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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.
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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,
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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
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