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Liberialism In Contrast To The Biblical Faith, William Grunow
Liberialism In Contrast To The Biblical Faith, William Grunow
Bachelor of Divinity
This paper is a study of the doctrines of Liberalism. By being thoroughly familiar with these doctrines, the student will not be misled by the sheep’s clothing of orthodox phraseology which Liberalists often employ.
The Significance Of The Doctrine Of The Church And The Ministry, J. Theodore Mueller
The Significance Of The Doctrine Of The Church And The Ministry, J. Theodore Mueller
Concordia Theological Monthly
Both historically and because of its intrinsic value the doctrine concerning the Church and the ministry deserves continuous and careful study. Briefly expressed, its clear perception by our fathers and the consistent application of it saved the troubled and perplexed band of Saxon pilgrims from utter confusion and in the course of years made our Synod what it is today, a confessional, cohesive, active religious group whose influence upon other church-bodies, above all, on Lutheran church-bodies, has been considerable.
The Doctrine Of Justification According To Gabriel Biel And Johann Von Palz, Theo. Dierks
The Doctrine Of Justification According To Gabriel Biel And Johann Von Palz, Theo. Dierks
Concordia Theological Monthly
"To understand Luther's spiritual development presupposes an understanding of what Luther was taught and what he later rejected” writes Dr. E. G. Schwiebert in his Reformation Lectures (a book which should be in every Lutheran pastor's library), and this understanding we have sought to give by these articles treating of the doctrine of justification as it was taught before the Reformation.
The Roman Doctrine Of The Lord's Supper, F. E. Mayer
The Roman Doctrine Of The Lord's Supper, F. E. Mayer
Concordia Theological Monthly
There are evident traces of Neoplatonism in Roman theology, especially in the doctrines concerning man and the sacraments. The majority of Roman theologians make a careful distinction between the spiritual, as the higher, and the material, as the lower, nature in man. Soul and body belong to two different spheres, the soul being inclined to the spiritual, the body to the sensual, the world of sense.
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, Alex Wm. Guebert
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, Alex Wm. Guebert
Concordia Theological Monthly
A fourth false argument for the modern theory of open questions is the appeal to certain points of doctrine in which former teachers recognized for their orthodoxy have erred. Those who advance this argument justify it in the following manner: In previous eras certain teachers of our Church entertained divergent opinions without being accused of heresy or denied church-fellowship by their fellow-Christiana.
Biblical Angelology And Resultant Problems, Robert Kamphoefner
Biblical Angelology And Resultant Problems, Robert Kamphoefner
Bachelor of Divinity
The Scriptural doctrine of the angels has caused much discussion in the theological world throughout the centuries. It occupied the minds and the efforts of the early Fathers of the Church and has continued to be a point of dogmatical discussion even today.
The Reformed Doctrine Of The Lord's Supper, Th. Engelder
The Reformed Doctrine Of The Lord's Supper, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
K. Barth said in 1923: "Uncertainty prevails in the Lutheran communion also, and they have Crypto-Calvinists and even Crypto-Zwinglians among them in fairly large numbers - at least in respect of the question of the Lord's Supper." (The Word of God and the Word of Man, p. 260.) Is that true? The Allg. Ev. Luth. Kirchenzeitung wrote April 10, 1931: ''The false teaching of the Lord's Supper, which has split the Church since the days of Marburg, has invaded our Lutheran Church and is today penetrating its innermost circles.
Holy Scripture Or Christ?, Th. Engelder
Holy Scripture Or Christ?, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Men are asking us to substitute for the authority of Scripture the authority of Christ or at least to subordinate the former to the latter. If we did that, we would be left without any authority for our teaching and without any foundation for our faith. And that means, of course, that there would be no Christian theology and no Christian religion.
Holy Scripture Or Christ?, Th. Engelder
Holy Scripture Or Christ?, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
In his History of Christian Doctrine G. P. Fisher points out that "among Protestants and Roman Catholics the old question respecting the seat of authority in religion is once more eagerly disputed. Since Coleridge and Schleiermacher insisted that the primary object of faith is not the Bible but Christ, there has been a growing tendency to regard the Scriptures less as an authoritative manual of revealed tenets in theology and morals than as the medium of disclosing to us the personal Christ and the import of His mission and teaching.
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, W. Arndt
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, W. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
In the first place, it is not true that our dogmas come into existence gradually and that hence there are articles of faith "which are still in the process of formation, and others which as yet have either not at all or merely by way of beginning been drawn into the stream of events in which dogmas take shape." It is not true that some articles of faith have come down to us "as undecided, unfinished questions, incomplete structures, as open questions," because concerning these things one does not yet find unanimous agreement in the Lutheran Church.
Predestination, John Herzog
Predestination, John Herzog
Bachelor of Divinity
The questions which press themselves upon us as we approach the problem are these: Without distinction in us, why did not God save all or damn all? Cur alii, non alii? Why was I converted while another who was no more sinful was not? Is unbelief the cause or result of "non-election"? If cause, then "intuitu fidei"; if result, then decreta alsoluta. What is to be held of the faith of the "Zeitglaeubigen? etc., etc.
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, W. Arndt
The False Arguments For The Modern Theory Of Open Questions, C. F. Walther, W. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
Johann Gerhard, whose authority is adduced against us, is of the same well-founded opinion [that, while in this life not a higher unity than a fundamental one is possible, errors that arise in a church-body should not be treated with indifference, even if they are of a non-fundamental character]. He writes against the papists, who place unity among the marks of the Church: ''It must be added that unity of faith and doctrine in the Church is not a perfect and absolute one in this life; for at times controversies occur between members of the true Church through which this …
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 Means Of Grace In Roman Theology, Theodore Graebner
The Means Of Grace In Roman Theology, Theodore Graebner
Concordia Theological Monthly
That things are not what they seem is an observation elicited frequently by a course of study in Roman Catholic dogma. At no point is this caution more necessary than in an attempt to comprehend the Roman Catholic idea of Grace and of the Means of Grace.
The Doctrine Of Justification According To Duns Scotus, Doctor Subtilis, Theo. Dierks
The Doctrine Of Justification According To Duns Scotus, Doctor Subtilis, Theo. Dierks
Concordia Theological Monthly
In his book Die Theologie des Johannes Duns Scotus, Seeberg compares Duns Scotus with Luther and maintains that Luther's conflict with Rome was chiefly directed against Duns Scotus. This is true to some extent, especially in regard to the question of free will and grace.
The Means Of Grace As Viewed By The Reformed, J. T. Muller
The Means Of Grace As Viewed By The Reformed, J. T. Muller
Concordia Theological Monthly
When we speak of the means of grace, we have in mind certain divinely appointed media by which God earnestly desires to, and actually does, offer, convey, and seal to sinners the merits secured for all men by His dear Son, our divine Mediator and Redeemer. That is the Lutheran definition of the means of grace. And concerning this definition there is no doubt or discrepancy among our Lutheran dogmaticians.
Dr. Walther's Book ''That The Ev. Luth. Church Is The True Visible Church Of God On Earth", Paul Schulz
Dr. Walther's Book ''That The Ev. Luth. Church Is The True Visible Church Of God On Earth", Paul Schulz
Concordia Theological Monthly
We are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and we glory in that fact. We rejoice that so many of us can meet to consider the welfare, the work, and the needs of this Church, and we are again mapping out our work in this our dear Church in order then to go back and to devote ourselves to the service of this Church which we love and to which we have dedicated our gifts, our labors, our possessions, yea, ourselves. And we do this because we are divinely convinced that our Church, together with all churches and church-bodies agreeing …
The U.L.C.A. And The Doctrine Of Inspiration, W. Arndt
The U.L.C.A. And The Doctrine Of Inspiration, W. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
The reaction of the U. L. C. A. commissioners to this statement Is the following: "Our commission was unable to accept the statement of the Missouri Synod that the Scriptures are the infallible truth 'also in those parts which treat of historical, geographical, and other secular matters.' We find the words quoted not in accordance with our Lutheran Confessions (see Formula of Concord, Epitome, Introd.) nor with the Scriptures themselves.''
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
People are saying that De Servo Arbitrio is a dangerous book. We have heard them rail against it, first, because of Luther's teaching on the diacretio personarum, and, secondly, because of his statements concerning the Deus Absconditus. Usually the warning against De Servo Arbitrio takes this third form: It teaches Calviniatic determinism. If this charge is well founded, our book could not serve as a handbook for a course in Lutheran theology. It is therefore necessary to examine this sinister charge at some length.
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
We have not exhausted the subject of sola gratia as treated by Luther in De Servo Arbitrio. There is the all-important matter of the sinner's justification before God. And the sola gratia is the heart of the doctrine of justification. That is the blessed truth which comforts the heart of the despairing sinner. That is the glorious truth which the minister of the Gospel needs to study and restudy, to study every day of his life.
The Inspiration Question, Th. Engelder
The Inspiration Question, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
On November 1, 1937, Lutheran pastors of Washington, D. C., discussed the doctrine of Inspiration on the basis of two essays on “The Inspiration Question," one presented by Dr. H. W. Snyder of the U. L. C. and the other by Rev. Th. P. Fricke of the A. L C. Dr. G. E. Lenski of Washington was asked ''to forward copies of these essays to the theological journals of different bodies for publication."
What The Liberal Theologian Thinks Of Verbal Inspiration, Th. Engelder
What The Liberal Theologian Thinks Of Verbal Inspiration, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
He thinks it is an obnoxious thing. He abhors the doctrine that the whole Bible is given by inspiration of God, every word of it absolutely infallible. He execrates verbal inspiration. J. S. Whale, a Congregationalist, president of Chesunt College, Cambridge, takes occasion to speak of it in his treatise The Christian Answer to the Problem of Evil, published 1936. He speaks of it in this wise: "The modern man is not impressed by the mere citation of texts; he rightly wants to understand them in their context.
Suggested Thoughts On The Question: Can We Escape Both Traditionalism And Liberalism, O. A. Geiseman
Suggested Thoughts On The Question: Can We Escape Both Traditionalism And Liberalism, O. A. Geiseman
Concordia Theological Monthly
History reveals that the visible Church of God has periodically tended to decline and degenerate. Think how true that is of the period from Adam to Noah; Noah to Abraham; Abraham to Moses; Moses to Elijah; Elijah to the Captivity; Ezra to Christ; Apostolic Age to the Reformation; Reformation to our own day.
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Dialecticism, a branch of Calvinism, vitiates the chief article of the Christian religion, the doctrine of justification by faith. It does injure to the cor ecclsriae. The article of the grace of God in Christ, of justification by faith, gives the Church its life; in terms of dogmatics, it forms the material principle of Christion theology. Calvinism, however, makes "the dogma of God's eternal election the cor ecclsriae, the heart of the Church." Furthermore, by taking the heart out of the means of grace in denying that they confer the forgiveness of sins, it renders justification by faith chimerical. And, …
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
The formal principle of the dialectical theology is not that of the Reformation. What about its material principle? The material principle of Lutheran theology is the doctrine of justification through faith, salvation by grace.
Doctrine Of Verbal Inspiration And Its Opponents, Wallace Mclaughlin
Doctrine Of Verbal Inspiration And Its Opponents, Wallace Mclaughlin
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
Scripture as the only current Source and Norm of Christian Truth.
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Enthusiasm in its gross form and Enthusiasm in its dialectical form is on evil thing. It is destructive of all assurance, of the certainty of salvation, and of the certitude of the doctrine. There can be assurance only where the objective character of redemption, the objective character of the means of grace, and the objective validity of the teaching is recognized.
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
The principles ruling the dialectical theology are not those of the Reformation. Brunner repudiates the formal principle of Protestantism, the sola Scriptura. He refuses to accept Scripture as the sole authority, the only source and basis of doctrine. The bare words of Scripture cannot establish a doctrine. “In earlier days this discussion [concerning the Virgin Birth] used to be cut short by saying briefly, ‘It is written'; that is, with the aid of the doctrine of verbal inspiration. To-day we can no longer do this, even if we would." (P. 823.) Brunner is consistent. Since he rejects the real inspiration …
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
The Principles And Teachings Of The Dialectical Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Those who need to inform themselves on the teachings of the dialectical theology and on the claim that the application of its principles will effect the needed reformation of Christian theology and the Christian Church, will find in E. Brunncr's The Mediator the fullest: presentation of these teachings and principles that: has so for appeared. While Karl Barth and E. Brunner, the two outstanding leaders of this school of theology, frequently clash, they are agreed on certain fundamentals.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church The True Visible Church On Earth, W. Arndt
The Evangelical Lutheran Church The True Visible Church On Earth, W. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
When Dr. Walther, at the so-called General Meeting of our Synod, held in St. Louis in 1866, began the discussion of his essay on the topic "The Evangelical Lutheran Church the True Visible Church of God on Earth," it was realized by the delegates that a highly important subject engaged their attention; and while on account of lack of time only a part of the essay could be considered, it was resolved to print it in its entirety in order that at the District conventions its remaining sections might be studied and discussed.