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<1!nurnrbtu m4tnlngiral 6tutItly Continuing LEHRE UNO WEHRE MAGAZIN PUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILBTIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY -THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. X May, 1939 CONTENTS The Archeology of the Sacraments. P. E. Krehmann No.5 Page 321 The Christian Congregation: Its Rights and Duties. J. T. Mueller 330 Die Pastoralkonferenz zu Milet. F. Pfotenhauer . _. 345 The False Arguments for the Modem Theory of Open Questions. Walther-Arndt ... _._ ... _ 351 The Saxons Move to Perry County. P. E. Krefzmann Predigtentwuerfe fuer die Evangelien der Thomasius- 358 Perikopenreihe ......... _._._ ..... . ..... . 370 382 ._ ..... _ .... 393 Theological Observer. - Kirchlieh-Zeitgeschichtliches Book Review.-Literatur ...... . J:lD PredlSer mUllS Dlcht alleln 1IId- <14m, aDo dua er die Schafe unter- welH. wie lie rechte ChrI8ten BOllen seiDl sondern such daneben den Woel- ten lIIeh1'IIn, dua lie die Schafe Dlcht anare1fen und mit tal8cher Lehre ver- tuebren und Irrtum elntuebren. Luthe1'. Ea 1st keJn DIn& daa die Leute mebr bel der X1rche behaelt deIIIl die gute PredIgt. - AIIOIoQte, An. 14. If the trumpet give an uncertal.b sound who IIhall prepare hlmMIt to the battle? - I eM. If, B. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING BOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. RCHIVE Concordia Theological Monthly Vol. X MAY, 1939 No.5 The Archeology of the Sacraments The boundary between history and archeology is somewhat in- definite, but for the purpose of this short discussion the following distinction may be of value. History is a more or less orderly nar- ration of events, either in the form of a chronicle which notes down occurrences from day to day or week to week, like a diary, or in a logical arrangement, presenting events in units as the historian understands the incidents which he presents. Archeology, on the other hand, and, in this instance, Christian archeology, is the science of Christian antiquity, an orderly presentation not so much of his- torical events as of information pertaining to cities, houses, furni- ture, appointments, customs, and other interesting data, many of which have historical significance without being an integral part of history. The sources of archeology are found chiefly on monu- ments, in inscriptions on stones, papyri, sherds, walls of houses, jewelry, articles of clothing, and other objects. Archeology, for the most part, does not depend upon connected accounts, but upon diversified sources, whose reading and interpretation frequently require special scientific training. The present discussion is based upon material offered in recognized books on Christian archeology, and the purpose is not merely to offer interesting data on extra- neous topics connected with the Sacraments but to indicate also the doctrinal considerations and implications which are associated with the points as presented in the primary and secondary sources. The Sacrament of Holy Baptism It is significant that the onomatology of Holy Baptism is treated at such great length in the various books on archeology, chiefly because of certain doctrinal implications. In the Bible we have both ~Wt"tLcr~U and the corresponding masculine noun, about twenty- three times in the New Testament alone. The apostle also uses the noun J.ou"tQov as a designation of the sacramentum initiationis, 21 322 The Archeology of the Sacraments but more in a descriptive way than as a designation, Eph. 5: 26; Titus 3: 5. In the Church Fathers we find a long list of names for Holy Baptism. Stromberg (Theorie und Praxis der Taufe) devotes an entire chapter to the discussion of "Der Taufterminus <1lpQ