The Theological Monthly Vol 2

Author : Lutheran Church
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528042666
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Theological Monthly, Vol. 1 written by Lutheran Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Theological Monthly, Vol. 1: January, 1921 These men, then, had achieved confessionalism in many a severe spiritual conflict, and had confessionalism thrust upon them by the force of circumstances that confronted them upon their arrival in America. Walther's serial articles in the first four issues of his paper On the Name 'lutheran' follow the scope indicated in his preface?) Actually the Saxon spokesmen for a confessional Lutheranism who had come to America buoyed up by the sure expectation that here their tribulations would be over and they would be recognized and appreciated for what they were, found themselves cruelly disappointed in their primary hope. They had to fight for recognition as Lutherans, and the most gelling element in their disappointment was that their own brethren in name denied their Lutheran character. Slowly and reluctantly American Ln therans came to admit, with more or less serious reservations, that the Missourians are Lutherans. Walther said: When our Synod started on its career in America, everybody was saying, 'there is a new sect come into existence.' For the Lutheran doctrine was not known. Perhaps not ten copies of the Book of Concord besides our own could be located, and among those who were called theologians we could not find one who had read, much less studied it. If we had not been able at that time to prove by means of our confessional writ ings that ours is the Lutheran doctrine, we should have had to submit to being called a sect. If we had said, 'we are Lutherans, ' our opponents would have replied: 'you misunderstand the Holy Scriptures yours is not the understanding that Luther had.' But we were able to say: 'observe that we mean nothing else than what is recorded in our Book of Concord. Prove to na that we are departing from it in a single point, and we shall quit calling ourselves Lutherans.' Men had to see that we could justly appeal to the Symbolical Books, and by the grace of God it was brought about that all who sincerely desired to be Lutherans united with us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.