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The Sacrements And Sacremental Actions In The Works Of August Friedrich Chrisitan Vilmar, Edward Peters
The Sacrements And Sacremental Actions In The Works Of August Friedrich Chrisitan Vilmar, Edward Peters
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
This paper is limited in its main part to what August Vilmar had to say about the Sacraments and what he termed “sacramental actions" ( sakramentale Handlungen). It is difficult, in a few words, to determine just what Vilmar included under these terms because in keeping with the Lutheran Symbols he did not categorically limit the Sacraments to a certain number and exclude all other acts of the Church. In certain contexts he spoke of seven and more Sacraments, and in other contexts, of only two Sacraments, placing the lesser acts of the Church into the category “sacramental” actions." In …
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry P. Hamann Jr.
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry P. Hamann Jr.
Concordia Theological Monthly
In one of his justly famous Gesammelte Aufsaetze entitled Die Rechtfertigungslehre im Lichte der Geschichte des Protestantis1mus Karl Holl quotes the scholar Lagarde as declaring that justification as a doctrine was dead-this was in 1873 - and that no one lived by it any longer. The far more pressing task, moderns tell us, is to show to modern man that there is a God. Whether there is a God at all is the problem he has to face, not something about God, say, that God justifies. To this criticism of the very raison d’ȇtre of this study we should reply …
A Critique Of Aulen's Christus Victor, George O. Evenson
A Critique Of Aulen's Christus Victor, George O. Evenson
Concordia Theological Monthly
One of the most significant theological books published in recent decades is Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulen. In it he suggests that there are three main ideas or theories of the atonement: the classic, the Latin, and the subjective-humanistic. That which makes the book both significant and controversial is the author's contention that the authentic Scriptural doctrine of the atonement is the classic idea, that Luther was an exponent of the classic idea and that therefore the orthodox Lutheran doctrine of the atonement differs markedly both from Scripture and from Luther. Aulen asserts that “the doctrine of Lutheranism became a …
Lwf Study Document, Paul M. Bretscher
Lwf Study Document, Paul M. Bretscher
Concordia Theological Monthly
The present Study Document, which will be submitted to the delegates attending the Assembly of the LWF at Minneapolis next August, is in form and content a decided improvement over the document which appeared a year ago. A careful comparison of both compels the conclusion that the Commission on Theology was truly concerned to prepare a statement which would be solidly Scriptural and soundly confessional. For these efforts the Commission deserves the unqualified thanks of all who love the Lutheran Zion. The following observations are therefore intended only to point up some issues in the present document which, in our …
The Theological Significance Of Johann Albrecht Bengel, Robert Spieler
The Theological Significance Of Johann Albrecht Bengel, Robert Spieler
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
The position of Johann Albrecht Bengel in the history of Lutheran theology has never been defined in a detailed way for the English-speaking Church. One reason for this is the paucity of available primary sources necessary for such a project.
Lutheran Education And Philosophy, Paul M. Bretscher
Lutheran Education And Philosophy, Paul M. Bretscher
Concordia Theological Monthly
This study conceives of Lutheran education as an activity in which our entire church with all its homes and parishes is engaged. It has in mind all levels, all currently employed agencies, and all subject areas of modern education. To be concrete: our homes, corporate worship, schools and Sunday schools, Bible classes, Bible institutes, catechumen classes, high schools, colleges, seminaries, university, institutions for the physically handicapped. and all our other educational efforts are within the purview of this study. Furthermore, this study proceeds on the premise that Lutheran education is an inevitable outgrowth of the basic beliefs of the Lutheran …
A Theological Appraisal Of Comparative Symbolics, Herbert J. Bouman
A Theological Appraisal Of Comparative Symbolics, Herbert J. Bouman
Concordia Theological Monthly
The religious scene in America presents a bewildering spectacle of about 250 religious groups maintaining a separate and often precarious existence. This multiplicity of denominations, sects, and sectlets, segregated not only by deep and basic doctrinal cleavage but all too often also by merely peripheral and even meaningless differences, is extremely confusing to a thoughtful observer. Even worse, the disunity of churches, all of which claim some relation to Christ and His Word, is bound to be a sore scandal. At first glance this ecclesiastical fragmentation seems to defy intelligent and intelligible analysis. A little stirring beneath the surface, however, …
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry Hamann
Justification By Faith In Modern Theology, Henry Hamann
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
The study here presented the writer hopes to make part of a larger work, an examination of how far Lutheran teaching on justification agrees with the New Testament as a whole, specific attention being given all along to modern criticism on this head. (Modern signifies approximately the period from the end of the first Great War to the present day.) It is not enough to show nowadays that Lutheran teaching agrees with St. Paul. It has to be shown that it agrees with St. John, with the Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, and with the rest of the literature of …
An Anaylsis And Comparison Of Eschatological Elements In The Hymns And Sermons Of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, James R. Luecke
An Anaylsis And Comparison Of Eschatological Elements In The Hymns And Sermons Of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, James R. Luecke
Bachelor of Divinity
It is in the wake of the proceedings of the Evanston Assembly of the World Council of Churches, and the re-examination of the Christian Hope in nearly every denomination of Christendom that this paper has been prepared. If it can truly be said that the actual living doctrine of a church is not properly that contained in its books only, but rather also that proclaimed from its pulpits and in the worship of its people, then this paper has value. It is the writer's belief that this study will suggest more nearly than any other study to date the actual …
Anglican Christology Of The Upper Stream From '"Lux Mundi" To "Essays Catholic And Critical.", Norman Nagel
Anglican Christology Of The Upper Stream From '"Lux Mundi" To "Essays Catholic And Critical.", Norman Nagel
Concordia Theological Monthly
When a certain theologian was asked what in English theology would most reward study, with twinkling and Teutonic eye he replied, "They don't have any." Now it is true that the issues which have most exercised churchmen in this country do not seem to have been primarily theological One ncvcr ceases to wonder at the thousands of parish priests in the sixteenth century who found no difficulty in making do whatever new or revised prayer book happened to come to them in the post. When divisions came, they were summed up in terms more of polity than of theology.
The Bad Boll Enterprise 1948-1954, Hans Spalteholz
The Bad Boll Enterprise 1948-1954, Hans Spalteholz
Master of Divinity Thesis
The thesis, however, does not deal with all the conferences which have been lumped together at times under the title of “Bad Boll.” This thesis limits itself to the free theological conferences which were held in Germany by the Missouri Synod primarily with Lutherans not in fellowship with the Missouri Synod, i.e., the Landeskirchen, the regional churches.
The Bad Boll Enterprise 1948-1954, Hans Spalteholz
The Bad Boll Enterprise 1948-1954, Hans Spalteholz
Bachelor of Divinity
The thesis, however, does not deal with all the conferences which have been lumped together at times under the title of “Bad Boll.” This thesis limits itself to the free theological conferences which were held in Germany by the Missouri Synod primarily with Lutherans not in fellowship with the Missouri Synod, i.e., the Landeskirchen, the regional churches.
The Doctrine Of The Sacrament Of The Altar As Set Forth In The English Theological Periodcials Of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod And The American Lutheran Conference, John L. Dreher
Bachelor of Divinity
The purpose of this thesis is to make a comparative study of the doctrine of the Sacrament of the Altar as it has been presented in the English theological periodicals of the Lutheran Church.--Missouri Synod and of the American Lutheran Conference since World War I.
The Unity Of The Church, Paul M. Bretscher
The Unity Of The Church, Paul M. Bretscher
Concordia Theological Monthly
This is an anniversary year for the Lutheran Church. The Augsburg Confession, the foremost of our Lutheran symbols, came into existence 425 years ago. Prepared by Melanchthon and approved by Luther, it was read in German at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530. Copies of the German and Latin text were presented to Emperor Charles V. This 1530 version, known as the "unaltered" Augsburg Confession, has since that memorable day been the touchstone of what constitutes Lutheranism. It reflects in matchless form the deepest theological concerns of Luther, Melanchthon, and their colaborers. It served a threefold purpose: (1) …
Sacra Scriptura And ''Verbum Dei" In The Lutheran Confessions, Fred Kramer
Sacra Scriptura And ''Verbum Dei" In The Lutheran Confessions, Fred Kramer
Concordia Theological Monthly
To understand the Lutheran Reformation of the sixteenth century correctly one must know and bear in mind the fact that it was begun by a man who amid fearful troubles of conscience and after a long and bitter struggle for the certainty of his salvation had rediscovered the Gospel and who in turn desired to share its blessings with others.
The Relationship Of The Church To The National Culture In America, Ernest B. Koenker
The Relationship Of The Church To The National Culture In America, Ernest B. Koenker
Concordia Theological Monthly
As one considers the cultural complex of America today, there are a number of questions which might present themselves to the Christian living under the Word. What are the values which underlie our national culture, and is there any sense in which these are being absolutized today in some kind of Messianism? Can one say that the Christian churches in America, or the Lutheran Church, have profoundly shaped our culture, or have the churches themselves been thoroughly shaped by the culture? In view of the loss or muffling of a dynamic Christian witness in many of the American denominations, what …
The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights In The Light Of Lutheran Theology, Theodore Ernst
The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights In The Light Of Lutheran Theology, Theodore Ernst
Bachelor of Divinity
Emphasis upon human rights in the Charter of the United Nations is not a vague, gossamer thread ephemerally appearing, disappearing, and reappearing. It rather constitutes one of the chief cornerstones upon which the Charter stands.
The Formal And Material Principles Of Lutheran Confessional Theology, F. E. Mayer
The Formal And Material Principles Of Lutheran Confessional Theology, F. E. Mayer
Concordia Theological Monthly
The source of doctrine, or the formal principle, of Lutheran theology is sola Scriptura, the Scriptures alone. It does seem strange that with its avowed emphasis on the sole authority of the Scriptures the Lutheran Church nowhere has a specific article setting forth its attitude toward the Holy Scriptures. By contrast the early Reformed Confessions have an elaborate statement concerning the place and the scope of Scriptures, including even a list of all the books which are considered canonical. The Lutheran Confessions have no specific article dealing with the Holy Scriptures for three reasons.
Some Word Studies In The Apology, Jaroslav Pelikan
Some Word Studies In The Apology, Jaroslav Pelikan
Concordia Theological Monthly
"When I use a word," said Humpty-Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." In the history of Christian theology the tendency to do this has become almost an occupational disease, often making it difficult to understand theologians of the present and almost impossible to understand theologians of the past. Nor does this apply only to thinkers like Berdyaev, who found it necessary to coin his vocabulary as he went along, or to groups like the Gnostics, who sometimes seem deliberately to have chosen nonsense syllables to …
The Chrisitian Attitude Toward Birth Control, Don C. Preisinger
The Chrisitian Attitude Toward Birth Control, Don C. Preisinger
Bachelor of Divinity
This thesis grew out of a paper presented to the Northern Alberta Pastors’ Conference or the Alberta-British Columbia District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. The discussion showed that many of the pastors were poorly informed on the matter, and not a few based their views mainly upon tradition rather than on the clear Word of God. The writer of this paper thought, therefore, that a thesis on “The Christian Attitude Toward Birth Control" might fill a need and serve some purpose. This monograph presents only a bird's eye view, and in no way does the writer consider it …
Sola Gratia, J. W. Behnken
Sola Gratia, J. W. Behnken
Concordia Theological Monthly
To speak on the very important topic "Sola Gratia” within a period of fifteen minutes, and to do this within the framework of the highly significant general theme: "The Gospel establishes and maintains our Lutheran Church," is an assignment to which I cannot even remotely do justice. At best I can refer only to a few major points. We are concerned here with the chief principle of the Reformation. Dr. Luther declared: "The word of grace and forgiveness of sin teaches us that we are justified and saved solely through Christ, without our merit; this is the principal article from …
The Wrath Of God And The Grace Of God In Lutheran Theology, Wm. F. Arndt
The Wrath Of God And The Grace Of God In Lutheran Theology, Wm. F. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
Every Lutheran theologian, at hearing these terms, will admit, I think, that in discussing them we deal with the very heart of theology, and not only of theology, but of religion itself. Wherever religion has not developed into a mere caricature, but is live, spontaneous, heartfelt, real, it occupies itself, among other things, with these concepts. The statements that an individual or whole groups make about them may be entirely erroneous and objectionable or highly unsatisfactory, but, at any rate, occupying one's self with them is unavoidable - the human heart simply has to come to grips with these matters. …
The Lutheran Doctrine Of The "Autopistia" Of Holy Scripture, Helmut Echternach
The Lutheran Doctrine Of The "Autopistia" Of Holy Scripture, Helmut Echternach
Concordia Theological Monthly
This doctrine of classical Lutheran theology is becoming very important today in connection with the discussion of the authority of Scripture and the Confessions. Stated briefly its immediate scope in its formal aspect is that Holy Scripture requires no other argument to prove itself the inerrant divine truth than the evidence which it bears within itself and with which it confronts the Church and the individual as the living Word of the living God, that is to say, as the Word which has life in itself and awakens life.
Human Will In Bondage And Freedom, A Study In Luther's Distinction Of Law And Gospel. (Part I.), F. E. Mayer
Human Will In Bondage And Freedom, A Study In Luther's Distinction Of Law And Gospel. (Part I.), F. E. Mayer
Concordia Theological Monthly
Luther's re-discovery of the proper distinction between Law and Gospel may be viewed as the starting point of the Lutheran reformation. The proper distinction between these two doctrines is the heart and core of Lutheran theology, or in the words of the Formula of Concord, Art. V, "the specially brilliant light which has come to us through the Reformation." Where this distinction is properly observed, the Scriptures will be correctly explained and understood; conversely, where these two doctrines are mingled, the merits of Christ are obscured, and the Christian is robbed of his comfort. The Lutheran Reformation may be viewed …
A Critique Of Contemporary Lutheran Preaching, Erdman W. Frenk
A Critique Of Contemporary Lutheran Preaching, Erdman W. Frenk
Concordia Theological Monthly
Preaching, i.e., the public proclamation of the Word of God, is the chief function of the Christian ministry. It is duty number one on a pastor's functional docket. It is his first and foremost responsibility. It was this in the early Church. It became this again through the Reformation. It must be this in the Church of our day. At the top of any list cataloguing the duties of a pastor in the order of their importance, preaching must stand first. If there is one field in which the pastor will seek to excel, it is in preaching.
Reconciliation And Justification, Adolf Koeberle
Reconciliation And Justification, Adolf Koeberle
Concordia Theological Monthly
Only he can understand the concept "reconciliation" who has experienced the implications of the separation between God and man and between man and God. He who ignores this mysterium iniquitatis and refuses to see the wide chasm between the holy God and the guilty creature cannot comprehend the glory of the concept "atonement," but on the contrary will in a rebellious spirit be offended at it.
The Pastor And Synod's Handbook, Arnold H. Grumm
The Pastor And Synod's Handbook, Arnold H. Grumm
Concordia Theological Monthly
"What a dreary and technical subject for an occasion like this, some might say, ''The Pastor and Synod's Handbook." Why not ''The Pastor and His Bible," or "The Pastor and His Sermon," or something else that has living value? What compelling interest can the Handbook of Synod have for a graduate of Concordia Seminary who, call in hand, is ready to enter the active ministry?
The Catechism As An Essential Course In Lutheran Christian Education, Anna Vedevig
The Catechism As An Essential Course In Lutheran Christian Education, Anna Vedevig
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Roman Catholic And Lutheran Doctrine Of Sin, Alfred Frank Volmer
The Roman Catholic And Lutheran Doctrine Of Sin, Alfred Frank Volmer
Bachelor of Divinity
However, while there are apparent similarities, it must be pointed out that the actual similarity or dissimilarity of churches does not consist in their external rites and ceremonies but in their teachings. Therefore, in order to get an accurate picture, it is necessary that we examine the doctrine of each church. However, since we cannot treat all the doctrines we shall take a basic one, namely, the doctrine of sin. The writer will attempt to set forth the official teachings of both churches on this one doctrine.
The Prophectic Office Of Christ And The Power Of The Word, Ralph Fischer
The Prophectic Office Of Christ And The Power Of The Word, Ralph Fischer
Master of Sacred Theology Thesis
The purpose of this thesis is to set forth that the power of the Word also lies in the prophetic office of Christ, as it is revealed in both the Old and New Testaments and in the oral and written word today. In order to show the power, which the Holy Spirit exerts through the Word, a short section will be devoted to His relationship to the Word. The concluding chapters will set forth the characteristics and the efficacy of the Word. In addition, each section of the outline will be considered as a separate chapter throughout the entire thesis. …