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The Holy Spirit As A Seal And An Earnest- An Interpretation Of Ephesians 1:13-14, Wesley William Isenberg
The Holy Spirit As A Seal And An Earnest- An Interpretation Of Ephesians 1:13-14, Wesley William Isenberg
Bachelor of Divinity
The purpose of this thesis was to determine, within the framework of Ephesians l:13-14, the basic meanings and the resultant implications of the terms “seal” and “earnest” when applied to the Holy Spirit. As indicated by the title, the result of such a purpose is a detailed interpretation of two verses of the Pauline corpus.
Paul's Baptismal Theology With Special Reference To Rom. 6, Walter Keller
Paul's Baptismal Theology With Special Reference To Rom. 6, Walter Keller
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
The original intention was to undertake an exegetical investigation of this passage. However, it soon became obvious that, to understand the thought of the Apostle, it is impossible to confine one’s study to a simple passage. And so, though the original intention continued to remain the foremost concern, the problem assumed a broader scope, as the title of thesis indicates. Very naturally therefore, references to baptismal sayings outside the Pauline corpus lie outside the scope of this thesis, inasmuch as the purpose of the investigation is to ascertain the mind of Paul with regard to this sacrament.
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry Hamann
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry Hamann
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
The study here presented the writer hopes to make part of a larger work, an examination of how far Lutheran teaching on justification agrees with the New Testament as a whole, specific attention being given all along to modern criticism on this head. (Modern signifies approximately the period from the end of the first Great War to the present day.) It is not enough to show nowadays that Lutheran teaching agrees with St. Paul. It has to be shown that it agrees with St. John, with the Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, and with the rest of the literature of …