Volume 7 Apologetic Works 3

Andrew Fuller

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Volume 7 Apologetic Works 3

Socinianism

Andrew Fuller

Edited by: Thomas J. Nettles, Michael Haykin and Baiyu Song

Part of the multi-volume work The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110420500

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When Socinianism was at the height of its power, Andrew Fuller challenged it in its self-professed point of greatest strength --the virtue encouraged by its principles of theistic rationality. Do the extended implications of its principles compare favorably with Calvinism in the development of virtue?

Using their own writings and the admissions they make concerning piety and virtue among Socinians, Fuller compared both systems in their tendency to convert profligates to a life of holiness, to convert professed unbelievers, their development of a standard of morality, to encourage love to God, candor and benevolence toward men, encourage humility and charity, promote love for Christ and veneration of Scripture, develop happiness, cheerfulness, gratitude, obedience, and heavenly-mindedness in the followers of the respective systems. If challenged that he is being judgmental and has focused on subjective criteria, Fuller replied that he is merely engaging the Socinians at the place where they have invited investigation. Fuller intended to lay bare the emptiness of the Socinian boast to virtue.

The work first was published in 1793.

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Thomas J. Nettles, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (retired), Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Accessible Download PDF	VII
General editor’s foreword Accessible Download PDF	IX
Contents Accessible Download PDF	XI
General editor’s introduction Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
The Calvinistic and Socinian Systems Examined and Compared, as to Their Moral Tendency: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Friends of Vital and Practical Religion. To Which is Added a Postscript, Establishing the Principle of the Work Against the Exceptions of Dr. Toulmin, Mr. Belsham, etc. Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	47
Socinianism Indefensible, on the Ground of Its Moral Tendency: Containing A Reply to Two Late Publications; The One by Dr. Toulmin, Entitled The Practical Efficacy of the Unitarian Doctrine Considered; The Other by Mr. Kentish, Entitled The Moral Tendency of The Genuine Christian Doctrine (1797) Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	281
Reflections on Mr. Belsham’s Review of Mr. Wilberforce’s Treatise on Christianity (Written in 1798) Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	347
Index of Persons Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	353
Subject Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	356
Scripture Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	369

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of religion who focus on the Enlightenment, Christian polemics, and Baptist Theology
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 375
Keywords: Baptists; Socinianism; Joseph Priestly; Enlightenment

eBook

Published: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110420500

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Planned Publication: September 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110414356