James P. Boyce
As a child, the good natured and rotund Boyce was always inclined toward books rather than athletics. He was raised hearing some of the greatest preachers in America: Basil Manly, Sr. (under whom Boyce’s mother was converted and became a Baptist in 1830), Richard Fuller (whose preaching influenced Boyce’s conversion while home from Brown) and James Henley Thornwell, that great Presbyterian preacher and theologian. While a young man, Boyce once attended a Presbyterian church because he was enamored with a young girl. However, Boyce recalls that Thornwell preached so powerfully that he was held spellbound for one hour, forgetting about the girl. Boyce and Thornwell evidently became friends later during Boyce’s first pastorate in Columbia, S.C. Boyce was greatly affected by Thornwell’s Discourses on Truth published in 1854. |
James P. Boyce's Abstract of Systematic Theology
- Chapter I.THE SCIENCE OF THEOLOGY.
- Chapter II.THE BEING OF GOD.
- Chapter III.REASON AND REVELATION.
- Chapter IV.THE UNITY OF GOD.
- Chapter V.SPIRITUALITY OF GOD.
- Chapter VI.DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.
- Chapter VII.THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD.
- Chapter VIII. THE POWER OF GOD.
- Chapter IX.THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
- Chapter X.HOLINESS, GOODNESS, LOVE AND TRUTH.
- Chapter XI.JUSTICE OF GOD.
- Chapter XII.THE WILL OF GOD.
- Chapter XIII.THE DECREES OF GOD.
- Chapter XIV.THE TRINITY.
- Chapter XV.PERSONAL RELATIONS IN TRINITY.
- Chapter XVI.OUTWARD RELATIONS OF THE TRINITY.
- Chapter XVII.CREATION.
- Chapter XVIII. CREATION OF ANGELS.
- Chapter XIX. FALLEN ANGELS.
- Chapter XX.CREATION OF MAN.
- Chapter XXI.PROVIDENCE.
- Chapter XXII.THE FALL OF MAN.
- Chapter XXIII.THE EFFECTS OF THE SIN OF ADAM.
- Chapter XXIV.THE HEADSHIP OF ADAM.
- Chapter XXV.CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
- Chapter XXVI.THE PERSON OF CHRIST.
- Chapter XXVII.THE OFFICES OF CHRIST.
- Chapter XXVIII.THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST.
- Chapter XXIX.ELECTION.
- Chapter XXX.REPROBATION.
- Chapter XXXI.OUTWARD AND EFFECTUAL CALLING.
- Chapter XXXII.REGENERATION AND CONVERSION.
- Chapter XXXIII.REPENTANCE.
- Chapter XXXIV.FAITH.
- Chapter XXXV.JUSTIFICATION.
- Chapter XXXVI.ADOPTION.
- Chapter XXXVII.SANCTIFICATION.
- Chapter XXXVIII.FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS.
- Chapter XXXIX. DEATH AND THE SOUL'S IMMORALITY.
- Chapter XL.CHRIST'S SECOND COMING, AND THE RESURRECTION.
- Chapter XLI.THE FINAL JUDGEMENT.
- Chapter XLII.THE FINAL STATES OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED.