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The Doctrine Of Justification By Faith The Leimotif Of The Apology Of The Augsburg Confession, Lorman Petersen

Bachelor of Divinity

The purpose of this thesis is not to present Catholic doctrine and refute it, but, self-evidently, to show that the Doctrine of Justification by Faith is the Leitmotif of the Apology. We make no claim that we have accomplished our purpose, or that we have done justice to this great Christ centered Confession of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. We have only scratched the surface of this document so rich in Christian doctrine. Melanchthon was a master-mind, and it takes a master-mind to follow him.

The Knowledge And Use Of The Bible In The Medieval Age, Martin Bertermann

Bachelor of Divinity

In attempting to show precisely to what extent the new learning pervaded the countries of Europe during the Middle Ages, and, specifically, just in how far the Bible was known among the clergy and laity, one must be careful to strive for the golden mean in interpreting a flood of literature which usually goes to one of two extremes. The first of these divergent opinions is the one mentioned above, that the Bible, as almost wholly unknown by the clergy and laity of the Middle Ages. And this would seem to be substantiated by no less an authority than Luther …

Die Disputationen Luthers, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Die Disputationen Luthers (Luther's Disputations)

Miscellanea, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

Was Gamaliel's Counsel To The Sanhedrin Based On Sound Reasoning?, W. C. Burhop

Concordia Theological Monthly

According to Acts 5:38, 39, Gamaliel advised the Sanhedrin not to take hasty action with reference to the testimony of the apostles and the "Christian movement" but to exercise prudence and to wait. His reason for giving this advice he set forth in the following words: "For if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found to fight against God.'' We ask: "Is the reason given by Gamaliel correct? Does it accord with known facts?"

The Archeology Of The Sacraments, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The boundary between history and archeology is somewhat indefinite, but for the purpose of this short discussion the following distinction may be of value. History is a more or less orderly narration of events, either in the form of a chronicle which notes down occurrences from day to day or week to week, like a diary, or in logical arrangement, presenting events in units as the historian understands the incidents which he presents. Archeology, on the other hand, and, in this instance, Christian archeology, is the science of Christian antiquity, an orderly presentation not so much of historical events as …

The Saxons Move To Perry County, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

When the Saxon Lutherans reached the metropolis of the central Mississippi Valley, then a town of some 16,000 inhabitants, their plans had not yet fully matured. Only one point seems to have been reasonably certain, namely, that they did not intend to remain in St. Louis. In the Regulations for the Emigrant, approved in Dresden on May 17, 1838, paragraph 4 reads:

"Place of Settlement. -The place of colonization in the United States of North America is to be chosen in one of the Western States in Missouri or Illinois or perhaps in Indiana."

The Influence Of Scholasticism On Luther, Ewald Otto

Bachelor of Divinity

To sketch the influence of scholasticism and of the scholastics on Luther would require much more time for research than is possible for this paper. Moreover, even to make a selection of scholastics and to determine all the points in which they influenced the hero of the Reformation would call for a greater opus than this pretends to be. It is my purpose, therefore, to consider three scholastics only, namely, Occam, Biel, and Gerson, and to take cognizance of just a few of the ways in which their teachings had an effect on the life and teachings of him whom …

The Great Awakening, Julius Tusty

Bachelor of Divinity

The Great Awakening was a religious revival which swept through our country during the middle of the eighteenth century. The revivalists who labored during this Awakening placed too much emphasis upon emotion. They stressed sanctification, "feeling", and moral reform. They preached the new birth, new life, regeneration. They emphasized the immediate working of the Holy Ghost. It seems that they tried to save by sensation.

Lutheran Hymns In English Translation Or The Contribution Of Nineteenth Century Translators In England To English Hymnody, Hans Bruss

Bachelor of Divinity

Christian song, as it has been in the past, so it is today a tremendous influence in the life of God’s people here on earth. Next only to the Bible, the Hymnody of Christendom is probable the most influential medium of religious culture that we possess. The Hymnody of the Christian Church can be compared to wells of living water. From these wells Christians drink deeply in public worship. By these wells Christian spiritual life is awakened, educated1, and sustained. From these wells Christians find strength and inspiration for their tasks during the week; they find power to carry on …

The Christian Apologists Of The Second Century Their Message And Mission, Clarence Bopp

Bachelor of Divinity

This book shows us that the Jewish people stil1 regarded Christ as an impostor, and were then still expecting a Messiah who would be a glorious ruler. It also indicates that the traveling opponents of Christianity were still exerting their influence. Therefore the Christian apologists of the second century had to keep the Jews in mind. In dealing with them Justin argues from the Old Testament, to show that the prophecies of the Messiah can be fulfilled only in Jesus Christ; he also attacks their ceremonialism and formalism. Thus apologetics against the Jews in the second century is still of …

Lutheran Hymns In English Translations, W Harry Krieger

Bachelor of Divinity

Nothing makes so forcible and lasting an impression as contrast, nor are truths taught more easily through the employment of another method of presentation. Perhaps, then, in prefacing a study of Luther’s hymns, no better means of evaluating the Reformer’s real worth could be used than a contrast of the German Hymnology of the Medieval Period with that of the Reformation.

The Hittites, Gerhard Lewerenz

Bachelor of Divinity

Evidence, however, has pointed to Asia Minor as their home, and when therefore in the nineteenth century monuments were found at Aleppo and Carchemish on the Euphrates, Hamath on the Crontes, and other sites in Asia Minor, Syria, Cappadocia, and elsewhere, - monuments of unusual style and with inscriptions written in unknown hieroglyphics, - it was natural to attribute them to this nation whose existence was known, but whose civilization had not as yet been uncovered.

The Minor Biblical Prereformers Of The Xv Century, Walter Litke

Bachelor of Divinity

We cannot speak of “Pre-reformers” unless we have a clear conception of the tem “reformation”. Too often we leave the Reformation historically unexplained as if it were a sudden upheaval in the life of the church, a change as sudden as the inversion of an hour glass. But no Reformer just drops from heaven. “In spite of its originality and freshness, the Reformation by no means interrupted the continuity of human affairs - on the contrary, it was, on the one hand, preceded and its way prepared by pious and enlightened men, who preached almost the very doctrines that distinguished …

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 …

Have We The Original Text Of The Holy Scriptures?, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

This question, as our readers will remember, was adverted to in the December, 1938, issue of this journal in an article which discussed the position of the U. L. C. A. with respect to the inspiration of the Scriptures.

Intersynodical Documents, Unknown

Concordia Theological Monthly

To let the pages of this journal serve as repository for important documents, we herewith reprint: 1. The report of the Missouri Synod Committee on Lutheran Union, including the Declaration of the American Lutheran Church Representatives; 2. The report of Committee No.16 of the Missouri Synod convention (St. Louis, June, 1938) with respect to the above-mentioned report and the action of Synod; 3. The resolutions of the American Lutheran Church passed at Sandusky, Ohio, touching the union question; 4. The resolution of the United Lutheran Church of America perta1n1ng to this subject.

The Arrival Of The Saxons In St. Louis, W. G. Polack

Concordia Theological Monthly

After relating something of the efforts made to establish Stephan's authority over the entire Saxon group, he declares that Stephan was again making his nightly "Spaziergaenge" with his friends but that he did not take part, because he considered it an unseemly practise, and, besides, he was too tired, after teaching school all day, to devote the nights, meant for rest, to running around.

Erasmus On Luther, Wm. Dallmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther's opposition to the Church of Rome was welcomed by many leaders in Church and State who had long chafed under the yoke of Popery. One of these leaders was the renowned Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam. Yet Erasmus, like so many others, had not grasped the fundamental principles of Luther's Reformation. In the articulus stantis et cadentis ecclesiae, that of justification by grace, through faith, without works, Erasmus remained a good Romanist. For many years he refused to take up his pen against Luther in spite of urgent requests and demands on the part of Rome. Finally he yielded.

Erasmus On Luther, Wm. Dallmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Erasmus, like Luther, was an Augustinian; like Luther, a priest; like Luther, a preacher-at Paris; like Luther, a Doctor of Theology-of Turin; like Luther, a teacher-at Cambridge 1511-1514.

Andreas Carlstadt declared Erasmus "the prince of theologians," superior to St. Ambrose and St. Augustine.

I do not see among the old theologians any they can legitimately prefer to you," wrote Bude.

The Voyage Of The Saxons, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

In view of the fact that the approaching centennial celebration of the Saxon immigration will require a more than casual acquaintance with the chief incidents connected with this memorable historical event, we shall certainly all profit by a rehearsal and a restudy of the more significant features of this unique undertaking on the part of these Lutheran colonists. Such a study is especially necessary in view of the fact that many of the old histories are no longer generally available or accessible and that some of the · printed accounts, such as that by Hochstetter, do not give much detailed …

Monasticism- Its Interest In The Missions Of The Middle Ages, Herman Klann

Bachelor of Divinity

The method and reasons for the conversion of the Germanic tribes to Chrisitanity.

Gnosticism And Its Conflict With Christianity, Gerhardt Nitz

Bachelor of Divinity

The study of such a movement as Gnosticism is doubly important to the student of' theology. This is a phase of history which greatly influenced the church in its infancy. It has left marks upon the church which will never be erased. Moreover, a study of this heresy is essential for the proper understanding of the New Testament. Again, the influence of Gnosticism, as will be pointed out later continued for many centuries. Such a deeply rooted, powerful, paganistic tendency cannot be lightly passed by.

The New Testament Canon In The Apostolic Fathers, Howard Schoenfeldt

Bachelor of Divinity

This work is an independent investigation into the question of the New Testament canon in the Apostolic Fathers, and has been regarded as an original research problem. Therefore there are no references to the monumental works of Westcott, Zahn, and others in this field. Again, the purpose has been to establish the knowledge which the Fathers possessed on the basis of citations from them, and to let their words speak for themselves.

Von Der Babylonischen Gefangenschaft Bis Auf Christum, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Von der babylonischen Gefangenschaft bis auf Christum ("From the Babylonian Captivity to Christ")

Richard William Heintze, W. G. Polack

Concordia Theological Monthly

Richard William Heintze was born in Berlin, Germany, November 11, 1888, and at the age of ten years, together with his parents, Karl and Emma (nee Balzer) Heintze, came to New York City, where he was enrolled as a pupil in St. Matthew's Academy.

Luther, Seine Kaethe Und Seine Kinder, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Luther, seine Kaethe und seine Kinder (Luther, his Kathe and his children)

Johann Gerhard Als Lutherischer Kirchenlehrer, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Johann Gerhard als lutherischer Kirchenlehrer (Johann Gerhard as a Lutheran church teacher)

The Amazing Mass Of Biblical Manuscripts, R. T. Du Brau

Concordia Theological Monthly

This year of our Lord, 1937, bids fair to become the beginning of a third great period in the history of the Greek text of our Bible. Later generations of Bible-lovers will no doubt refer to this period of textual criticism as that of decipherment, transcription, and conservative comparison. True, this latter textual activity has been in progress for the last generation, but it becomes apparent with the wealth of material now on hand that only a modest beginning has been made. The century just ended, from 1838 to 1936, has resolved itself into an age of amazing discoveries of …

The Missionary Method Of Paul As Demonstrated In The Book Of Acts, William Graumann

Bachelor of Divinity

This topic will be discussed under a survey of the passages in the Book of Acts, showing the direct reference to methods where that is possible, and pointing out the implications where the methods are not directly stated. In connection with this we wish to make applications to our own missionary methods, which we feel should not only increase our zeal for missions, but should enable us to bring the Gospel in a more effective way to more souls.