Full Text for Die grosse Kluft in der Lehre von der Taufe, part 1 (Text)

<1tnurnrbitt aJqrnlngirul flnutqly Continuing LEHRE UNO VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. V January, 1934 No.1 CONTENTS Page Foreword. P. E. Kretzmann • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 Die grosse Klnft in der Leme von der Tanfe. J. T. Mueller 9 Beginnings in Indianapolis. H. M. Zorn. • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • 19 The "New Creation" according to Is. 65. L. Aug. Heerboth • • 29 Das Verhaeltnis des Pietismns znm Rationalismns. P. E. Kretzmann • • • • •• 37 Lutherworte ueber Gottesdienst und liturgische Gebraeuche. 45 Long or Short Sermon Texts ~ John H. C. Fritz. • • • • • • • • • • • 52 Outlines for Funeral SermOnS............ . . . . . • . . • . . • • 55 Miscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • 58 Theological Observer. - Xirchlich·Zeitgeschichtliches. . • • 63 Book Review. - Literatur. . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. • .. .. .. . . 73 EID Predfger mU88 nicht alleln weldie ~aufe ift boef) lDafjrfjaftig feine oIone auterrief)er Bere" monic, auef) rein oIone£l iiuterfief)es )illerf fonbern rin lDirfung0fraftiges @nabenmitter, eoen lDei[ ba£l ,,)illafjer in @otte£l @coot gefafie± unb mit @otte£l )illot± berounben ift". Eu±fjer fagt gana mit ffi:eef)!: ,,)illalier tut'§ freiHef) nief)t, fonbern b a § )ill 0 rt @ 0 ±± e £l, fo mit unb oei bem )illaffer ift, unb ber @Iauoe, fo folef)em )illort @ottes im )illaffer traud; benn. . . mit bem )illorte ®otie£l ift e£l eine ~aufe, ba£l ift, ein gnabenreief) )illaffer be£l Eeoen£l unb ein mab ber neuen @eout± im &)eiligen ®eif±." &)iergegen fjiIft rein @ifteiten arrer ,,~Iiig1ittge unb neuen @eif±er". )illa£l fie gegcn bie ~taf± ber ~aufe f agett, miiff en fie auef) gegctt ba£l (tlJangeIium iioerfjau1J! fagett uttb fagen cs auef); bentt ttaclj calbittiftifef)er Eefjre lDid± ber &)eHigc ®eif± in b-en ~n§erlDiifjrtett ofjne IDlittel, ba£l fjeif3t, ofjne )illot± uttb @iaframen±. ;I>erf cloe &)obge, ber bie£l ~rgumett± gegett bie fuaft ber ~aufe aufgef±eIIt fjat, fjat auef) oefjauptet: "Efficacious gmcea·cts im.mediately." ;I>amit fjat er fief) aocr aUf bas ®eoie± ber @ief)lDiirmerei oegeoett, bie bett &)eiIigett ®cif± bom )illot±e ftenttt uttb fo fef)Hef3Iief) feitten ~u§lDeg finbet a!£l bett be£l IDloberttiSmu£l. ~a£l biet±c ~rgument, baB ttamrief) ber @Iauoe au£l ber ~rebig± fommt unb nief)t aus ber ~aufe, ift fcfjott im ooigen lDiberlegt. ~as fiinfte, ban arre ®dauften lDirfIicfj feIig lDerbett miif3ten, lDettn bie ~aufe eitt mab ber )illiebergeour± Inare, fOlDie bas feef)fte, baB bie (tv fafjrung gegen bie $fIaft ber Stcntfe fpreef)e. eoett lDei! bie ®e±auften fief) nief)t bon bett llngeiauftett buref) oef ottbere ®eiftIief)feit aU£laeief)tte±ett, oerufjen aUf eitter anbertt ~rdefjre be£l caIbiniftifef)ett @ief)inarmgeifter" tums, namrief) baB, lDenn ein IDlettfef) iema!£l lDidIief) aum ®Iauoen gefommett f ei, er bann auef) ben ®rauoen nie berHeten ronne. ;I>iefe ~rrIefjre berteibigte oefonher£l Banef)i in feitter ~otttroberfe mit bem Iu±fjerifef)ett ~aftor IDlaroaef) itt @itratourg. D. mettte giot itt feincr (tittleitung aur Concordia Triglotla aUf ®rnnb bon Eofef)ers Historia Motuum Banef)i£l Eefjre engIifef) fo lDieber: "1. To the elect in this world faith is given by God only once. 2. The elect who have once been endowed with true faith . . . can never again lose faith altogether. 3. The elect never svn with their whole mind or their entire will. When Peter denied Christ, he indeed lacked the con- fession of the mouth, bt~t not the faith of the heart." (0£. Triglotta, Historical Introductions, p.200.) )illir geoen au, ban bide @etaufte lDieber aofarren, lDie ia auef) bie @ief)rift fefjr ITar bie ~atf aef)e ber Beit" gliinoigfeit ne3eugt, .l3ur. 8, 13. ~oer barau£l ben @ief)Iut aiefjett illl Beginnings in Indianapolis. 19 rooUen, ban foldje ~ogefaUenen nie oefe~d getlJefen feien, roiire coenfo ioridjt, aW roenn man oe~auptcn roon:te, ein ~ungriger IDeenfdj fei in fcinem 2eoen nie fait gcroefen, eoen ll.leiI er ll.lieber &Junger ~at. ~ura, mit ben ~rgumen±en ber 81eformieden gegen bie ~raf± ber :itaufe fjat e£l nicf)±£l aUf fidj. @Sie fiimpfen in the face of open defeat, eoen roeiI fie @Sdjrif±ftcfIcn gcgcn fidj ~aben, hie unroiberIegHdj oeroeifen, ban hie ~emge :itaufe boef) regenerationis sacramentum if±. jillie ucr~ fa~ren nun hie [aluiniitcn vis-a-vis bief er @Spriidje ~ ;t)ie grone ~rllft, bie fidj aroifdjcn beu rationaHftifdj eingeften:ten [aluiniften unb ben bioeIgliiubigen, fJdennilli§irellcn 211±~crallern ill ber 2e~re bon ber ~raft llnb jillirmng ber :itaufe jinbet, aeigt fidj alldj gerabe in ber e6egetif cf)ell mefjanbIllng ber ~ier ill me±racf)t fommellben @Sdjrif±fteUen. (ScQlufj folgt.) ~. :it. IDe ii r r e r. Beginnings in Indiana polis. In the mosaic of Missouri Synod history the story of the confes- sional Lutheranism in Indianapolis ought to be a stone, however small, of some interest. As 80 often, this story centers upon the spiritual development of one man. Johann Georg Kunz was born November 7, 1812, in Alzey, in the Grand Duchy of Hessen. In the years of his early manhood, it appears, he was converted and came under the influence of Johann Evangelista Gossner, that erstwhile Oatholic priest, who in 1826 published the biography of :1fartin Boos, "Prediger der Gerechtig- 7ceit," and who from 1829 to 1846, as pastor of Bethlehem Ohurch in Berlin, developed such remarkable activity in the organization of charitable and missionary enterprises. In 1840 Gossner sent Kunz and six others as missionaries to America with instructions to look up the Otterbein people, the United Brethren in Ohrist, upon their arrival in Baltimore, where they landed September 26. Upon his arrival in Baltimore, Kunz promptly followed his instructions and that same day he found the Rev. Rossel, pastor of the Otterbein church, and was at once taken into the strong cur- rent of the religious life of those people. The diary he kept in those years is still with us, and we can pursue his spiritual development. The day after the ship docked was a Sunday, and Kunz attended a class-meeting in the church and was astonished and confused by the loud, tumultuous, and emotional manner in which it was carried on. Then followed a church service with sermon and Holy Oommunion, and Kunz records that he was edified. In the evening one of his companions, Isensee, a later successor of Kunz in Indianapolis, preached. On Monday Kunz led a meeting, but he became alarmed when a man leaped up and clapped his hands and a woman shrieked