The Christian Doctrine of Immortality

by Stewart D. F. Salmond

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1897

Overview

These six lectures were delivered by Stewart D.F. Salmond in Edinburgh as part of the Cunningham Lectures series. As Salmond states in the introduction, “The present inquiry limits itself to the question, what is the witness of Scripture on the subject? The words of Christ are to me the highest authority, beyond which I seek no other.” Salmond’s essays cover the apostolic doctrine, the Pauline doctrine, Christ’s teaching, the Old Testament, and more.

Key Features

• Contains six lectures given by Salmond
• Discusses the scriptural basis for apostolic and Pauline doctrine
• Explores how the Old Testament text prepares the way for Christ’s teachings

Contents

• The Ethnic Preparation
  • Introductory
  • Ideas of the Lower Races
  • Indian Beliefs
  • Egyptian Beliefs
  • Babylonian and Assyrian Beliefs
  • Persian Beliefs
  • Greek Beliefs
• The Old Testament Preparation
  • Negative Aspect of the Old Testament Preparation
  • Positive Aspect of the Old Testament Preparation
  • The Notes of the Old Testament Preparation
  • The Contribution of the Poetical Books
  • The Contribution of the Prophets and Ecclesiastes
• Christ’s Teaching
  • General Considerations
  • Doctrine of the Return
  • Doctrine of Judgment
  • Doctrine of the Resurrection
  • The Intermediate State
  • Doctrine of Final Destinies
• The General Apostolic Doctrine
  • The Apostolic Doctrine and the Non-Canonical Literature
  • The Teaching of James, Jude, Hebrews, and the Apocalypse
  • The Doctrine of Peter and John
• The Pauline Doctrine
  • General Statement
  • Particulars of Paul’s Doctrine
  • Paul’s Doctrine of the Resurrection
• Conclusions
  • The Contribution of Christianity to the Hope of Immortality
  • Doctrines of Annihilation and Conditional Immortality
  • Restorationism and Allied Doctrines
  • The Alternative Doctrine

Top Highlights

“And those who suffer with Him should recognise that their old relation to sin is at an end, that they themselves are done with sin.” (Page 478)

“The doom of these ‘ungodly’ is expressed as ‘destruction’ or ‘perdition,’ the term being the nominal form of the verb rendered ‘perished’ in the previous verse. In that verse it is obvious that the idea is not annihilation, but the breaking up of the order of the old world. In this verse there is as little reason to suppose that absolute extinction of being is intended.” (Page 452)

“ third as the time when the disobedience took place, namely, in the days preceding the Deluge” (Page 483)

“will persecute you, and justify their persecution by reviling your character;” (Page 484)

“secondary and accidental accompaniment of salvation’;” (Page 601)

Praise for the Print Edition

As it now stands, the volume is by far the most elaborate and valuable treatise that has yet appeared on the vital doctrine which it so fully and convincingly presents. The Christian Church owes Prof. Salmond an incalculable debt for such a discussion of such a theme.

—Presbyterian and Reformed Review

Product Details

• Title: The Christian Doctrine of Immortality
• Author: Stewart D. F. Salmond
• Edition: Third Edition
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 1897
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 703
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Immortality
• Resource ID: LLS:ESCHASALMOND
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T01:43:06Z

About Stewart D. F. Salmond

Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1838–1905) was a professor of theology at Aberdeen Free Church College. His works include St. Mark: Introduction, Ulrich Zwingli, and The Epistle to the Ephesians.