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Christian Humanism And The Reformation: Erasmus And Melanchthon, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

A closer examination of the relationship between Erasmus and Melanchthon - contemporaries who were both Christian humanists and ecclesiastical reformers, though they never met each other face to face - illuminates several significant aspects of the complex interrelationship between Christian humanism and the Reformation.

Biblical Humanism And Roman Catholic Reform: (1501-1542) Contarini, Pole, And Giberti, Marvin W. Anderson

Concordia Theological Monthly

Reginald Pole deserves careful attention by students of the Reformation period. Pole delivered one and shared in a second of three confessions which assumed Roman Catholic guilt for the splintering of Christendom. Adrian VI excoriated the Curia in his Instructio of Jan. 3, 1523, read to the Diet of Nuremberg by Francesco Chieregati.

Laurentius Valla (1407-1457): Renaissance Critic And Biblical Theologian, Marvin W. Anderson

Concordia Theological Monthly

When Laurentius Valla penned those words, he was writing the fuse scientific treatise on Latin grammar since John Duns Scotus. Leonardo Bruni died in the same year Valla’s treatise appeared. The year 1444 marks the return of Renaissance scholars to a philological analysis of classical texts. This method, which Valla soon applied to Biblical study, revolutionized medieval Biblical scholarship in the century before Trent. Valla's purpose was to revitalize Catholic faith. Protestants and Catholics still owe their fresh awareness of Scripture to the labors of Valla.

The Church And State In Calvin, Bong Rin Ro

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

The relationship between church and state has been a problem for many centuries and still is today. Coming from the Reformed background, the writer was first interested in Calvin's view on church and state in connection with Luther's view on the same subject encountered in the Luther Studies Course. The writer soon found differences of opinion among historians as to how Calvin considered the church in relation with the state. Further research led to the understanding that there are two main problems involved in this study: the separation between church and state and the interpretation of Calvin's democratic ideals.

A Semantic Study Of Ecclesia Before 100 A.D., Harold Edwin Cline

Graduate Thesis Collection

In studying the background and origin of meaning for this word [ecclesia], this paper will seek to investigate the pagan, the Jewish, and the Christian literature in this order. Of couse, as the preliminary discussion has so far indicated, the primary weight and burden of study will be upond the Septugintal influence. The three stages to be developed are reminiscent of the comment of R.C. Trench in his opening comments concerning ecclesia. He named them as heathen, Jewish, and Christian. The development of these stages will be united and brought together to make some pertinent conclusions in the final chapter …

Some Problems Of First Peter, Robert E. Boyette

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study is an introduction I to some of the problems found in First Peter. The first chapter will be devoted to the presentation of the traditional view of authorship. Does the epistle come to us with the authority of the chief of the apostles? Tradition says yes. The second chapter questions the traditional view. Some scholars have questioned or rejected the verdict of tradition. In the third chapter the problem of the spirits in prison will be considered. Scholars disagree relative to this interpretation. What is meant by preaching to the spirits in prison? Who are these spirits? What …

The Contribution Of Archaeology To The Interpretation Of The New Testament, Raymond F. Surburg

Concordia Theological Monthly

The pastor, the missionary, the parochial school teacher, the Sunday school and weekday school teachers, the Christian youth leaders, and others use the Bible in their respective fields of labor in the Lord's vineyard. If these Christian workers and leaders are to fulfill the intention of the divinely appointed ministry of reconciliation and accomplish the perfecting of the saints through the Word of Truth, a correct and adequate understanding of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, together with their proper application, is essential. The explanation and the application of the Word of God must rest upon a sound and self …

"Ecclesia" According To Saint Paul, Ralph G. Bealer

Graduate Thesis Collection

Several years ago the writer became interested in a study of the New Testament concept of the church. Since the major part of the New Testament collection dealing with this concept is made up of the writings of the apostle Paul he felt that the study should begin with these writings. In making a preliminary study it was found that the apostle's concept would be too extensive and too inclusive to incorporate in its entirety within the scope of a thesis written as partial requirement for the Master of Arts Degree. Consequenty this work is limited, being primarily foundational.

In …

The Influence Of The Hebrew-Jewish Wisdom Literature Upon The Gospels, Robert Allen Byerly

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is my deep conviction that the Gospel takes on new meaning as we see its message in the light of its historical background. In this instance we are interested in the influence which the Wisdom Literature exerted upon the Gospel records.

The Formative Years Of Paul, Victor Harold Zwintscher

Bachelor of Divinity

The aim the purpose of this paper will be to describe briefly the conditions and activities which influenced the Apostle Paul, during his formative years, in the preparation for becoming an ambassador of Jesus Christ. Since the actual historic facts concerning this period of the apostle's life are extremely limited, there is almost endless room for conjecture. However, in the absence of facts, the conjecture in this paper will be limited to the most logical and psychological possibilities.

An Inquiry Into The Causes Of Christianity's Triumph Overpaganism, William C. Miller

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Synod And English Work, H. B. Hemmeter

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Missouri Synod, which is about to celebrate its centennial in 1947, has been known in the past largely as a German-speaking body. Its interest and its activity in Lutheran church work in the English language are not so generally known or understood. The fact is that both the Saxon and the Franconian founders from the very beginning were interested in, and anxious to do, service in the language of their new homeland. Already before the organization of Synod in 1847 the Saxons in 1838 established their Concordia Academy in Altenburg, Missouri, enrolling at the very start one who was …

Who Wrote Hebrews, Roland Thies

Bachelor of Divinity

Our problem, as the title informs one, is to discover, if possible, who is responsible for the New Testament Letter to the Hebrews; and if we are not able to arrive at any definite conclusive conclusion, to set forth such theories as we find and give as many of their arguments as we are able.

The Disciples Of Christ: Their Growth, Their Heritage, Their Timeliness., Edward Scribner Ames

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

The Dispersion Of The Jews In The Western World, Paul Martens

Bachelor of Divinity

It is my purpose to show in what manner and to what extent these threatenings of the almighty God were pronounced upon his chosen people, the children of Israel, the Jews. We will consider their dispersion in the Western world. In the early centuries the Jews of Egypt, Palestine, and Asia Minor were called Western Jews in distinction from those who were carried away to Babylon and the plains of Assyria. According to the modern division, the Jews of Egypt, Judea, and Greece are included among the eastern Jews, in distinction to those of Spain, Germany, and England. We here …

Luther On The Study And Use Of The Ancient Languages, F. V. Painter

Concordia Theological Monthly

Indeed, if the languages were of no practical benefit, we ought still to feel an interest in them as a wonderful gift of God, with which He has now blessed Germany almost beyond all other lands. We do not find many instances in which Satan has fostered them through the universities and cloisters; on the contrary, these institutions have fiercely inveighed, and continue to inveigh, against them.

The Question Of Aramaic Originals, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

In this particular investigation we are concerned with the gospels, specifically with those of Luke, John, and Matthew, the arrangement being given in the order of their relative importance in the discussion. Mark's gospel will have to be included, at least in an incidental fashion, chiefly on account of the most recent developments, which caused the inclusion of this book in the number of those for which an Aramaic original is alleged.

The Latin Church Of North Africa In The Age Of Tertullian And Cyprian, Luther V. Stephan

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

We shall attempt to present.in outline practically all that concerned itself with or was in any was affected by this church during this period. The treatment of the various chapter heads makes no claim to exhaustiveness; each caption could bear appreciable detail were this thesis to assume the proportions of a book.

Holiness And The Greek Tongue, Newton Wray

Books by Taylor faculty, staff, and administrators

The advent of Jesus Christ occurred at a date described as "the fulness of time," signifying not only an hour for the fulfillment of prophecy but also that providential preparation which predisposed to the reception of Christianity and facilitated its spread among men.

The factors in this preparation may be included under four general heads:

1. The moral state of the world.
2. The Roman Empire.
3. The Greek language.
4. The location of Jewish Synagogues everywhere.

The Early Life Of St. Paul, E F. Kavasch

Bachelor of Divinity

Our Lord, on His departure from this earth, gave the great missionary command, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations." Shortly after, we hear of small established congregations, of one heart and one soul, continuing steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers. However these conditions were restricted to small circles, for among the majority of the Jews, the gospel had made little headway. There were the Sadducees, the wealthy class of Epicureans, denying resurrection and judgment; there were the Pharisees, zealous for the law it is true, but having an entirely carnal …

Religion And Culture Volume 3, No. 8, January 1922, Van Noord Publishing Company

Religion and Culture (1919-1925)

CONTENTS - Vol. 3 No. 8, January 1922

Editorial Contributions

113 - "Cur Deus Homo"

114 - Shall We Have World-Peace?

115 - Dr. Wilson's Lectures

116 - Demoralization or Transformation?

118 - Our Social Life

119 - Dutch Books that Ought to be Read

Contributed Articles

119 - Theology and Logic I by W. H. Jellema

123 - Social and Civic Activity by Henry J. Van Andel

125 - A Lesson by Ray (poem)

125 - Beethoven's Pathetique by Ray (poem)

126 - Book Review: Brass: A Novel of Marriage by Charles G. Norris, reviewed by J. G. Vanden …

St Irenaeus- The Demonstration Of The Apostolic Preaching, Irenaeus, J. Armitage Robinson

Patristics

What Irenaeus undertakes in the present work is to set out the main points of this Apostolic message, which, as he has explained in his greater work {II I, iii. 1 ff.), has been handed down in the Church by the successions of the bishops and is the same in substance in all parts of the world, and to demonstrate its truth more especially from the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament.

Instrumental Music In The Worship Or The Greek Verb Psallo Philologically And Historically Examined Together With A Full Discussion Of Kindred Matters Relating To Music In Christian Worship, M. C. Kurfees

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 9, June 15, 1902, Walter E. Hoffsommer

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the June 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 8, May 15, 1902, Walter E. Hoffsommer

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the May 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 7, April 15, 1902, Mary E. Markley

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the April 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 6, March 15, 1902, Mary E. Markley

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the March 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 5, February 15, 1902, Mary E. Markley

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the February 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 4, January 15, 1902, Mary E. Markley, Marion G. Spangler

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the January 15, 1902 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 3, December 15, 1901, Mary E. Markley

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the December 15, 1901 Ursinus College Bulletin.