nature of Inspiration | |
| Nature of Revelation | |
| Infallibility of Inspiration | |
| Authenticity of Scripture | p. 125 |
| Credibility of Scripture | p. 127 |
| Credibility of the New Testament | |
| Theories Opposing New Testament Credibility | |
| Limitations of New Testament Evidence for Credibility | |
| Credibility of the Old Testament | |
| Canonicity of Scripture | p. 146 |
| Theology (Doctrine of God) | |
| Nature and Definition of God | p. 153 |
| God's Spirituality | |
| God's Substantiality | |
| God's Personality | |
| Innate Idea and Knowledge of God | p. 185 |
| Evidence from Scripture for an Innate Knowledge of God | |
| Arguments from Pagan Philosophers for an Innate Knowledge of God | |
| Arguments against an Innate Knowledge of God | |
| Monotheism as the Original Form of Man's Innate Knowledge of God | |
| Inadequacy of Natural Religion | |
| Arguments for the Divine Existence | p. 201 |
| Uses of Syllogistic Arguments for the Divine Existence | |
| Ontological Argument: Statement of the Position | |
| Ontological Argument: Examination of Objections | |
| Cosmological Argument | |
| Teleological Argument | |
| Moral Argument | |
| Historical Argument | |
| Trinity in Unity | p. 219 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Divine Unity and Trinality: An Overview | |
| Scriptural Evidence for the Doctrine of the Trinity | |
| Proper Use of Trinitarian Terminology | |
| God Is One in Respect to Essence | |
| God Is Three in Respect to Persons | |
| Characteristics of Trinitarian Persons: Internal and External | |
| Deity of God the Father | |
| Deity of God the Son | |
| Deity of God the Holy Spirit | |
| Divine Attributes | p. 274 |
| Divine Attributes: Methods of Classification | |
| Self-Existence (Aseity) | |
| Simplicity | |
| Infinity | |
| Immensity and Omnipresence | |
| Eternity | |
| Immutability | |
| Omniscience | |
| Omnipotence | |
| Holiness (Including Justice) | |
| Goodness (Including Benevolence and Mercy) | |
| Truth | |
| The Divine Decrees | p. 311 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Characteristics of the Divine Decree | |
| Efficacious and Permissive Decrees | |
| Fate, Certainty, Compulsion, and Necessity | |
| Predestination | |
| Election | |
| Reprobation | |
| Arminian and Calvinistic Systems Compared | |
| Objections to Election and Reprobation Answered | |
| Decree of Election and the Decree of Redemption | |
| Teaching and Preaching the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation | |
| Creation | p. 366 |
| Creation Ex Nihilo | |
| Creation Account in Genesis | |
| Harmony of the Biblical Creation Account with Physical Science | |
| Eternity of Matter vs. Creation Ex Nihilo | |
| Theory of Evolution vs. Creation Ex Nihilo | |
| Antiquity of Man | |
| Providence | p. 412 |
| Miracles | p. 416 |
| Anthropology | |
| Man's Creation | p. 429 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Theories of the Mode of Man's Creation | |
| General Approaches to the Doctrine of Original Sin | |
| Scriptural Support for Traducianism | |
| Theological Arguments for Traducianism | |
| Physiological Arguments for Traducianism | |
| Traducianism as Both Mysterious and Reasonable | |
| Answers to the Principal Objections against Traducianism | |
| Man's Primitive State | p. 494 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Two Phases of Holiness: Knowledge and Inclination | |
| Proof That Man Was Created Holy | |
| Voluntariness as Self-Determination | |
| Refutation of the Theory That Freedom Consists in Indetermination or Indifference | |
| Human Will | p. 509 |
| Definition of the Will | |
| Objections to the More Recent Psychology | |
| Scriptural Passages and Terms Defining the Will | |
| Inclination vs. Volition | |
| Man's Probation and Apostasy | p. 535 |
| Adam and Eve as Mutably Holy by Creation | |
| Covenant of Works | |
| Nature of the First Sin | |
| Death as the Consequence of the First Sin | |
| Cause of the First Sin | |
| Original Sin | p. 550 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Adam's Sin as Twofold: Internal and External | |
| Imputation of Adamic Guilt | |
| Original Sin as a Corruption of Nature | |
| Corruption of Nature as Guilt | |
| Original Sin as Voluntary Inclination | |
| Original Sin and Moral Inability | |
| Moral Inability and Moral Obligation | |
| Christology | |
| Christ's Theanthropic Person | p. 613 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Christ's Divine Nature and the Second Trinitarian Person | |
| Incarnation vs. Transmutation | |
| Christ as a Single Person in Two Natures | |
| Divine Nature as the Root of Christ's Person | |
| Beginning and Continuation of Christ's Theanthropic Personality | |
| Incarnation and Divine Immutability | |
| Incarnation as the Assumption of a Nature, Not a Person | |
| Sanctification of Christ's Human Nature | |
| Self-Consciousness of the God-man | |
| Christ's Divinity | p. 645 |
| Christ's Humanity | p. 646 |
| Christ's Unipersonality | p. 649 |
| Biblical Evidence for Christ's Unipersonality | |
| Predication of Divine and Human Qualities to the God-man | |
| Christ's Twofold Consciousness | |
| Lutheran Doctrine of "Communication of Properties" | |
| Hypostatic Union and the Two Wills in Christ | |
| Christ's Impeccability | p. 659 |
| Christ's Impeccability Proven from Scripture | |
| Christ's Impeccability Proven from the Constitution of His Person | |
| Impeccability Consistent with Temptability | |
| Sinful vs. Innocent Temptations | |
| Reasons for Christ's Temptations | |
| Soteriology | |
| Christ's Mediatorial Offices | p. 675 |
| Some Characteristics of Christ as Mediator | |
| Threefold Office | |
| Christ's Prophetic Office | |
| Christ's Priestly Office | |
| Vicarious Atonement | p. 690 |
| Atonement as Substitutionary | |
| Atonement as Suffering and Forgiveness as Its Result | |
| Atonement as Objective | |
| Atonement as Subjective | |
| Christ's Sufferings as Penal Substitution | |
| Christ's Active and Passive Obedience | |
| Atonement and Its Necessity in Relation to Divine Justice | |
| Atonement in Its Relation to Divine Mercy | |
| Possibility of Substitution | |
| Extent of the Atonement | |
| Universal Offer of the Atonement | |
| Regeneration | p. 761 |
| Various Uses of the Term Regeneration | |
| Characteristics of Regeneration | |
| Man's Agency in Regeneration | |
| Conversion | p. 787 |
| Justification | p. 793 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Justification: Its Characteristics and Results | |
| Sanctification | p. 803 |
| Means of Grace | p. 809 |
| Preliminary Considerations | |
| Lord's Supper | |
| Baptism | |
| Eschatology | |
| Intermediate or Disembodied State | p. 831 |
| Summary of the Doctrine | |
| Pagan Influences on the Doctrine of Hades | |
| Christ's Alleged Descent into Hell | |
| Scriptural View of the Intermediate State | |
| Meaning of the Word Sheol | |
| Christ's Second Advent | p. 863 |
| Resurrection | p. 867 |
| Historical Considerations | |
| Scriptural Teaching on the Resurrection | |
| Final Judgment | p. 878 |
| Heaven | p. 882 |
| Hell | p. 884 |
| History of the Doctrine | |
| Biblical Argument | |
| Rational Argument | |
| Bibliography | p. 941 |
| Technical Terminology | p. 951 |
| Biographical Entries | p. 963 |
| General Index | p. 971 |
| Scripture Index | p. 983 |
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