CLARK'S FOREIGN THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY. THIRD SERIES. VOL. X. Borner on the Person of Christ. DIVISION II. VOL. I. PUBLIC EDINBURGH : T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. LONDON: J. GLADDING; WARD AND CO.; AND JACKSON AND WALFORD. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON. - MDCCCLXV. OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST. BY DR J. A. DORN ER, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN. DIVISION SECOND, FROM THE END OF THE FOURTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT TIME. VOLUME I. TRANSLATED BY REV. D. W. SIMON. PUBLIC LIBRARY EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON. MDCCCLXV. ~ ADVERTISEMENT. THE leading principles of this work may perhaps be briefly stated as follow: I. That the germs of the doctrine of the Person of Christ, as held by all the orthodox churches, are contained, principally in a concrete form, in the New Testament: and that the New Testament is the absolute doctrinal Norm. II. That the mission of the Church, intellectually considered, has been to develop these germs: not, however, to originate any new element. III. That, during its history, the Church has actually and progressively developed these germs; now giving prominence to one, and then to another, aspect of the Person of Christ. NEW YOR IV. That in the midst of all its conflicts, confusion; and even corruption, the Church has been enabled, by the Spirit of God, with sure tact, and, as it were, instinctively, at the right moment to turn its back on dangerous principles, which it had itself cherished, and vigorously to oppose erroneous tendencies, at which it had winked. Dr Dorner's idea of development, as applied to this particular doctrine, will thus be seen to be as far removed as pos |