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Continuing
Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI)
Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV)
Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920) -Tbeol. Monthly (Vol. X)
Vol. I July, 1930 No.7
CONTENTS
Page
PIEPER, F.: Die Wiederholung einer falschen Anklage
gegen die Missourisynode.............................. 481
DALLMANN, W.: How Peter Became Pope............... 486
ENGELDER, TH.: Der Sieg ueber den Unionismus ....... 498
KRETZMANN, P. E.: The Spirit of the Lutheran Chorale 508
ELLWANGER, W. H.: The Christology of the Apocalypse 512
POLACK, W. G.: Sermon for the Golden JUbilee of a Con-
gregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 529
Dispositionen ueber die Eisenacher Evangelienreihe....... 534
Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . .. 542
Vermischtes und zeitgeschichtliche Notizen ................ 551
Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 552
Ein Predfger mu.s nicht aliein weiden,
also dass er die Schafe unterweise, wie
• fe rechte Christen eolien Bein, sondem
auch daneben den Woelfen wellre .. , da.s
SiB die Schafe nicht angreifen und mit
falscher Lehre verfuebren und Irrtwn ein-
fuehren. - Lutller.
Es ist kein Ding, da. die Leute mebr
bei der Kirche bebeelt, denn die cute
Predigt. - A.pololJie, A.rf. I~ .
If tbe trumpet give an uncertain sound,
who shall prepare him.elf to tbe battle f
1 Cor.~."
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bon allen aur )fiiebergaoe oftafiaiifdjer unb oefonber~ djinefifdjer 2aute.
~a~ 6djriftfL)ftem be~ ~eutfdjen ift me~r af§ ba~ irgenbetner anbern euro~
f,Jiitfdjen 6f,Jradje geeignet, ba~ [~inefifdje o~ne biafrtttfdje 3eidjen ridjHg
roieberaugeoen. ®~ ift ba~er au oegrilj3en, baj3 fidj in letter 3eit beutfdje
@eIe~rie energifdj filr eine beutfdje 5tranffrif,Jiion be~ [~inefifdjen einfeten.
®~ ~anbert fidj baoei feine~roeg~ um einen !8erfudj, bie djinefifdje 6djrift
burdj lateinifdje ober beutfdje )Budjftaoen au erfeten. ®in foldjer !8erfudj
rourbe bor ;;Sa~ren bon ber ,stoma~bfdji~fai', ba~ ~etj3t, ,@efellfdjaft filr latei~
nifdje 6djrift', in ;;Saf,Jan gemadjt. 9Cadj roenigen ;;Sa~ren be~ )Befte~en~ ~at
biefe @efellfdjaft i~re )Beftuoungen roieber einftellen milffen, ba bie 0ftafiruen
mit lJtedjt an i~rer arteriilmrtdj~ge~emgten ~arafterenfdjrift feft~anen, in
ber fie etnerfeit§ bie 6djrift bere~ten, in ber i~re SHaffUer unb ~~iIofof,J~en
gefdjrieoen ~aoen, anbererfeit~ eine 6djrift, tie unenbIidj bieI f,Jlaftifdjer
unb beforaHber roirft af§ irgenbeine anbere unb in ber fie letten ®nbe~
eine uniloertroffene )fiaffe gegen bie geifHge ;;Snbafion be~ ®urof,Jiiertum~
o efit en. " morfte~enbe~ teiIen roir mit, roeiI roir roegen unferer ID(iffion~~
aroeit in [~ina an bem oe~anberten @egenftanb ein groj3e~ ;;Sntereffe ~aoen.
{Y. If·
,,9CUl: bie @ejinnung, \t1omit bet menfdJ fjanbelt, lnadJt fjienieben
aUe~ ficin oller grofV' SDtefe )fiorie, tie ®rnft ID(orit ~rrnbt augefdjrieoen
roerben, finben roir in einem beutfdjliinbifdjen ~arenber. 6ie ff,Jredjen eine
unumfti.ij3Iidje )fia~r~ett au~. ~e~~alo oeginnt 2ut~er in feinem ~atedjiS~
mu~ bie ®dliirung ber einaeInen @eoote mit ben )fiorien: ,,)fiir follen
@ott fUrdjten unb lieoen." 0~ne {Yurdjt unb 2teoe au @ott im &jeraen ber
ID(enfdjen finb alle i~re )fiede "fIein", ia nur @efetiloeriretung, roeiI ba~
@efet )fiede forbert, bie au~ einer @ott lieoenben @efinnung fliej3en, roie
[~riftu~ ID(att~. 22, 36. 37 barIegt. {Y. If.
Book Review. - 2iterahtr.
The Patmos Visions. A Study of the Apocalypse. By Philip Mauro.
Hamilton Bros., Boston, Mass. 576 pages 5X8. Price, $3.00. Order
from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
This is a study of the Book of Revelation - a book "of a, character so
strange, so unlike the other books of the New Testament, and so diflirmlt to
understand, tha,t the people of God might be disposed to turn away from
it a,nd might even think it was not to be read by the simple believer"
(p. 47). Mr. Mauro a,ccepts this challenge and endea,vors to draw from
Revelation lessons for Christian faith and life. He believes that the
design of the book as a whole is "to give to the people of God (Christ's
'servants') a, foreview of those events of the Christian era, which in God's
estimation thereof are most important and would best serve to sustain
their faith and patience during the long period of waiting for the coming
again of the Lord from hea,ven" (p. 12). As for the a,rrangement and plan
of John's visions he holds that "the events symbolized a,re grouped with
reference to their character rather than with reference to time - that is
to say, topically rather than chronologically" (p. 44). Accordingly he
rejects the futurist's system of interpretation, that has become so popular
Book Review. - .\litetutut. 553
through Dr. Seiss' Le{)tures on the Apocalypse and which is the basis of
the millennial (dispensationaHst) doctrines almost universally held by
American FundamentaHsts. In other words, the purpose of the book is not
so much to picture the events that will take place immediately before the
Second Advent as to teach "that things a,re not going at present, and have
not in the past gone, ha,pha~a;rd in the world; and also that, if the powers
of evil have been allowed wide scope, it is by His permission and because
the conditions resulting therefrom are precisely those which best suit His
wise and holy purposes during the day of grace" (p. 231). Accordingly
Mr. Mauro rejects the system of interpretation which assumes that certain
"tribulation saints" will occupy "a different and a lower place in the
glory from that of the redeemed of this present dispensation of grace"
(p. 260). He disagrees with the opinion of those who a,re watching the
political activity of the Jews since the Great War with intense inter~t,
some "with expectations (such as that the Temple will be rebuilt, animal
sacrifices resumed, etc.) which to my mind are without support in the
Scriptures." Indeed, the "doctrine of the restoration of the Jewish nation,
with its Temple, priesthood, and sacrifices, is a denial of what the Scrip-
tures point to as one of the most important consequences of the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ" (p.349, also p.354 and p. 429).
Mr. Mauro finds references to papal Romanism where dispensationalist
authors dream of an anti-Christ yet to arise as an a,pocalyptic figure.
Romanism is not so much "displayed openly in its real character as the
enemy o·f God and the opposer of His purposes," but "is unveiled as a
'mystery' in the da,ys of the seventh trumpet, where it is shown by a special
vision as developing out of, and in close political association with, the
Roman Empire" (p. 307). The Second Beast is Romanism pictured in its
purpose to sei~e the dominion of the world. Again, "the second pa,rt of
Chapter 13 clearly pictures papal Rome exercising "aU the power of the
First Beast before him" (p. 428). There is a,n excellent demonstration of
the fulfilment of the "Mother of Harlots" in pa,pal Rome, pp.480-491.
With fine spiritual comprehension the author identifies in Rome as well
as in Humanism the same basic principle, common to both, the central
doctrine of both-"the salvation of man by his own works" (p.564). The
state of the Christian Church since the days of the Protestant Reformation
is found described in Revelation II, the time indicated "by the loud voice
of the mighty ang-el and the seven thunders," a vision of the Reformation
(p. 347).
The sanity of Mr. Mauro's studies is evidencecl particularly in his
treatment of the symboEcal numbers of Revelation. The 1260 days a,re
"a spiritual measure; and how to translate it into the equivalent in
natural time is not given to us, at least so' far as I am awa;re. In this
book we are taken back and forth, from the natural realm to the spiritual,
from the earthly to the heavenly; and in the spiritual realm we find con-
ditions with which we are quite unfamilia,r. Particula,rIy difficult is it for
us to comprehend the scales of measurement of time and space that are
used by those that dwell in eternity" (p. 340). The "thousand yea,rs" of
Chapter 20 simply "convey the idea of fulness and completeness. That
coming period of blessing will be full measure. It will not be broken or
curtailed" (p. 520) .
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We may not agree with the author when he interprets Rom. 11, 26 as
pointing to the salvation of Israel; but these studies WHre written in 1925,_
and from our correspondence with thH author WH know tha.t he now accepts
the intHrpreta.tion of Dr. Stoeckhardt and others. Nor will every reader
find in Revelation reference to modern pacifism, the League of Nations, and
Bolshevism. The author, let it be said, emphasizes the spiritual character
of the warfa.re which the Seer witnesses in the latter days.
The result of the War in Heaven is the present restriction of Satan's;
power, "that through the knowledge of this grea.t t·ruth the feeblest saint
can be more than a conqueror over aU the principalities, powers, and
hosts of wickedness" (p. 378); on the other hand, the statement, Chap.
12, 15, regarding the Flood tha.t was "poured out of the mouth of the
dragon clea.rly indicates that the figure symbolizes an eruption of false
doctrines" (p. 385) . Indeed, so clearly does Mr. Mauro see the fulfilment
of these predictions in our present age that he sees dark days ahead, days
which may compel many a Christian to withdraw from all that is not
according to the revealed truth of God in order tha.t he may adhere to.
"the apostles' doctrine" and to "the pa.ttern of primitive Christianity in
aU matters of faith and practise" (p. 338) . The purpose of his studies
may be summed up in his comment on Chapter 21: "Thus ends the
transcendently wonderful description of the holy Jerusalem, the Bride, the
Lamb's wife. May some gleams of her divinely bestowed glories and
beauties penetrate into our hea.rts and serve to turn aU our thoughts and
affections from things on earth to things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God!" (p. 543) . TH. GRAEBNER.
~et llIi10ftel ~nulu~. II. 6 ei n e 6 t er 1 u n gin bet .R u n ft. mon
D. ~ t n ft bon 5) 0 b f d) ti t, ~tofeffot bet :tfJeologie an bet UnibetfWit
&'dalle~mlittenbetg. Wlit 35 ~bbilbungen unb dnem :titelbilb in mietfatben~
brucr. mud)fJanblung bes mlaifenfJaufes, &'dalle (6aale), \}rancrefd)e 6tif~
tungen. 1928. 88 6eiten 6% X9%. ~teiS: M. 8.
5)ies ift hie dgenattigfte 5)arftellung bes ~.pofteg ~aulus, hie mit nod) unter
hie ~ugen gefommen ift. ~ad)bem in bem etften :teil (bg1. £efJte unb mlefJte 74,
215) bie lllertgefd)id)trid)e mebeutung bes ~.poftels botgeftifJtt lllat, folgt nun fJiet
feine 6tellung in bet stunft. 5)et merfa(fer, dn betannter neuteftamentrid)er
~beget, bet aud) fJier in ~merifa ars lI~ustaufd).profe(for" in ~fJicago unb anber~
llliirts ge1efJrt flat, giM dne ®efd)id)te bes ~aulusbilbes in bet stun ft. (,tr bietet
35 aUfs fdnfte ausgefiH)rte milllet unb ein lllafJrfJaft ttinftIetifd)es bierfarbiges
:tite1bilb, bas hie mefefJtUng ~au1i barftellt. 5)iefe milber finb Bum gto%en :teile
nod) lllenig befannt, jinb teilllldfe nod) nie beriiffentrid)t lllorben, unb biefe ,Bu~
fammenftellung unb dngefJenbe (,ttfliirung lllar ifJm nur fo miiglid), ba% dne
ffieifJe bon ®e1efJrten nicl)t nur in 5)eutfcl)lanb, fonbern namentlid) aud) in ~talien
unb biS nae!) &'datbatb fJin ifJm aUf Die dne oller anhere mldfe befJilflid) lllaren.
~oet lllei% man benn nun, lllie ~aulus ausgef efJen fJat? mlir fJaoen feine autfJen~
tifd)en mtiefe, aber fein autfJentifd)es ~otttiit bon ifJm trot ber biden ~aulus~
bilber. ~oet tuas ntitt bann dne fold)e 6ammlung? ~un, id) fJabe mit mit
bier ~ntereffe jebes biefer milber genau angefefJen, unb id) fann nut fagen, ba%
hiefe 6ammlung nid)t ettua nur bem stunftfJiftotifer, fonllern jebem stird)en~
gefd)id)tler bon mlert fdn tuitb. 5)enn es ift dne :tatf ad)e, Me namentlid) in
neuetet ,Beit ~tof. &'dans ~teu% in {,ttlangen ted)t Uatgemad)t fJat, ba% in bet
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d)tiftlid)en stunft bet ~a~t~unbette fid), Illie man ielJt bielfacf) fagt, bie ,,@efcI)icI)te
bet il'tommigteit" lllibetf1JiegeH. :Da~ gilt nun aucI) bon bief en !.paulu~uHbetn
mit i~ten fe~t betfcI)iebenen m:uffaffungen bon bet ftU~eften cI)tiftlicI)en ,{leit an
lli~ aut @egenlllatt. :Da fe~en Illit: mancI)mal botne~me, IllUtbige, ja gelllaltige
~tfcI)einungen, bann Illiebet me~t einen m:~teten obet stloftet~emgen, je nacI) bet
,{leit, au~ bet ball !SUb obet bie 5tatue ftammt. IJJW UiecI)t fagt bet metfaffer
bon bem uetU~mten fogenannten mieta1Joj'telbHb m:lbrecI)t :DUtet~, be~ Wlalets
bet lut~etifcI)en Uiefotmation, bet mit !.pinfel unb @tiffel bet ~elt dne gan3e
m:n3a~1 bon !.paulu~bUbetn gef cI)enft ~at: ,,!Sei :DUm ttitt ... ba~ !SiuelbucI) alS
ba~ entfcI)eibenbe 5t)mbol ~etbot. :Die ~o~e, fa~le, aUf bem mieta1JoftelbHb tief"
gefutcI)te 5titn aeigt ben :Dentet, bie tiefliegenben, butcI)btingenben m:ugen" (bas
ift cin Heines metfe~enj :DUm Iiiflt nut e i n m:uge [ef)en), IIDie ficI) bem !SefcI)auet·
tief in bie 5ee1e bo~ten, Illeifen aUf ben WlenfcI)enfennet unb 5eelenarot. mie("
leicI)t batf man fagen, bafl in bem !.paulu~ be~ mieta1JoftelbHbe~ ba~ SjiicI)fte et"
tdcI)t ift, Illa~ menfcI)licI)e stunft aUf biefem @elliete Ubet~au1Jt au fcI)affen bermag."
(5. 32.) m:bet e i n !SHb ij't eine statitatut, ia dn 5cI)eufal, ba~ bon bem neu"
aeitlicI)en Wlalet ~obiS (;l;otint~. 6dn !.paulu~ ift ein aufgetegtet 5cI)llliitmet,
Illenn nicI)ts 5cI)limmm~. ~cI) bacI)te bauei an hie mobetnfte, gteulicI)e, aber
fcI)neU aucI) in~ ~nglifcI)e UbetfelJte unb giet in m:metifa betbteite±e :DatfteUung.
be~ ~eben~ ~~fu bon ~mU ~ublllig (lJintet llle(cI)em !!Camen ficI) bet ~ube (;l;o~en
betftecft). 501cI)e !.ptobufte finb aucI) ,{leicI)en bet ,{leit. - mon :DobfcI)UlJ giM auflet
ben !Silbetn unb einem motlllOtt dne 44 5eiten umfaffenbe ~infUgtung au belt
!SHbern mit m:nmetfungen baiu, bie 43 5dten umfaffenj babd liiflt et fdnm
au~ bem etften steil unb fonft befannten mobetn"tgeologifcI)en 5tanb1Junft nut
feHen etfennen, Illenn et 3.!S. bon bet "iiufletlicI) 3ufiiUigen statfacI)e bet stanoni"
fietung bet !.paulu~btiefell tebet (6. IV). ~. il' U t b tin get.
What About the TwelveP By Robert Freeman, Minister of the Pasadena
Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, Cal. Doubleday, Doran & Co.,
Garden City, N. Y. 1929. Price, $1.75.
To preach or write about the twelve apostles is a venture which must.
appear very attractive to every minister, even though he knows that
material will be scanty when Judas Lebbaeus and Simon the Zealot are'
reached. The author of the essays before us, devoting one to each of the
twelve apostles, went at his task with enthusiasm and a good deal of lit-
erary skill. With respect to style the book exhibits the good and the bad
qualities of present-day preaching in the average American pulpit - ease,
vivaciousness, clearness, wealth of illustrations, on the one hand, and a
rather pronounced inclination to relate anecdotes, an occasional descent
from the sublime to the ridiculous, and absence of strictly doctrinal, Bib-
lical instruction, on the other. The doctrinal position of the author it is
somewhat difficult to ascertain. His Presbyterianism is not much, if at all,
in evidence. A number of statements are of a doubtful character, per-
mitting of a correct and of a false interpretation; for instance, the words
of the poem quoted page 38: "Things the peasant Christ-child could not
know, In His quiet manger long ago," and the sentence on page 152:
"Divine knowledge, or foreknowledge, does not hamper human liberty."
One wonders whether the author would accept the words of Art. XVIII of
the Augsburg Confession: "Although nature is able in a manner to do the
outward work (for it is able to keep the hands from theft and murder),
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yet it cannot produce the inward motions, such as fear of God, trust in
God, chastity, patience, etc." On what dangerous paths a minister or
author treads when he, to make his language attractive and concrete, refers
in laudatory terms to contemporaneous popular heroes is strikingly shown
by the praise our author bestows on Grover Cleveland Alexander, erstwhile
pitcher of the Cardinal baseball team, not dreaming, of course, that but
a short time after the appearance of his book this man would be sent
home in disgrace on account of drunkenness. From the point of view of
interpretation the essays are not deep, nor are they always reliable in their
construction of the historical background; for instance, there is no Bib-
lical warrant for the statement, p. 33, that Andrew "had the Messianic
vision long before his elder brother." The author's view that the first
meeting between Jesus and Peter, related John 1,40--42, occurred not in
the region where John was baptizing, but at the Sea of Galilee while Peter
was fishing, seems hardly tenable. W. ARNDT.
The Holy Ghost. By William Dallmann, D. D. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. 50 pages, 5 X 7%. Cloth, gilt title. Price,
50 cts.
This monograph on the Holy Spirit was published, as the subtitle
shows, "to celebrate the nineteenth centenary of the first Christian Pente-
cost." It serves this purpose very well, for it is a study on the person and
work of the Holy Ghost, a fine supplement to the Third Article of the
Apostles' Creed. The subject-matter is treated in twelve chapters: "I be-
lieve in the Holy Ghost"; "The Holy Ghost has Called Me by the Gospel";
"The Holy Ghost has Enlightened Me with His Gifts"; "The New Birth";
"Conversion"; "Repentance"; "Holiness"; "Good Works"; "More Acts of
the Holy Ghost"; "Union with God"; "Preservation"; "The Opposition
to the Holy Ghost." The author's method in presenting these truths is
by proper arrangement of proof-texts under heads and subheads, the proof-
words of the passages being printed in italics. This enables even the
simple reader easily to learn the great lessons which Holy Scripture teaches
on the subject. However, the use of the book will become still more effective
if the passages are more fully explained and applied by a pastor or teacher.
For use in Bible classes and schools the little volume in its field is without
an equal. We hope it will be diligently bought and read in and outside
our Church. J. T. MUELLER.
'l)a~ Q.lrunbliefenntni~ ber ebanllcHfdHutijerifdJen ~itdJe. 91tH cinet gefd}id}b
lid}en ~infeitung unb fuqen edfiitenben ~nmedungen betfeljen. S\)em
futljedfd}en Irljdftenbon sum bietljunbettjiiljdgen :;suoifiium bet ~Ug~oUt"
\lifc!)en ~onfefflon batgeooten bon if. 5.ll i e)l e t. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo. 1930. 155 !SeHen 5X7%, in ~einwanb mit ®ofb~
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3enfenten, 5.lltof. 1))1. ®tintljets, ljiet aud} wiebet abbtuden faffen, um fo meljt, aIS
Die ~tfaljtung jene~ UrieH beftiitigt ljat. ,,~uclj 3Ut bebotfteljenben :;subeffeiet
witb bem futljedfcljen Irljtiftenbo{f ein iiljnficlje~ lBiicljfein [wie ba~ lBiicljfcin "S\)et
~ontotbienfotmef ~ern unb !Stern"], entljaftenb bas ®tunbbefenntniS, bie ~ug~~
butgifd}e ~onfefflon, mit gefcljicljtfid}et ~infeitung unb tUtBen etffiitenben ~n"
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merfungen 'Datgeboten. ,{3roat finbet fief) bies metenntniS in unferm @efangbuef);
aUdn, roet roUnfef)te nief)t auef) dne ~tmitung besfeIben 3U ~aben? lillet miid)te
nief)t auef) gem Me @efef)ief)te besfeIben nii~et fennenfernen? stlient es boef) nut
3ut ~t~ii~ung bet ~uberfteu'De, roenn man ben @egenftan'D bet i'\'teube teef)t fennt.
Unb ~iet fie~t bet' 2efet im etften :teH, roie bet ttem @ott bet futljetifef)en .reitef)e
Mefes .refeinob gefef)enft unb etljaften ~at, un'D im Broeiten :teif, roie ljettfief) bas~
fefoe f dnem ~n~aft naef) ift. .rednet roit'D basf doe fef en, o~ne bem teuren met~
faffet fUt bie ~ettHef)en i'\'ingeraeige 3U banfen. . .. lillie einft ,stlet .reonfotMen~
fotmer .reern unb I5tem', fo ~at aud) Mefes muef) b 1 e i 0 en ben lill e t' t. 9laef)
meenbigung bet ~uoeffeiet foUte es nief)t beifeitegdegt roetben. mmig roit'b in
unfern @emeinben bon ben auf3uneljmen'Den @1iebern betfangt, bat fie bei etroa
noef) bot~anbenem ~Jlanger an .reenntng fiimUief)et Iutljetifd)en l5~moDfe mben
bem .refeimn .reated)iSmus 2ut~ers 3um roenigften hie un\leiinbette snugsourgifef)e
.reonfeffion fennen unb fid) ba3u oefennen. .reein tJaffenbetes mud) fann ben 9leu~
auf3une~menben in bie &;lanb gegeben roetben, afs biefe SUusgabe ber snugSoutgi~
f d)en .reonfeffion mit gef d)id)t1id)et ~infeitung unb etfIiirenben snnmedungen."
(2ut~etanet 1880, 15. 88.) stlas mud) ljat roitUief) 0 f e i 0 e n h e nlill e r t. lIDit
iilteren @1iebet bes 9Jlinifteriums ~aoen es aUe biefe ~a~te ljinburef) immet unb
immer roieber 3Ut' &;lanb genommen. Unb unfete iUngeren ~aftoren roetben es
auef) nief)t oljne gtojien 9luten filt i~te tljeo!ogifef)e ~tfenntniS unb i~t @fauoens~
leoen ftubieren. stlas Heine mud) ift teief) an gtUnbfief)et :t~eologie. ~s ift ge~
fef)tieben bon einem9Jleiftet Hater unb baoei umfajfen'Der stlatfteUung. lillit'
foUten eil auef) untet unfetm futf)etifef)en moff berbreiten. i'\'ilt bas gemeine mon
ift es ia gef d)tieben. lillet stleutf ef) betftef)t, roet ben .refeinen .reateef)ismus fef en
fann, fann auef) bie snugsourgifd)e .reonfeffion berfte~en, unb roo iljm in bet .reon~
feffion etroas nief)t gfeief) frat ift, ba lommt iljm eoen Mes muef), bas et berfteljen
fann, au &;liffe. stlas roat bie mmte3eit bet lutljetifef)en .reitef)e, alil bas lutljctifef)e
~ljtiftenbon, Die 2aien forooljl afS Die :tljcofogen, bie 2eljte ber l5ef)tift fannte,
ftiiljfief) betannte unb fief) gegenfeitig (fielje 15.5) im metennen ftiidte. 150U Die
~igenart bet lutljetifef)en .reird)e, roie fie fief) in bet snugsDurgifef)en .reonfeffion aus~
getJtiigt ljat, etljaften roetben, fo mut bie snugsburgifef)e .reonfeffion untet uns
leben. Unb bas roitb etteid)t roetben, roenn neoen anbern ~ubifiiumsgaben fon~
bet fief) cruef) biefes milef)fein untet uns roeit betbreitef unb grilnbHef) ftubiert roitb.
:t~. ~ n gel bet.
The Making and Meaning of the Augsburg Confession. By Oonrad
Bergendofj, Ph. D. Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Ill. 127
pages, 5% X 8. Cloth, with gilt lettering. Price, 75 cts.
This volume is, as the title shows, a contribution to the celebration of
the four-hundredth anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. The contents
of the book are divided into three parts: "The Making of the Confession,"
"The Meaning of the Confession," and a discussion of the various articles
of the confession under the head "The Augsburg Confession." Numerous
illustrations have been added to render the book attractive. The exposi-
tions of the articles are brief and practical and are expressed in language
which the average Christian can well understand. They show the author's
endeavor to make clear to his readers the main doctrines set forth under
the various heads. Occasionally, however, his sentences are misleading.
Thus on page 35 he avers that "the Trinity is not mentioned in the Bible."
This is not what the writer means to say, for though the term "Trinity"
558 Book Review. - ~iterntur.
does not occur in Scripture, the doctrine of the Trinity is certainly very
clearly taught there. Again, he says: "Because salvation is a divine, not
·a human process, human words only feebly express the truth that the
Christian lives through" (p. 35). The clause "that the Christian lives
through" is certainly ambiguous, if not obscure. On page 37 he makes the
statement: "The very inability of man to know, or believe in, his God is
.counted to him as sin, for it leads him to worship false gods and is the
root of all unrighteousness." Here the motivation is out of place, since it
is the very nature of hereditary corruption that the concreated holiness,
righteousness, and knowledge has been lost through the Fall. In other
words, original sin does not become sin because of its evil consequences,
but is sin per 8e. But quoting these lapses does not mean that the reviewer
wishes to disregard the excellencies of the book. The author very strongly
repudiates synergism when he writes: "Thus man has done nothing, can do
nothing, to win salvation. It is a free gift of God in Jesus Christ. The
forgiveness of sins is a work of God, and of God alone. Man's part in
·earning salvation is entirely excluded. He cannot repent, he cannot be-
lieve, he cannot do good works, so as to win the grace of God. That God
.gives to him without his merit, without worthiness in him, without his
having raised a finger to earn it" (p. 42). As the reviewer perused the
pages of the book, he became more and more convinced of the preciousness
of the Augsburg Confession and of the great blessings which it has brought
-to the Lutheran Church everywhere, particularly through its emphasis on
the fundamental doctrines of the Reformation. May the jubilee lead us
to a more careful study of this great confession, especially in the light
-of the Apology and the Formula of Concord! J. T. MUELLER.
~l1angenfdje UMigionBl1iibagogif fur SHrdje nnb Sdjule. mon D. :J 0 ~.
6 t e i n bed. ,BhJeite, bUtdjhJeg neubentbeitete ~ufInge bes ~e~tbudjs
ber fitd)lidjen :Jugenbet3ie~ung. ~ei\l3ig 1930. ~. stieidjettfdje metTngs~
budj~nnblung D. Werner 6d)o1L 336 6eiten 6X9. ~reis: @el)eftet,
M.14; gebunben, M. 16.
D. 6teinbed ift ~tofeffot bet :rgeologie unb .Ronfiftorinltnt in ~resInu, unb
bns jett in 3hJetter ~uflage erid)ienene ~udj berul)t aUf griinbUdjem 6tubium,
hJie fid) bas nidjt nur nus ber nnge30genen ~Ueratur, fonbern nudj nus bem
\Jnn3en :Jnl)art bes ~udjes ergibt, hJenn man nudj l)in unb hJieber ein einfdjHb
giges iJadjhJert bermiflt. stins ~udj 3erfiiUt in ahJei :reHe, einen fiiraeren bon
63 6eiten tiber bie @efdjidjte ber religiiifen ~r3iel)ung in 5Htdje unb SdjuIe, ber
in furaen Umriffen bns 910tigfte nUf biefem @ebiete borftil)rt, unb einen bergiiIb
lliSmiiflig Iangen bon 268 6eiten, ber in brei ~bfdjnitten Me :rgeorie ber relb
giiifen :Jugenbeqiel)ung bel)anbelt. stier {iingfte ~bfdjnttt ift ber brUte, ber me~r
nlS bie S'd(ilfte bes gan3en ~udjes einnimmt unb bie ftberfdjrifttriigt: "stiie mer~
,nnftnltungen ber teHgiiifen :Jugenber3ie~ung." ~efonbers hJidjtig unb intmffnnt
finb l)ier bie UnterabteHungen tiber bie ~e~nnblung ber S'dnu\ltftoffe bes ffieHgions~
untertidjts in .Rirdje unb 6djuIe, niimHdj ber billHfd)en 6toffe im befonbern, bes
.Ratedjismus, ber .Rirdjengefdjidjte unb ber .RirdjenHeber, fobann tiber ben .Rinber~
gotiesbienft, unter bem fidj bet merfaffet dnen @ottesbienft ber (,l;~tiften~ ober
~inberIel)re botfteUt, tiber bie .Ronfitmation unb (;\;t3iel)ung bet .Ronfirmnnben
unb ennHd) tilier bie firdjUdje ~flege ber .Ronfirmierten in :Jungmiinner~ unb
~ungmiibdjenbereinen.
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legt, ift nad) feinem 6tanb\JUnft butd)aus 3U erlllatfen. 6d)lllmt au betfte~en
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nid)t an3u1)alten jeien, bie eigentlid)en @ottesbienfte bet @emeinbe 3U befud)en,
?Ulie fid) bas mit ben \1abllgogifd)en @tunbfaten lJet 6d)tift, fonbetlid) 6\1t. 22, 6,
betttagt, ift nid)t etfid)tlid). @ana flllfd) ift bie me~au\1tung (6.162): ,,'!lie ~n<
n(1)me bes 6iiuglingsglaubens ift III 01) I allgemein aufgegeben" Illie aud) bet 6at
(6. 250, bgl. 255): ,,'!lie .li:onfitmation ift untet mefeitigung bon metenntniS unb
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