THE KENOTIC THEORY 



CONSIDERED WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE 

 TO ITS ANGLICAN FORMS AND ARGUMENTS 



By the Rev. Francis J. Hall, D.D., author of "Dogmatic 

 Theology," etc. Crown 8vo, pp. xviu+ 247. Cloth $1.50. 



This volume is written in opposition to the theory that, 

 in order to assume a real manhood and submit to human con- 

 ditions, our Lord emptied Himself of certain divine preroga- 

 tives and attributes during the period of His earthly life. 



The writer endeavours to show that this theory is (a) a 

 modern novelty; (b) contrary to the Church's oecumenical 

 decrees of faith; (c) rejected by Catholic doctors; (d) not 

 warranted by the facts contained in the Gospels of the state- 

 ments of Holy Scripture; (e) fallacious in its reasoning; and 

 (/) perilous in its logical results. Clearness and simplicity of 

 treatment is aimed at, and numerous citations are made 

 from ancient and modern authorities. 



CONTENTS 



HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 



1. The Incarnation. 9. The Teaching of Scrip- 



2. The Humiliation of Christ. ture. 



3. Kenotic Arguments. 10. The Scriptures and the 



4. Appeal to Catholic Antiq- Knowledge of Christ. 



uity. II. The Doctrine of our 



5. The Ethical Argument. Lord's Knowledge. 



6. The Example of Christ. 12. The Relations between 



7. The Relative Attributes of our Lord's Knowl- 



God. edges. 



8. The a ^n'ori Argument. 13. Issues Involved. 



Bibliography. 



Reviews 



"It is his thorough grasp of those fundamental principles 

 that has enabled Dr. Hall to give us in his ' Kenotic Theory ' 

 a theological treatise of more than ordinary value. It has 



