Matthew Henry at Hackney: to Which Is Added, Strictures on the Unitarian Writings of the Rev. Lant Carpenter

Matthew Henry At Hackney: To Which Is Added, Strictures On The Unitarian Writings Of The Rev. Lant Carpenter by Joseph Sutcliffe. This 1824 polemical treatise defends orthodox Christian doctrine against Unitarian writings and aims to restore historic belief in the Trinity, the pre-existence and divinity of Christ, and the necessity of the atonement. Structurally, it surveys early opinions concerning Christ from heathen and Jewish sources, compiles testimonies from church fathers, and then offers a lengthy critical examination of Lant Carpenter's Unitarian arguments and the revised translations they employ. The work juxtaposes extracts from Matthew Henry's Hackney discourse with Dr. Carpenter's writings, interlaced with extensive rebuttals to rationalist theology, asserting that the apostolic faith was consistently Trinitarian and Christ-centered. It includes introductions, discussions on biblical interpretation, and conclusions urging adherence to classical creeds. Sutcliffe presents a sustained defense of the deity of Christ, the Trinity, and the central Christian doctrine of salvation through the Son.