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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.
CHIVE
Miscellanea. 51
Miscellanea.
meltc~l.ltld)1utgcn iiucr l.'Jll$ ~od 9Rofocfj.
~ie§ lffiort, ba§ nn jielicn :steffen bc§ 2(Hen ;iteftamen±0 borfommt,
ift bi§~cr aUgemein [10)[ einem GllotenbiIb berftanben ttlotben, ba§ in bider
~inficljt ber Shonodjtntlte bon Slnrt~n!1o il~nnclj gel11efen fein foU. :So
l11itb ~)(o1oclj auclj in a[ien id~t georiiuc1JHc~en llCacljfcljlagettleden gefcljHbert.
~iirvnclj ~at alier )]Srof. Ih. £)tto ®if)feIbt~SjaUe einge~enbe B'orfcljungen
lJeranftaItet, bie (1' in Sjcft 3, 1933, )13eitriige aUt fftefigion§gefcljicljte be§
~mertum§", unb in :;Sn~rgnng 11, "f\'o1'fcljungen unb B'ortfcljritte", :So 280 f.,
lleroffentIicljt ~at. :0n lettetem 2(ttifel 1efen Inir unter anberm: ,,2(oer bon
bem lffiorte molc = ,®eriiIibe' mUf3 noclj etroa§ au§fii~rIicljer bie fftebe fein.
SDas lffiort finbet ficlj, roie fcljon [~aIlot geaeigt ~at, auclj in Bluet iJunifcljen
,:;snfcljriften aus borriimifcljer 3dt, roo man bie ~onfonnnten mlk - mlr bie
,\(onfonanten luerben ia im ~unifcljen gefcljtieoen - bis~er aIs malk ober
milk, ,,\1'onig', erfiiirt ~at. 2(oer man mUf3 noclj itber 0:~abo± ~inau§ge~en;
in einer ganaen fftei~e anberer f\'iiUe roeift ficlj bas oi§1)et aIs ,~iinig' ber.
ftanbene mlk iJunifcljer :;snfcljriften bierme~r aIs molk, ,®efiiobe', au§ unb
ermogIiclj± 10 oei mancljen auclj iett noclj b1eioenben l1nburc~ficlj±igfeiten
cine oeffere @rffiintng Diefer :;'\nfc~tiften. - lffiicljtiger noclj if±, bat lJon
~ier au§ auclj ba0 lIlolpk DeS: ~men 5reftmnen±0 in eine neue meleudj±ung
tritt. 3uniicljft aeigr jiclj, hal) hie iiocrIieferte )BofaIifation molek gana
ticlj±ig ift. )Bor ltUem aIler IDirD nm, bat Die bor biefem lffiort fte~enbe
~riiiJofition Ie fo, niC£)t la (--= Ie mit ~IrtHcr), au lefen ift, bie ein ~atill"
aetcljen fein unD ,nn', ,fih' ujttl. bebeu±en fann, ~ier roie in anbern gnna
einbeutigen B'iiUen, ehua 1 Weof. 22, 2, lJieIme~r ,aIs' oebeutet, bat bie be~
treffenben lffienbungen alfo mit ,nIs: ~)(orcf (= ®eriiobeoiJfet) ttlei~en ober
geoen' unb nicljt etlun mit ,bem ))JMef tuei~Cl1 ober geoen' au iioerfeten finb.
~amit berfcljttlinbe± ber angebIiclje ®o±t .wcoloclj aus ber ®efcljicljte. SDie
~iet in mdracljt fommenben ~inberoiJfet finb lJielme~r ~a~be Datgeoracljt
tDorben, unb erf! fefunbiir - offenoar au edliiren aus bem meftreoen ber
jiibifcljen :ScljriftgeIe~rlen, i~ren &oti bon einem berattigen ()iJfet au oe.
freien - ift ber ()iJfetoegriff ,.wcold' in ben Wamen eines ®i.iten umge.
beute± l1Jorben. u
:So in±ereffant biefe 2(u§fii~rungen an unb filr ficlj finb, fo oebnrf Me
!Srage boclj noclj roeiterer l1nterfucljungen, aumal ber ))Came 2(iJoft. 7, 43, roie
es fcljeint, bon einem &iiten georauclji rolrb. 2(uf ieben B'all ift bie iJ~iIo~
Iogifclje l1n±erfudjung anregenb. ~. @. ~.
Christ's Descent into Hell and the Nicene Creed.
The question has been asked why the Creed of Nicaea has no reference
to Christ's descent into hell. The question seems rather important, since
one usually regards the Apostolic Creed as being more ancient than the
Nicene. But as a matter of fact the Nicene Creed is the earliest complete
creed of the Christian Church. It is true that the baptismal confession
as it was in use in various parts of the Church contained a nucleus of the
Apostolic Creed and even many individual phrases. But the old Roman
Confession does not contain a reference to the descent, nor does that of
52 Miscellanea.
Southern Gaul. The confession of Cyprian concerns only the Trinity, the
forgiveness of sins, and the life everlasting. The confession of Origen also
omits any reference to the descent. The same is true with regard to Lucian
of Antioch and Enscbius of Caesarea. Even after the date of Nicaea we
find no reference to this doctrine, for example, not in Cyril of ,Jerusalem,
not in the Apostolic Oonstitutions nor ill the confessions of ~farcellus of
Ancyra in Galatia and of Rufinus of Aquileia, in Italy.
As a matter of fact, this doctrine was in no way in dispute at this
time, and that is evidently the reason why the Nicene Creed did not in-
clude the statemcnt. But the final form of the Apostolic Creed, as gen-
erally accepted about 460 A. D., at the time of Bishop Faustus of Reji,
contained the words "He descended into hell," and thc Church has since
used this confession with a direct refercnce to Christ's descent. 1'. E. K.
1 Cor. 3, 12-15.
In the third chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthia11S, Pa.ul
speaks of factions and divisions among the Corinthians, brought about
by the too human element of personal likes and dislikes, of loyalty to
a particular teacher like Apollos or Paul. He warns them against this
carnal tendency of theirs, v. 3. They should not say, "I belong to Apollos,"
or, "I belong to Paul." Both Apollos and Paul belong to them. All things
belong to them, v. 21, Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present
and the future, everything. But they belong to CllTist, and Christ belongs
to God.
Of course the human element does come in. God uses human beings
to preach His Gospel. Thus Paul, too, preached. He laid the foundation,
and other human beings will preach after he is gone and build on the
foundation that he has laid. But let everyone take care how he preaches;
for no one can lay any other foundation than that which is laid, namely,
Jesus Christ. The builders of the future are not to change anything in
the fundamental design, either by adding to the foundation or taking away
a part of it, but stick to the outline which by the grace of God the wise
master buil