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LEHRE UND VVEHRE
MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK
THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY
Vol. VII January, 1936 No.1
CONTENTS
Page
Testifying the Gospel of the Grace of God. Th. Engelder. • • • 1
Der Pietismus. Theo. Hoyer . • . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . • . • • • • • 6
Present-Day Problems of Lutheranism. F. Kreiss. . • • • . • • • • 14
Luther on the Study and Use of the Ancient Languages.
F. v. N. Painter . . . . . . • . .• 23
Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von del' satisfactio vicaria.
P. E. Kretzrnann . . • • . • . • •• 27
Sermon Study on 2 Cor. 4. 3-6. Theo. Laetsch ......•..• , 30
Dispositionen ueber die erste von del' Synodalkonferenz
angenommene Evangelienreihe .................... 39
Miscellanea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51
Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . . 55
Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 73
Ein Prediger 1I1U88 n1eht aIleln ID.~,
also dUs er die Schafe unterwelae, wi.
ole rechte Christen lO11en seln. sondem
ouch daneben den Woe1fen weMen, da.se
iie die Schafe nicht ancrelfen und mit
falacher Lehre Tertuehren und Irrtum ein·
fuehren. -'- Luther.
E. at keln Ding, daa die Leute mehr
bel der Kirch. behaelt denn die gute
Predigt. - ~polollia. ~rt . t ..
It the trumpet giTe an uncertain lOund,
wbo oball prepare himself to the battle?
1 COf'. ~. 8.
Published for the
Ev. Luth. Synod of JIlissouri, Ohio, and Other States
COB'COBl):u. PtrBLISHDfG HOtrSE, St. Louis, Mo.
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6 '!let ~ietiSntus.
they would be nothing but a magnificent idol-temple." He closed his
essay with the prayer: "Dear Savior Jesus Ohrist, graciously grant
us that we may never betray the alone-saving Ohristian doctrine of
grace, but remain faithful confessors of it for the honor of Thy holy
name and the salvation of man! Amen." (Lehre und WeMe, 72,
pp. 266. 329.) By the grace of God, Ooncordia Seminary to-day knows
only one thing. The Biblical doctrine of the grace of God in Ohrist
shapes all the courses in its curriculum. It forms the subject of the
final examinations. Addressing the graduating class of 1933, the
president said: "We feel sure that you have a clear perception of
these two central truths of our Ohurch, of the formal principle [the
sole authority of Scripture] and of the material principle [justifica-
tion by faith, salvation by grace], and that you confess both by mouth
and heart as your faith; otherwise we could not with a good con-
science permit you to enter the ministry." (OONC. THEOL. MONTHLY,
IV, 562). A seminary of this character, in so far as it accomplishes
its high aim, measures up fully to the needs of the Ohurch.
And now for the matter at hand. Realizing the need of the
Ohurch and of the world, we commemorate with gratitude and joy the
fifty years of Dr. Fuerbringer's work in the ministry of the Gospel
of grace. In all these years, in the various positions into which God
placed him, as pastor of a Ohristian congregation, as teacher at Oon-
cordia Seminary since 1893 and its president since 1931, as editor of
the Luthemner, and as President of the Synodical Oonference, making
full use of the manifold opportunities these positions offered, he has
been testifying with a loud and sweet voice the Gospel of the grace of
God; he has been giving all that is in him to supply the one great
need of the Ohurch. We thank God for the rich blessings this
ministration has brought to us and countless others. And we pray
God that the teaching and the example of the jubilarian may inspire
many with the mind of the apostle: "None of these things move me,
neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my
course with joy and the ministry which I have received of the Lord
Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God." TH. ENGELDER.
~et ~iett~m1t~.
(\:3'0 rtf e~ung.)
~n ben "IDlagbefmrger 2en±Urien", bem monumenialen ®elcljicljg~
tDert ber meformct±ion~3eii, abgefcljloffen im ~aqre 1574, fcljrieb 1Yraciu~:
"Wnfiatt e i n e ~ !j3aWe~ llJringen iqrer un3iiqtige qeruor, tDeIclje meclji
umtDecljfetn unb au~ ®ericljg~ in ~ircljenfacljen treien, in iqren @5cljran~
fen niclji bIdben unb ben ®emeinben bie ®lauben~formern mit @5cljtDeri,
mw~ unb SDonner aUfbringen. SDa3u brauclj± man einen &)aufen mor~
Sl)et ~ietismus. 7
tuanb. 'Ilie :Dvtigreit fei custos utriusque tabulae, miille ben ®treit
fcljWfjien, bie unru~igen Sl:opfe bertreiven." 'Ila§! ~rinaip, baB ba§!
~mt be§! !mort§! bet ~ircge gefjort, baB bafjer vei g)erufung, vatu. g5ev
feJ;lung ber ~rebigcr 1011Jie Dei ~u§!iibung ber Sl:ircljenaucljt bie ®emeinbe
berire±en fein mU13, biei3 ~rinsip, bai3 in ber ,,!mi±±envergifcljen ffiefor~
mation " , 1545, nod) getuafjr± 11Jurbe, tuar alfo 1574 awn groBen :;teU
aUfgegeven. 'Ilai3 ~ircljenregimeni Tiel in bie ~iinbe ber !iJiirften. ®in
~aupiaeuge bafiir iit 'Ilabib Grfj1)iriiu§!, t 1600, feit 1551 ~rofeWor an
ber liniberfiti:li ffioftoe'E, aver vefonberi3 iiiiig in ber ~u§!viIbung ber
fircljHcljen :Drbnung in :tf±eHeiclj, ber ®ieiermarf unb in mee'Elenvurg;
in IeJ;lierem Banbe tuurbe er 1571 ~orfiJ;lenber bei3 neugeorbne±en Sl:on~
fiftoriumi3 unb ~ieH aur ®roffnung bei3f elven cine getuar±ige ffiebe De
Iudiciis EccZesiasticis. Grfj1)iriiu§! fagi: ,,'Ilie politici ~aven auf Buifjeri
lin±eHiclji befto vegieriger ba§! ®bangeIium angenommen, baB fie ba§!
~oclj ber g)ifdjofe abtuerfen unb Die ~ircljengii±er nefjmen biirfen. mUn
tuoUen fie aver jeJ;li nicljt mefjr aUf Die ~ircljenbiener f efjen unb iiver
aUe urteHen. ~Ifo mUB nUn Die Sl:irclje naclj bem ~nfpruclj ber ~ofe
mefjr aIi3 naclj bem !mort ®o±±e§! regiert tuerben."
2u bief em !manber fja±±e bieI vefgetragen ber ~ug§!burgif clje ffieH~
gion§!friebe bDll1 :;'Safjr 1555, in bem ba§! auf bem erf±en ffieiclji3iag au
®pe1)er, 1526, probiiorifc(] angenommene ~rinaip Ouius regio, eius
religio aI§! au ffiecljt vefiefjenb cmedanni tuurbe. linb ieiIi3 au§! lin±ev
tuiirjigfeit, ieiIi3 gelui13 audj aui3 g)equemHcljfeit HeB man bie !iJiirf±en
in ber ~irclje l1Jirt) CGaf±en. 'Ilai3 man ficlj bavei nicljt tuofjI fiifjIte, gegi
au§! ben bieIen ileri cf]iebcnen iReefj±fertigungi3griinben fjerbor, bie man
in§! !iJeIb fiifjrie, biefCi3 \Sitrfienregimen± au berieibigen, tuorauf fcljon bie
"magbeburger 2en±urien" fjinl1Jeif en; man nannie bie !iJiirf±en custodes
non solum secundae tabulae, sed etiam primae, bann l1Jieber praecipua
membra ecclesiae; unb fcljIieBIiclj macljie man ficlj'i3 bequem unb ve~
fjaup±eie, ba§! ius episcopale fei bon ben g)ifcljofen auf bie !iJiirf±en iiber~
gegangen.1) 'Iler ~roteft gegen biefe ®n±t1Jie'EIung bei3 ~ircljenregimeng
f±irbt nie gana au§! , aver e§! finb nur etnaelne ®±i:mmen.
2Hi3 ficlj jeboclj bie \Solgen aeigten, er~oven ficlj auclj ~Iagen, erft
bann unb tuann, bann ~iiufiger, vi§! fcljIieBIic'fj, gegen 2Infang be§!
'IlreiBigji:lfjrigen Sl:riege§!, bie ~Iagen aUgemein l1Jurben; 2ufti:lnbe in ber
~irclje tuaren oerabcilLl DcbenfIief) gch1orben. ~auptinfjart ber magen
ift hnmer biefer: 'Ilas iRcoiment in ber ~1rclje neg± nicljt in &jiinben ber
~rebiger (baB mtef) ber 2ufjorer fiel) bavei bdeiIigen fome, ~a±±e man
siemIiclj aUgemein bergell en), f onbern nur in ben ~iinben ber :D6rigfei±.
2tuar regierten bie Ij3rebiger l1oc[J bnrcf) ~onfif±orien, avet biefe f)ntten
nUe ~mgvefu!}nille bedoren; in ben ffieiclji3f±i:l.bien gab ei3 minificrien,
vef±efjenb au§! ben ~rebigern ber ®±abt unb eini!}en 'Ileputierien bei3
1) ~tU~ ffiiC!)tec, 0lefc!.>ic!.>te bec elJungefifc!.>en Sl:ird)enbecfuifung in Sl)eutfd)~
lunD, unb ffiubellindj, I5tuatsHtdjentum unb !Jteligionsfrei1)eit; aitiert bon I5djmib,
@efd)idjte bes ~ietismus, 15.5.
8 'iDer ~ietismus.
CSenag, an i~rer CSpite ber CSenior be§: .\lninifteriums; alier biefe ~atten
nur 2rntrag5red)t.2) ®5 f den nod) etrid)e BHate a15 )Be1eg geftattet.
~o~ . .\lnatt~iiu§: .\lnel:Jfar±, t 1642, bcrfatte 1633 cine 2rli~anbIung
De Disciplina Ecclesiastica, toofiir er liei ber ~egierung berrlag± tourbe
uttb aum m5iberruf geatoungen toerben foIIte, af§: er einem )Beruf naclj
®rfur± (er toar I.J3rofelfor unb ~eftor au Sl:ofntrg) folgie. ~elien anbern
~eformen bedangte er: "m5eiI auclj tie SHrcljenfd)Iiil1e1 gana nid)t au
entbe~ren, . . . miilfen fold)e aU5 SJofen, ~ammern unb Sl:onaefeien
auriictgegeben unb ber d)dftIid)en ®emeinbe fold)e burd) ben ertoii~Hel1
mat frei au geliraUd)en geIaffen toerben.3)
~o~. ~alentin 2rnbrea, t 1654, ®upcrintettbcnt in Sl:alto, bann
SJofprebiger in CStuttgar±, ~at ftd) ~od) um bic st'ird)e f einer Beit berbient
gemad)i burclj feine unermiiMid)e ®orge, bie Buf±iittbe unier bem burclj
ben ~rieg gana unliefd)reilJfid) bertniIber±en ~oIfe au ~elien. ®r tourbe
in feiner reformaiorifd)en )tatigreit gana liefonber6 burclj ba§: mii:cljtige
CS±aagfircljeniul1l ge~emmt. eEr flagt bot arrem lilier bie ~iifareopapie,
ben 2r pap, iuie er fie nennt, ba§: umgde~r±e l.J3apf±tum. @'lo f d)reibt
er 1646: "Eo audacius progressi sunt nostri Apapii, ut statuerent, in
principis manu tanquam episcopi esse ecclesiastic a munia per politicos
perficere, ecc1esiao vero administration em et iura tanquam arbitraria
et beneficio concessa tota tollere." 4) @in anbermaf f cf)reilit et 1n einer
~ortebe: ,,91id)t anbet6 ift e6 mit bet burclj ba§: teure m5crracug D.9,R .
.2Ut~Ct5 boITbtad)ten ~efotmation gegangen, bie aITerMng0 bem anti~
cljriitif d)en ~eid) einen unau§:fpred)lid)en @'ltot unD 2rlJlirud) licilirad)te.
@0 ~at aber ber Ieibige (Satan nid)i lange gefeier±, f onbern ba§: alJge~
tnorfene ~odj ualb tnieber anbcrtniiti6 aufgelegt unb f cinen ®f cr ltm~
giirtet, inbem er gefe~en, bat ein groter )teH i~nen ba5 ®bangeIium au
toertIid)em ®infommen, @~ten, 3'reif)eit uttb bomger mawa tniffe au~
nut aU mad) en, ber ~ird)en en±tnenbetc6 1mb nunmc£)r tnieber binbi~
aler±e§: peculium, al5 i£)nen f)leburd) betfalien, antalie, ben iuieber uc~
freiten )Bannfd)IiiffeI auriidlege unb mit 3'iiben trete, ben SHtd)enbienf±
giinaIid) toeHIid)er ~i0ftetion un±ettnerfe, Me l.J3oHaei nicljt aU0 ®ettJiffen,
fonbern ~nteteffe grUnbe, Me @'ld)ulen mit ~anitii:t erfiirre unb in§:gemein
aITer ~ifforu±ion ben ,Baum bomg fcljieten Iaffe, tocId)e0 ifjnen bann fo
bier cingeiraqcn, bat et fid) nicljt afIetn In htraem f eine0 .2eibe5 iilJer ben
geiftrid)en 2rntid)rifi geirof±et, fonbctn aud) einen neuen tnertHd)en 2rnti~
d)rift mit 3'teuben gefe£)cn unb anf±a±t papae Oaesaris mit Oaesaro-papa
elienio groten @'ld)aben in geiftIid)en UnD toeHHd)en ®tii:nben bet ~irdje
®ottC6 augefiigt." 5) ~. IDciilier, @'lenior in SJamliurg, fd)reilJ±: "Olim
in papatu florebat nanoxawae{a, dum pediculosi monachi statum poli-
ticum pedibus conculcabant. Hodie autem inverso ordine ecclesiam
corrumpit xatoaeonanla, dum quidam politici absolutum in ministros
2) sr~ofucf, '!ias titd)HclJc S3cben bes 17. ~aljt~unberts, I.1ll6t., 15.3.
3) l5d)mih, 1. c., 15.7. 4) 'U)ofucf, 1. c., 15.8. 5) I5cljmib, 1. c., 6.8.
Si)cr ~icti§muil. 9
ecclesiae imo in ipsam ecclesiam affect ant et usurp ant dominatum.
Utinam Deus excitarct aliquem Oonstantinum et Oarolum Magnum,
sub cuius directionc et patrocinio ecclesia pressa possit reviviscerc !"e)
2tuf allen ®eiten tlJiebet~ort ficlj 2u±~et0 ~otroutf gegen bie
Biitftcn: "Sub papa miscuit ecclesiam politiae; nostro tempore vult
miscere politiam ecclesiae." &)et30g ITriebticlj bon 2l5iid±emberg ent"
fern± o~ne 9tiicl'ficlj± aUf bie geiftriclje )Be~orbe bie i~m minHebigen