Theological Quarterly (Volume 13-14) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1909 Excerpt: ... Again: "When ye received the Word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the Word of God," 1 Thess. 2, 13. The Word of the Lord, the Word of God, --these are controvertible terms, --is the only word to be preached, and nothing but this Word. Hence the admonition to the preachers of the Gospel: "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles"--the words--"of God," 1 Pet. 4, 11. Phrases such as are frequently heard in sectarian churches: "In my opinion the Lord would say;" or, "My view of this passage is this;" or, "The idea conveyed here seems to be," must not be uttered from a Lutheran pulpit. Lutheran ministers say with the apostle: "We speak that we do know." Opinions, views, conjectures, have no place in the pulpit. Throughout the sermon the Word of God, the voice of Christ, must be heard. He is the only Teacher in the Church. "One is your Master, even Christ." Springfield, 1ll. Louis Wessel. BOOK REVIEW. Dogmatik von A. Hoenecke. 3. Lieferung. 1909. Northwestern Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. Pages 161--240. Price, 40 fets. (See pages 125--128, 188--190 of the current volume of TheoLogical Quarterly.) The present number completes the.thesis on the Holy Trinity, reproduced in our last issue, and adds Thesis II: The Church describes the mystery of the Trinity in accordance with the Holy Scriptures. She does not become involved in a contradiction, when, in doing so, she offers a description in terms that are not found in Scripture, but are not foreign to Scripture, as regards their form. Thesis III: The theology of the Church, while employing such terms, foreign to Scripture, in describing the Trinity, testifies expressly that such philosophical terms as "essence," "person," which she employs in this c...