arnurnr~tu IDl1rulngtrul ituut111y Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VI November, 1935 No. 11 CONTENTS Page The Evangelical Lutheran Church the True Visible Church on Earth. w. Arndt ••••••••••••••.. '.' •••••••••••••• 801 Der Pietismus. Theo. Hoyer ••.•.•..••.•....••••.•..••• , 816 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria. P. E. Kretzmann . . • • • • • • • •• 822 Die Vereinigte Lutherische Ki-rche und die Verbalinspira.- tion. J. T. Mueller •• . • • • . . • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• 825 Bekenntnissynoden. w. Oesch. • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • •• 835 Dispositionen ueber die altkirchliche Evangelienreihe.... 848 Miscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 858 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . .. 865 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 873 Ein Pretiiger muss ni~ltt nllein weiden, al~o dass er die Schafe unterwei. e, wic sie rechte Cbrlbten sollen ""in, :oltMrn auch daneben den Woelfen wehr n, el. sie die Schafe nieht angreiten und mit. fRlschar u,hre verfuehren und Irrtum aill fueh"n. - Luther. F i,t kein Ding. d,," die Leute meltr bd der K irch~ behaeJt denn die gute Preuigt. - Apologir. ir'. 9~. Jf the t rumpet gh'e an un. artaln llOund, who mall T'repare him 01 1 to the battle? 1 Oor . .q, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri. Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. I J Theological Observer. - .retrd)lid)~8eitgefd)id)md)es. 865 Theological Observer. - SNfdjndj"geitgefdjidjtlidje~. I..lml'rikll. The Missouri doctrine of election is brought to the a.ttention of the readers of the' Lutheran Church Quarterly of Janua,ry, 1935, in con- nection with a review of Emil Brunner's The Mediator. Dr. John Aberly of Gettysburg takes occasion to wTite: "It is at this point that the doc- trine of e,lection, though this is not discussed in this volume, comes in. If faith alone knows Him (Christ) as divine, and if this faith itself is the work of grace, how can we escape this doctrine, be it that of Calvin or of LutheT as perpetuated by Missouri?" (P.81.) We canno,t suppress tne fonowing rema,rks:- 1. v"V'hy bring up this matter here'? Those who abhor the' Missouri doctrine of election have, of course a pe'rfeet right to give voice, to their objections. But there was certainly no occasion to bring up this matter in the connection in which it is brought up. 2'. The business of bringing together the Lutheran s,ynods of America requires, among other things, that certain misconceptions and misunder- standings be removed. 'Ve have been striving for yea,rs to disabuse the minds of men of the notion that the teaching of a particular election smacks of Oalvinism. The, fact that Oalvin taught a particula,r election and tha,t Luthe,r taught a particulaT election does not make the Calvinistic and the Lutheran doctrines related doctrines. The Lutheran eleetion of gra,ce, of gra,ce, in Ohrist, differs toto coelo from the Oalvinistic absolute election and double predestination (including an election o·f wrath). People must learn that the doctrine of Luther as perpe,tua,ted by Missouri is a sweet and comforting doctrine, a.scribing the salvation of the sinner solely to the grace of God, "who ha,th sa,ved us and caUed us with a holy caUing, not according to our works, but according to' his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Ohrist Jesus before the wodd began," 2 Tim. 1,9. We- do not want to. escape, tha,t doctrine. Keep a,way from the grievous error of Calvinism, but keep close to the doctrine of the, election of grace. (Cp. p. 540' of this journal.) 3. Is our charge that a, number of Lutheran theologians are teaching synergism based on a, misunderstanding? If we understand Dr. Aberly cor- rectly, he sa,ys that,. if one would escape the doctrine (of e,lection), be it that of Calvin or of Luther as perpetuated by Missouri, he must deny tha,t faith itself is the work of gra.ce. Does he mean to say, Since faith is the work of gra,ce, we' cannot escape, but must accept the' Missouri doctrine of election? INo ha,rilly think so·. His sympa,thies, do not lie with Missouri. Then this is his teaching: F'aith is not from beginning to end the work of pure gra,ce; fOT, unless faith is the result pa,rtly of God's gracious work and pa,rtly of the exercise' of man's free' will, we will ha,ve, to accept the teaching of the eternal election. - Are we wrong in charging Dr. Aberly with synergism, with tea,ching that faith is not entire,ly the' work of grace? 55 E. 866 Theological Observer. - .reitd)Hd).,seitgefd)td)t1idjes. Moody Bible Institute. - The Moody Bible Institute at Ohicago is an old and well-known church institution of a, conservative type amidst the modernistic churches of our day. In an address given before the Ba,p- tist Ministe,rs' Meeting a,t l"'ew York City in Ma,y of this yea,r, the Rev. James M. Gray said some things in reference to the origin and purpose of the Institute which will interest our rea,ders. We quote from the October issue of the Moody lJlonthZy: "The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago is, I belieeve, the o.Jdest institution of its kind in the United 8ta,tes, or anywhere else, for which re'ason it is sometimes called the mother of Bible institutes. But I wish to say that its founder, D. L. Moody, never dreamed of it as a, protest against denomina,tiona.lism or as a rival or competitor of theological seminaries. I knew D. L. Y100dy well, and fO'r the last seven yea.n~ O'f his life I was more or less closely aSllociated with him in his educa,tiona.I and e-vangelistic work at Northfte-ld, Ohicago·, and elsewhere. He believed in the churches as, such and alwa,ys worked with them. His membership in the Congregational Church was retained until his de-a,th, and he believed in its, polity and sustained its a.ctivities. . .. Our students are encouraged to mainta.in their loyalty to their churches wherever it is possible to dO' so consistent with loyalty to God's truth .... .Although he was uneducated in the schools, yet Mr. Moody firmly b€lieved in an educa,ted ministry. . .. The purpose of Mr. Moody was not to establish a, school for ministers or pastors,. He thought only of lay workers. Hei ha.d in mind men and women of more a.dvanced yea,rs who had been denied scholastic opportunities in their youth, but who with a knowledge' of the English Bible, gospe-l music, and practical methods of Christian work, especially personal work for souls,. might be equipped fO'r better service in their churches and in the slums a,nd destitute places of our grea,t cities. . .. The influx of pastors, and ministerial aspirants that soon began to swell the student roll of the Institute and which has con- tinued to do so was a, profound surprise to Mr. Moody and his collabo-rato'rs . .And this brings me to the point of sa,ying that the theological seminaries themse,lves, are largely to be cha,rged or credited, as you may choose to put it, with the increase of tha,t class of students in the MoO'dy Bible Institute in these la,tter yea,rs. . .. The minimum educa,tional qualifica,tion for the, admission of students to the Institute remains wher€' Mr. Moody pla,ced it - a grammar· school training or its equivalent. But circum- stancesl a,re making this minimum qualification almost a, de'ad letter, as our students a,re now coming to us from high schools and with a, steadily increa,sing percentagel of college" university,. and seminary men and women. We teach Hebrew and Greek to-day, Christian philosophy and psychology, church history, systema,tic divinity, homiletics, and related subjects. .And we ha,ve felt obliged to a.dd these subjects to our curriculum because so many young men, instead of going to the seminary, a,re coming to' us fo-r their prepa,ration for the Christian ministry a,t home' and on the foreign fields." Speaking of what some s!lIIlina.ries do not supply in their instruction, the Rev. Mr. Gra,y sa,ys: ".And wha,t is it tha,t the, semina,ry does not supply? I can only judge by tha,t which our students and othe'rs say. One thing it does not supply is a knowledge of the' content o-f the' English Theological Observer. ~ .Rh:d)Lid)~8eitgefd)id)t1id)eg. 867. Bible as a, whole. In other words, it doc's not qualify its stud(mts to rightly divide the 'Word of Truth. To illustrate, the men and women who come to u~ believe the Bible to be God's Word throughout, whose hum:m writers weTe so- inspired and controlled by Him as to be kept from error in that which they rucorded. . .. Concerning the person of Christ our students come to us believing not only that He 'was God manifest in the flesh,' but also that HC' was 'conceivC'd by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin MaJ"y.' . .. Furthermore,. they believe that Christ arose from the dead in the same' body in which He, suffered, and thC'y rega.rd as hNesy the tea,ching which makes the resurrection nothing but a. survival of the soul a,fter death. The miracles of Christ 3.re' to them not 'mighty works' only, but mimcles-, not to be explained on any natural basis wh3.tever, but to be regarded as supernatural throughout." FinaUy, the Rev. Mr. Gray says: "ThC're a.re two other precious trnths of Scripture whose teaching in the Bible institutes does more to attract truly saved young men and WOHlen than any others. The first is the premillennial coming of Christ, personally and visibly, for the translation of thC' Church, which is· His body, to meet Him in the ah, and for the setting up of His kingdom on earth. . .. The' second of these truths con- cerns the person and work of the Holy 8pirit. .All our students do not expect to be a, Wesley, a, Spurgeon, or a, Moody, but they feel convinced that those men possessed a knowledge of, and an experience' in, the Holy Spirit, which gave them spiritual power, which made them soul-winners, and which sepa,ra,ted them from the a,ims and methods, and spirit o-f the world." If we should be asked brie'fly to characterize the Moody Bible Institute, we would say that it teaches and defends the doctrines of the Reformed churches over against Modernism, which has found its way into many of these churches. However, since the' Moody Bible Institute not only receives students from various church denominations, but alsO' in turn supplies churches nf different doctrinal standing with pastors, it is union- istic and therefore in spite of its conservatism along certain lines does not in the final analysis absolutely insist upon a strict line of demarca- tion between truth and error, between what Scripture teaches and what it does· not teach; although the Moody Bible Institute prGfesses, to acce·pt the Scriptures as God's inspired Word, it still is willing to leaye a margin for the differonce-s of human opinion in doctrinal ma,tters. J. H. C. F. Methodist Leaders approve Merger. ~ ".An epoch-making event so far as, .American Methodism is concerned occurred in Chicago recently when representatives of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist EpiscopaI Clmrch, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church met and drew up a, proposed constitution calling for a, union nf the three bodies. If the combination is, finally effected, it will form probably the laTgest, numerically, Protestant denomination in the entire country. Constitutional procedure for effecting the union will require probably five yea.rs. Unde'r the proposed constitution six jurisdictional conferences would be set up. The constitution proposed regional administra,tive units and regional elec- tion of bishops, a, depa,rture from tra.ditional Methodist policies. Present Methodist bishops will remain in office under the plan, but several new 868 Theological Observer. - .Ritd)nd)~.8ettllefd)td)tlid)e~. bishops will necessarily be elected. Greater autonomy for foreign mission jurisdictions is provided for under the plan. Leading representa,tives of all three units o,f the Methodist Church involved in the proposed union were present at the three-day session a,t the' First Methodist Church, Evanston. The plan for a union of the groups has been under considera- tion for a, quarter century. The break between the Northern and Southern groups resulted from the Civil Wa,r." -Living Ohurch, August 24, 1935. Is the Catholic Church Changing Its Attitude toward Prot- estantismP - This subject is touched upon by Adolph Keller" the general secretary of the International Christian Social Institute at Geneva" in an article a,ppearing in the Living Ohurch under the heading "A Change in the Relations between Ca,tholics and Protestants on the Continent." He holds that in Germany, France, and Switzerland there is, a, sort of rap- proohement between Ca,tholics and Protestants, while in Italy, Austria, and Poland this is not the case. Concerning France he sa,ys that in its popula~ tion of forty million people there are hardly ten million Roman CathoHcs and one million Protestants. The remaining twenty-nine, millions con- stitute an enormously la,rge, mission-field. That there is a, change in French Roman Ca,tholic thinking a,bout Protestants, he holds, is evident from the new Dictionnaire Theologique Oatholique, which "gives a, much more tol- erant and sympathetic judgment on the Reformation than former utte,r- ances ha,ve done and redlects a,t the same time a rebirth of the best in Roman Catholic piety." In Germany, too, on account of the common enemy, neo'paganism, Dr. Keller finds Ca,tholics and Protes,tants dra,wing closer together. It is true tha,t Karl Ba,rth sta,ted of Roman theology that it is "confounding human work with God's wo'rk and is therefore the product of the Antichrist," while the Pope, in an encyclical lette'r as la,te as April 21, 1934, proclaimed the old position that "outside the Roman Church there' is no Christia,nity or only a, mutila,ted kind"; but "one can hea,r from pious Roman Oa,tholics tha,t they admire the courage with which the confessional Protestant Church is defending the Christian heritage'." Concerning the situa,tion in Germany, Dr. Keller writes furtnermore: "The mutual gains and losses by individual conversions ma,y be' more or lesoS equal. The gain from mixed marriages is to, the benefit of the Protestant Church. The political advantages are on the Roman Catholic side since the conclusion of a, Concorda,t, whose pacifying effect is, however, no,t yet quite manifest." It may be tha,t history is repea,ting itself and tha,t the irenical spirit of Sailer and Boos, which was influential more than a, cen- tury ago, is being revived, but it will be remembered, too, tha,t this de- velopment of tolerant views was followed by a, stern reaction, which cul- mina,ted in the dogmas of the immacula,te conception and papal infallibility. A. Compromising Ambiguity. -According to the Australian Lutheran the Presbyterians (presumably in Australia) have drawn up a brief state- ment of their faith which is quite remarkable for the lack of clarity on important points. The article referring to God reads: "The Church, know- ing God through Jesus Christ, His Son, and through the working of His Spirit in the lives of believers, confesses and adores one God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." The editor of the Australian Lutheran aptly re- Theological Observer. - Ritdjndj~8eitgefdjtdjmdjes. 869 marks that there is no reference here to the 'frinity. The paragraph per- taining to the Scriptures has this wording: "The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, given by inspiration, declare the Word of God and record the unfolding of His gracious purpose of redemption, which is ful- filled in Jesus Christ." It is easy to see with what little difficulty a Mod- ernist can place himself on such a platform and adopt it as his own. A. Death of Greek Patriarch. - Meletios Meta;xakes:, the Greek Ortho- dox Pa,tria,rch of Alexandria, and recently one of the candidates for the pa,tria,rchal throne of the Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem, died in Alexandria" Egypt, on July 29. Pa,tria,rch Meletios, whose spiritual sub- jects a,t one time numbered almost 200',000,000, including 125,000,000' in Russia" was well known in the United States as a, consistent advoca,te of unity among the Apostolic communions. - Christian Century. A Friend of Religious Liberty Deceased. - Through the dea,th of Bishop Sumner, the head of the Episcopal churches in the State, of Oregon, the cause of religious freedom ha,s lost a, staunch friend and supporter. In the school controversy which raged in Oregon in 1922, when the attempt was made, to' do away with private and pa,rochial schoQls, he did nQt hesi- tate to brancl this attempt as "an unwarrantecl and unjustifiecl invasion Qf the civil and religious liberty 0'£ the citizens of the State." He died September 4, sixty-one years old. A. II. ;2(u,hmll. ~unhgeliungett bet SDentjdjen (£~riften, ber beutfdjett &)eibett unb bet heutfdjen Eutl)ctancr. 2tnljii:nger ber mIauoensoeroegung beutfdjer tiIljriften Iieflen fidj, roie bie ,,~mg. Cfb.~52utlj. sta." bom 9. Wuguf± oetidjtet, in einem ®oHesbienf± bon bem l13rebiger ben 2roeifrontenn:ieg fdjUbem, ben bie :itljiitinget Sl:leutf djen tiIljriiten gegcn statljoIifen unb mefenntnispadei aUf bet einen @Jeite fiiljren, bie i9t Sl:leutfdj±um au rocit ljin±et iljt tiIljtif±enium auriicffeten, unb gegen Die beutfdje ®Iauoensoeroegung aUf bet anD ern @Jeite, bie in ben umgefeljden ffe~Iet betfiillt. Sl:lie Sl:leutfdjen tiIljtiften ljaoen bagegen Die tedj±e lBetoinbung gefunben: fie betfd)teioen lidj bem ffiiljter aI§ @Jdjiipfet be~ Sl:ltiHen meidje£l teftIos unb tiicfljaItros, un~ ebenfo teftIoi:i unb tiicfljaItrOi:i roetfen fie fidj iljrem &;>ettn unb &;>eiIanb in bie Wnne. . .. Sl:lie foIgenDe mebe bon Dr. ®ciforo gipferte in bem ®ebanfen, baB bie Cffenoarung in tiIljtif±Us bas tedj±e "jffiit" ~lBerf±ii:nbnis bes foaiaIen CfmpfinDens, ben @JoBiafismus, georadj± ljaoe, ben roit mit bem tedjten ,,;;'Sdj" ~lBerf±ii:nbnis, l13etfiinfidjfei±£loegtiff, ;;'Snbibibuafismus, beroinben follen. Sl:liefe lBetoinbung, bie bas jiibifdje lBoff nidjt bolIaog, fennoeidjnet ben 9la~ tionalfoaiaIismus; aIfo iff bet tiIljrifhtsgeif± in beutfdjet ffOtm in iljm Ieben~ big gerootben. . .. Sl:lie Sl:leu±fdjen tiIljrif±en fragen nidjt: mift bu fatljoIifcI) obet ebangefifdj? fonbem: ®Iauof± bu an bas eroige Sl:leutfdjIanb, unb gIauof± bu an bie straf±, bie roid± burclj unfem &;>ettn unb &;>eiIanb? :0ai:i iff baS einaige mdenn±nis, bai:i luir ljeute niitig ljaben. Sl:lie Wnljii:nget bet Sl:leutf djen ClJIauoensoeroegung roollen &;>eiben f cin. Sl:lie ,,2tllg. @b.d3utlj. ,\fa." bam 16. ~ruguft ±eUt folgenbe in iljtem mIa±± ,,~mtU betiiffentIidjte Sfunbgebung mU: ,,@in neues ffeUet iff in Sl:leutfdj~ ranb en±fIammt, ... eine neue, ljeHige fframme gIiiljt in bet beutfdjen ;;'Sugenb. . .. Uns ljut Die djtiftridje stitdje mit iljren mitteIaItedidjen Cfin~ 870 Theological Observer. - Ritd;(id;,,seitgefd;id;tlid)e!. ridjiungen nidji£l me1)r au fagen. ~ir ~ungen \l)olIen nidjt~ me1)r mit roeUfremben ijSaf±oren au tun 1)aben. ~ir fennen fein ljemgere~ Eanb aI~ SDeutfdjIanb. ~lr fcnnen feine ljeiHgercn lmanner aI~ bie .\)elben beutfdjer @efdjidjte. ~lr 1110 lIen nidji£l meljr bon \l!bra1)am unb ero. l11iffen .... lman mag un§ al!3 Sjeiben unb Ste:ter betfdjreien. SDa§ iinb CS1)rennamen fur un§. ~ i r fi n b f± ° I a, n a dj a ro ii If lj un b- e r± ~ a 1) ten f rem bet E e 1) reb i e e r f± en, Sj ei ben' i3 u f ei n ! " SDief e llCeu~ 1)eiben finb ilbrigen~ nidj± bloll in SDeutfdjlanb einljeimifdj. "SDie ,SDeutfdje @bangeIifdje S'forrefponbena', ilh. 26, fdjreibt ilber ba~ au~Iiinbifdje llCeu~ ljeibentum: ,SDle fOl1enannten "nculjeibnifdjen" @Stromungen, bie gegen~ tviirtig in SDeu±fcljlanb fo bieI bon [idj reb en madjen unb bie cine beutfdj~ feinbHdj eingef±eILte ijSreffe fo gem ali3 beutfdje ®igentilmUdjfeit barauftelIen beftreb± ift, fint feine§treg§ aUf SDcutfdjlanb befdjranft. ~ie feineraeit SjaecfeI, ()fttralb unb iljr strei§:, bie bor einigen breillig ~aljren ba§: erljrifien~ tum bemidjten unb SDeu±fdjIanb mit einer neuen, bamali3 naturtriffenfdjaft~ Iidj aUfgemadjten lJteIigion begaoen tromen - trie fdjnelI ift ba§: alIe§: bergeffen roorben -, feljr balb audj anber§tro @Sdjule madjten, fo geljt ljeute ein foaufagen "l.)eibnifdjer" ,Bug burdj bic ~ert. ~n 11 n gar n ljat fidj ein rerei§: 3ufammengefunben, ber, in ben lBaljnen ber IJunnlfclJcn \l!ljnen l11anbefnb, bie aHljunnifdje lmt)±ljo[ogle l1CU au oeIeoen ftreot unb e§: auf triidjentridje ()pfetfeiern au ®ljren be§: ffi)iljifdjen Shieg§goite§ Sjabur ao~ gefeljen ljat. Sjier ljcrben audj bie \l!nljanger ber neuen ,Beitredjnung, bon ber beteH§: oeridjiet trurb-e, bie me ~eUgef djidjte um %tUUa orbnet, iljre geiftige Sjeimat. @rolle ®rfofge ljat ba§: ljunnlfdje llCeuljeibentum oi§:ljer nodj nidjt au bcraeidjnen. SDie erf±e ,,0aburfeier" ber Ungetifdj~0.Hiiuoigen ertegte fofort trei±ljin 'iirgerni§: ... ' 2htdj in ijS 0 fen l11itb, trle bie Eobaer ,,('Yreie ijSreffe" mi±teiH, fUr ein, ble§:mal urfIaroifdje§:, Sjcibentull1 getroroen. Unter ber rabiJalen oiiuerIidjen ~ugenb, bie in ber \.Bctclnigung "Siew" aUfammengefdjfoffen ift. ift unIiingft bie @tUppe "Wici" entftanben. SDiefe prebig±, ball lmr me "Wnfnupfung an bie urffatrifdjen 5trabitionen bie morfdje polnifdje @efelIfdjaft re±±en £Onne, bie bon bem fidj aerfe:tenben erljriften±um bergifiet rourbe". ~n bem j8Iatt ber @ruppe ~eillt e§:: "SDa§: tIljriften±um ift nut nodj ein ('Yriebljof, her felt bem lmiHeIaIter immer mel.)r erftarrt." \l!n ben "f u ~ c m 0 u r g if dj geoomcn @Iauben" ber \l!roeiggemeinfdjaft bet Iu~emourgifdjen @Iauoen§:oetregung, bon ber \l!n~ fang 1934 in ber ijSreHe bie ffiebe h.lm, batf man in biefem ,Bufammenljang rool.)1 audj erinnern.'" (\l!lIg. ®b.~Eu±~. Sfa., 5. ~uIi.) ~a§: tun bie beu±fcljen 2 u ± lj era n e r? SDie ,,®b.~EutIj. iYreifirdje" bom 11. Wuguft iberidj±e± iloer ben im ~un f±aitgefunbenen "Eu±ljerifdjen 5tag". "CS§: roaren \.Bertre±er antrefenb au§: Iutljerif djen Eanbe§:firdjen, Iutljerifdjen ('Ytdfirdjen unb au§: ber Union. . .. ('Yilr un§: l.)aoen befonbere j8ebeutung bie ~ht§:fUljtUngen bon ijSrof. D. @Saffe, ®rIangen, unb bie he.i3 ijSrafibenten be§: OoedirdjenfolIegiul11i3 ber j8re§:fauer ('Yreifirdje D. Dr.llCagem. @Saffe trat nadjbriicfIicfj fUr ba§: aHe Illtl.)erifdje j8efenutnii3 cin, audj filr ba§: \.Bertr'erfung.i3urteif ber Iu±l.)erifdjen lBefenntni§:fdjtifien gegen bie lJte~ fonnierien, mit benen er alIerbing§: tro:tbem bie enge Si>ampfgemeinfdjaft aufredjterl.)arten trilfen tr'orrte. \.Bon anheret @Sette trurbe oeantragt, ben ,reformierten lBtilbern' bie \l! 0 e n b m a 1) f §: gem e i n f dj aft nidj± au bertreigern. SDer \l!ntrag routbe auriicfgcclogen, ,nadj-bem ijSrof. D. ®ommer~ Theological Observer. - .Rird)Hd).,8eitgefd)ld)tlid)e,g. 871 ra±~, 2eipaig, barmtf ~ingettJiefcn ~at±e, bat cine fa fc'fjttJicrige iYroge luie bie ber \l(benbma~li3gemeinf c'fjaft nic'fjt furaer~anh erIebigt ttJerben fiinne unD burfe'. ~f± biefe iYrage ttJidfic'fj fo idjttJierig? iYur .2utfjer, beffen ®e~ ttJiffen in ®ot±ei3 Harem m5or± gebunben ttJar, ttJar e~ ,crfdjrecfIic'fj au ~iiren, bat beibe 5teHe einerlei @5aftamen± nefjmen foIIten unb ljierbei ber eine 5tei! gIauoe, er empfalje brote~ )Brot, ber anbere, er empfafje ben ttJaljren .2eio @:ljrifti'. . .. IDli± D. Wage! ftimmen ttJir uuerein, ttJenn er betont, ,bat bie lutljerifdje .llirc'fje audj cine Union~aufgalie ljabe, aber freiIidj nidjt bie \l(ufgaoe, burc'fj 2rofdjleifung ber borljanbenen ~onfeffioni3unterfdjiebe aui3~ gieidjenb unb berttJifdjenb au ttJiden, fonbern bieImeljr Me, mit ±reuem iYef±~a!ten an bem fau±eren )Befenn±ni~ bei3 burdj ®otte~ ®nnbe iljr ge~ fdjenfien redj±en @SbangeIiumi3berftiinbniffei3 bem .2eibe @:fjriftt auf @Srben au Dienen, bamit c~ einmal au ber recf)ten Union romme, bie nie auf §tom~ promiffe cr1llifcf)en m5aljrljeit unb ~rrtum aufgevaut ttJerben barf, fonbern aUein aUf bet m5a~rljeit bei3 @Sllangenum~'. \l(ver barum burfen ttJir audj nic'fji unaui3gcfproc'fjen {affen, ttJDrin ttJir mit iljm unb ben )Bre~rauern nicf)t uliereinftinunen. ;tIai3 ift bor aUem Die \l(uffaffung, aIi3 DO hie ,)Bruber in ber Union' 1cOon baburcf) ,futljerifdje '\Hrdje' toerben ttJriirDen, bah fie fidj ,unter ein rein luff)erifdjei3 ~irdjenregiment' fteIIten. u 2rver auc'fj ber @5tanbpunft ift berfeljri, "bat man sttJar entfc'fjieben gegen bie preutifc'fje UnioMfirc'fjc fiimpft aIi3 gegen eine §tirdje, ,in ber attJar audj lu±ljerifd; ge~ prebigt ttJerben h a r f, aber nic'fjt HoeraU geprebig± werben mut' ... , aber nic'fjt fieljt, bat biefe )Befcf)reifntng aud; auf bie ,lutljerifcf)en' .2anbei3fircf)en in unferm ~aterIanb au±rifft, trotbem in ifjnen bai3 lu±ljeri]d;e )Befenn±nii3 ,au S1ed;t bef±efjt'. . .. ®etDit, n i d; ± ttJai3 in eimr Sfirdje geprebigt luer~ ben 1:)01.1', ift aui3id;£aggebenh fur Die )BeurteHung if)rei3 )Befenn±ni~ftanbei3, a 0 era u dj n i d; t ,ttJai3 in iljr ~eprebigt ttJerben m u t', fonbern ttJai3 in i1)r tatf Crd)lid; geprebigt ttJ i r b. 9cid;t ,rut~erif c'fjei3 §tirdjenregimen±', nicf)t bai3 ,,3urecf)tbefteljen' he~ )Befenntniffei3 enifcf)eiDet, fonbern Me ttJirlIid; im @5d;ttJange geqenhe iiffentrid;e .2eqre unb bie iljr en±fpred;enbe ljSra6ii3. m5id;ti~er aIi3 ein .llirc'fjenregimen±. ba~ aUf bai3 lutfjerifd;e )Befenntnis ber~ pfIid;tet ift, finb tDirlIic'fj lut~erffdje @ em e in Den. U @S. ,l3utijerifd'je ~tianet? Sfann ei3 fo etttJai3 gcben? @Sin eqrIid;er \l(rianer fann fid; bodj nidjt rut~erifd; nennen. Unh cin anftiinDiger lutljerifdjer Sfird)enfiirper bulbC± feinen \l(rianer in feiner .aRme. m5us aoer 'bei e1)r~ Iidjen .2eu±en nid;t miigIidj if±. ba~ bringt ber UniongmUi3 fertig. ,,;tIie l1Serfdjiebcnljeiten unter bcnen, 11leId;e auf bie 2ruguftana ber~ pfIid;te± finD, finb 3um 5teil fo IDei±reid;enb, bat fie nid;t meljr innerqalb bei3 S1aqmen~ Iiegen. ;tIie ;tIifferenilen unter benen, ttJelc'fje aUf bie \l(ugu~ ftana berpfficf)±et finb, ve3ie~en fid; aUf bai3, 11lai3 d;rif±rid; oU fagen ift, elje man Die ~ruguftana auffd;liigt. m5ir geljen bon biame±raI en±gegengefet±en ~orausfetungen aU0, hie e~ un~ atom ermogIid;en, bon unferm @5±anbort aui3 bie \l(uguf±ana au v ejalj en, hie e~ jebod; mit fid; bringen, baf3 unfere )Beljauptungen trot ±eiIttJeif e gleidj±iinenber m50rie gegenteHigen ~n~an qa'6en. m5er ~ier nodj bon einem consentire de doctrina evangelii fpred;en ttJoIIte, ttJeil bod; Die \l(uguf±ana ,in ®eHung' ift, reDt unter bem mann einer iYiftion. ;tIie in ciner §tird;e ungeiinberier ~Iug~burgifd;er Sfonfeffion ilufanmlengefaf3ten unh auf Diefe berpfIidj±eten ~ljeologen eint oft nid;± ein~ mal meljr ber 2rrtifel I ber ~onfeffion, ber bor bierljunbert ~afjren nod; ali3 gemeinfamer 'Boben mit ben S1iimifdjen geIten lonnie. 872 Theological Observer. - ,IHtd)Hd),,seitgefd)td)tnd)ell. "ZSdj rom ba£! an aroei fEeij.!JieIen au aeigen berfudjen: ~ie ebangeIifdjen 5tljeoIogen &ug£!vurger Sfonfefiion ljaben fidj meljr unb meljr aUf ben 6±anb~ .!Junft gef±elIt, bat bie in &rtHel I ber &uguf±ana borgetragene 5trinitii±£l, Ieljre aUf j.JljHofoj.Jljifdje i80rfteUung auriicfgelje, roeIdje roir ljeuie nidji meljr au teilen bermogen. 6ie lj av en, vejonber£! jotlleit fie ,j.Jofitib' roar en, ge~ meint, bat biefer ~iffen>3 in ber 5trinitiii£!Ieljre e£! nidjt ljinbere, bat man in ber ffiedjtfertigung>3Ieljre bennodj mit ben i8iitern einig f cin lonne. 60 fonnte e£! rommen, bat man trot be£! &Vfa@ bon ber SfarbinaHeljre be£! ~ljriftentum£! ben &nfj.Jrudj erlj06: m!ir finb mit ben ffieformatoren in ben ,~auj.Jtj.Junften ber 2eljre' burcljau£! einig. ~af3 man trot ber gIeidjIauten' ben {Sormurierungen in ber ffiecljtfertigung£!Ieljre berjdjiebene~ meinen mUBte, bat man nidjt inn e r lj a I 6, fonbern au Be r lj a I 6 ber &ug£!vurgifdjen SfonfeHion hlffentierte, Iiegt aUf ber ~anb. ~ieje &r± be~ consentire de doctrina evangelii ift cine grove {Siftion. "ZSdj vin oft be£! Unioni£!mu£! unb be£! Sh~j.Jtocalbini£!mu£! geaieljen roorben. ZSdj meine, an biefer 6teUe bariiver ein m!ort fagen au miiffen. ZSdj roill e£! nidjt ertragen, roenn 5tljeoIogen, beren 5trinitiit£!Ieljre fidj mit ben fEefenntniffen ber i8ater - bom Ilfj.JoftoIifum vi£! aUt Solida Decla- ratio - auf bauernbem Sfrieg£!fut vefinbet, ficlj ljetau£!neljmen, im ~amen be£! 2utljerium£! gegen ben calbiniftif cljen @orte>3vegriff au {Selbe au Iiegen unb ba6ei Iu±ljeriiclj,fonfeifioneUe @emeinfdjaft mimen. ~iefer SfonfenfU>3 unb biefer SDiffenfu£! ift ein bid aufgeIegter 6djroinbeI, roenn c>3 fidj um roiffenbe 5tljeoIogen ljanber±. i'rver ~idjtroiffen fann man ljinltlegfeljen. ~en m5iffenben aver fage iclj: @in 2utljertum be£! llSauIu£! bon 6amofata ift eine nidjte!;iftente @rote. &nbererf eit£! aver 1iIeiVe idj bavel, bat, tiler ba tIlilI feIig tIlerben, bor allen ~ingen (ante omnia!!!) ben recljten cljriftIidjen @Iauven ljaven mut. ~iefet ift, nadj fetner &u£!j.Jriigung im IlUljanafia, num, ljeute ein f eHene>3 @etlliiclj£!. ID'lit befio groterem ~anf neljme idj ~enntni>3 bon jebem 5tljeologen, er fei Iuiljerifdj ober reformiert, ber mit m!ifien ,ben redjien djriftIidjen @Iau6en' bon ber ~emgen ~reifaItigfeit Ieljrt unb vefennt. ZSdj geftelje e~ frei: Eu foldjen ffieformierien geljiire idj meljr aI~ au famojatenijdjen ober arianifcljen 2uiljeranern. ID'lan fagt mir, e~ fei Unioni£!mu~, tIlenn idj mit iolcljen ffieformierten gemeinfam vefenne. @in merlroiirhlger i80rtvurf I ~enn ben 6~nfreti~mu£! in ben eigenen ffieiljen ittaft man nidjt. ZSdj aber feljne midj banadj, bat aUe, bie mit mit ber ftveraeugung finb, man miiffe ante omnia ben ,redjien cljriftndjen @Iauven' ljaven, bie 6amofaiener unb &rianer in gemeinfamem fEefenntni£! aum @Iauven ber i8iiier vefriegen. ~ft ber 6~nfreti~mu~ iiverrounben, ift ba£l ante omnia fm(ver, bann illoUen roir audj in ber bffentridjfeit hie refov mierte {Stage anfcljneiben un!) aur Union ein m!ortIein fagen. &6er man ift nicljt aum Sl'mllj.Jf gegen hie Union geeignet, folange ber Sl'amj.Jf gegen ben 6l)nfreti~mu£; noclj gar nicljt aT£; noiroenbig angef eljen roirb." 60 fcljret6± ~an£; &~muffen in feinem \lIuffat "Sl'itclje \lIug~6urgifdjer ~onfeffion" (5tljeologifdje @6iftena ljeute, ~eft 16, 6. 34 ff.l. @. ®n fjcrill.mugen'ilcr iJein'il 'ile~ (£fjriftcntum~ gcftorlien. ZSn Sl'arI£lrulje fiarv ber eljemaIige ~rofeff or ber llSljiIofoj.Jljie Dr. &riur ~rero£;, bet ficlj burdj f eine ,,~ljrifht~ml)±l)e" vefannt gemadjt ljat. (&Ug. @b.~.2utlj. ~a.)