(ttnttrnr~tu ijJ4rnlngirul muut41y Continuing LEHRE UND ~EHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLy-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VII October, 1936 No. 10 CONTENTS Page Walther als Xirchenmann. L. Fuerbringer .......•.....•.. 721 Walther, a Christian Theologian. Th. Engelder ••.••••.•••• 731 Walther the Preacher. J. H. C. Fritz. . • • . • • • • . . . . . • • • • . •• 743 Suggested Thoughts on tht; Q.uestion: Can We Escape Both Traditionalism and Liberalism 1 o. A. Geiseman. .••.•.• , 749 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria. P. E. Kretzmann. • • • • • •• 752 Dispositionen ueber die erste von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Evangelienreihe .................... 755 Miscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 770 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches ..... 774 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 789 Ein Predlger muss nlcht aUein weideR, also dass er die Schare unterw~loe, wie eie rechte Christen BOllen sein, sondern aueh daneben den Woelfen wekren, dass sie die Schafe niOOt angreiten und mit falscher Lehre verfuebren und Irrtum ein· fuehren. - Lulher. Es ist kein Ding, das die Leute mehr bel der Kirche bebaelt denn die gute Predigt. - Apologie, Arl. 2.i. If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himselt to the battle? 1 Cor. ~,8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING ROUSE, St. Louis, Mo. 752 :!let Sd)tiftgtunb fUt bie ~~te bon ber satisfactio vicaria. deductions upon the conscience of another as though they possessed equality with the Word and divine authority. It is as wrong and sinful to add unto Holy Writ as it is to subtract therefrom, Deut. 4, 2; 12, 32; Rev. 22, 18 f. May it please God in His mercy to let us ever remain one in heart and mind and in our unanimous acceptance of all doctrines and principles of conduct clearly laid down in God's inspired Word I May the love of Christ also fill our hearts with the necessary atti- tudes of charity and kindness toward one another, so that we may in a spirit of Ohristian forbearance and proper humility ever grant to our brethren in faith the right of private judgment in matters of casuistry. Thus, and thus alone, can we by God's grace escape both the Scylla of a dead traditionalism and the Oharybdis of a devi- talized liberalism. ~ • • O. A. GEISEMAN. ~er 6djriftgrunb fiir bie £e~re nun ber satisfactio vicaria. (itortfetung.) Gfpfj. 2, 13: W una 0 e r i n ~ fj d fio Z5 Gf f u [feib ifjr], b i e ifjr dnft ferne mard, nafje gefommen in bem mlut