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Child Study According To The Bible, P. E. Kretzmann
Child Study According To The Bible, P. E. Kretzmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
The attitude of the Lutheran Church, specifically of our branch of the Lutheran Church, toward the Bible, is one which finds little appreciation in the world to-day. Wherever we turn, we find opposition. The Church of Rome has added to its mutilated Bible the vagaries of tradition and the claims of an "infallible" Pope. Most Protestant denominations have set aside the inspiration of the Bible or so modified the meaning of inspiration as to make the word meaningless.
The Preparation Of Confirmands, Or The Instruction Of Catechumens, Herm. A. Steege
The Preparation Of Confirmands, Or The Instruction Of Catechumens, Herm. A. Steege
Concordia Theological Monthly
From the very earliest time of the Christian era, candidates for admission into membership of the Christian Church were first duly instructed and prepared. In the early days such instruction was to prepare them for baptism; for Baptism is the Sacrament of initiation, and it was natural that this mission-work of those days concentrated on adults. It seems to have exhibited various degrees of thoroughness. Without question such instruction was made a matter of prime importance in the Apostolic Age. The several glimpses which the Book of Acts gives us into this particular activity of the early Church easily convince …