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The Validity Of Baptism Performed By The Little Flock, Delbert Williams Gremmels
The Validity Of Baptism Performed By The Little Flock, Delbert Williams Gremmels
Bachelor of Divinity
Although there are many errors in the teachings of the Little Flock, the baptism performed by the group should be accepted as valid and re-baptism should not be required before admittance for membership in the Lutheran Church.
A Theological Study Of Baptism And The Lord's Supper As Expressed At The Hanover Convention Of The Lutheran World Federation, Paul Martin Volz
A Theological Study Of Baptism And The Lord's Supper As Expressed At The Hanover Convention Of The Lutheran World Federation, Paul Martin Volz
Bachelor of Divinity
The study which here presents the theology of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper expressed at the Hannover Convention of the Lutheran World Federation is an outgrowth of the writer's concern to know what was said on theological matters by members of the Lutheran World Federation assembled in their first official convention as a federation of Lutherans.
The Significance Of Baptism For The Christian's Faith And Life, Bernhardt F. Meschke
The Significance Of Baptism For The Christian's Faith And Life, Bernhardt F. Meschke
Bachelor of Divinity
The very fact that Christ instituted and commanded Christian baptism is already enough to make it necessary. However, Jesus never instituted anything just for the sake of instituting, nor did the Master command for the sake of commanding. Baptism was given for the benefit of sinners. It is our purpose in the following pages to show the significance of baptism for the Christian's faith and life.
The Apostolic Concept Of Being Filled With The Spirit, Robert Bernard Ehlers
The Apostolic Concept Of Being Filled With The Spirit, Robert Bernard Ehlers
Bachelor of Divinity
What was the apostolic concept of "being filled with the Holy Ghost?" That should take us to the very heart of the matter. At any rate, we have endeavored to learn all that the Word of God reveals about this mystery, to claim what can be claimed as wheat, and to winnow out the chaff.
The Passive And Active Obedience Of Christ, Bruno Martinelli
The Passive And Active Obedience Of Christ, Bruno Martinelli
Bachelor of Divinity
In describing the manner in which the God-Man Christ Jesus performed the mission for which God sent Him and to which the Son consented in willing obedience, Scripture speaks not only passive obedience of Christ, but just as clearly of His active obedience.
The Doctrine Of Holy Baptism In The Pauline Epistles, Arlo Mueller
The Doctrine Of Holy Baptism In The Pauline Epistles, Arlo Mueller
Bachelor of Divinity
The purpose or this treatise is to show, primarily, that the doctrine which the Confessional Lutheran Church has taught concerning the Sacrament of Holy Baptism is the Scriptural doctrine as taught in the Pauline Epistles, and that the various errors of Enthusiasm on this point must be rejected as conflicting with the clear teachings of Paul, the great apostle.
The Doctrine Of Baptism In The Epistles Of St. Paul, Clarence W. Stradtmann
The Doctrine Of Baptism In The Epistles Of St. Paul, Clarence W. Stradtmann
Bachelor of Divinity
When discussing the doctrine of baptism in any New Testament writing we must first come to an agreement on the one point on which an important part of the argument hinges, namely, the exact meaning of the word.
The Roman Catholic Doctrine Of Infused Grace Examined And Refuted, Herman W. Gockel
The Roman Catholic Doctrine Of Infused Grace Examined And Refuted, Herman W. Gockel
Bachelor of Divinity
How this doctrine of work-righteousness, technically known as the doctrine of infused grace, or Gratia Infusa, can presume to claim any vestige of Pauline authority, may at first seem an exceedingly difficult task to demonstrate. It is for his purpose that the writer has chosen to devote the entire first chapter of his thesis to a treatment of the gradual growth and steady evolution of this doctrine from the days immediately after the Apostle Paul until the sixteenth century, when the conception of infused grace was definitely formulated and laid down as a dogma of the Church in the Canons …