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When in 1855 Lehre und Wehre, the chief ancestor of the Concordia Theological Monthly, made its appearance, it could be compared to a vigorous youth who with his right hand held a loft the Bible and with his left the Confessions of the Lutheran Church. From the very beginning it was apparent to all readers that the editors conceived of their task as consisting in promulgating and defending, with all the theological apparatus and equipment available, "God's Word and Luther's doctrine pure.'' Month after month scholarly articles, pointed paragraphs on current religious happenings, and informing book reviews come before the …

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Introduction To Sacred Theology, J. T. Mueller Jan 1932

Introduction To Sacred Theology, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Nature and Constitution of Sacred Theology.

Theology and Academic Freedom.

Modern rationalistic theology demands that the official teachers of the Church, both in the pulpit and in the lecture chair, should be invested with full academic freedom. That is to say, they should be allowed to assert their subjective opinions without any restrictions whatsoever; oven Holy Scripture must not be forced upon them as the only source and standard of the faith which they are to inculcate.

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Dispositionen Ueber Die Zweite Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Evangelienreihe, Th. Laetsch Jan 1932

Dispositionen Ueber Die Zweite Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Evangelienreihe, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Dispositionen ueber die zweite von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Evangelienreihe (Dispositions on the Second Series of Gospels Adopted by the Synodal Conference)

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Studies In Hosea 1-3, Th. Laetsch Jan 1932

Studies In Hosea 1-3, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Hosea at the very beginning of his book calls attention to the fact that not only the command, v. 2, but all his speeches recorded in this book are not man’s words, human speeches, but words of the Lord, as whose mouthpiece Hosea served.

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Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches, J. H. Fritz Jan 1932