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Theological resources from the Lutheran tradition.

A System of Dogmatics: God and His Works by Revere Franklin Weidner

5/6/2022

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Revere Franklin Weidner's A System of Dogmatics is one of the most extensive Lutheran theological publications to arise from the United States. Drawing on the tradition of Lutheran orthodoxy as developed in the Post-Reformation era, Weidner covers each topic of theology with Biblical fidelity, historical awareness, and systematic rigor. Throughout these texts, Weidner engages with critical scholarship and various theological developments in the Western church through the beginning of the twentieth century. In response to criticisms, Weidner holds firm to classical Christian orthodoxy, and defends Holy Scripture as the inspired Word of God.

As Weidner died before he was able to complete this work, it has never been published as a singular comprehensive set of volumes. This new publication is an attempt to do just that. The first three volumes are revised and updated editions of the original texts written by Weidner. These updates include the use of modern spelling conventions, contemporary style guidelines, and a new typesetting. Some sections which were previously in the form of outlines have been reformatted into full paragraphs for easier reading. The fourth volume in this series attempts to complete the project by supplementing Weidner's texts with selections from his teachers, along with some pieces of his other works that deal with doctrines he was not able to complete his writing on.

This first volume covers theological prolegomena, the doctrine of God, and the works of God in creation and providence.

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Christian Dogmatics and Notes on the History of Dogma by Conrad Emil Lindberg

1/11/2022

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Conrad Emil Lindberg (1852—1930) was an influential Lutheran theologian in both Sweden and the United States. He pastored congregations in Pennsylvania and New York, and later became a professor at Augustana College where he taught a large variety of courses. He served as vice president of that same college for a time, and was also elected vice president of the Augustana Synod. Throughout his career, Lindberg served as a leader for Swedish Lutherans on the East coast of the United States and published numerous books and articles.

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The present work is the most influential of Lindberg’s writings. His Christian Dogmatics and Notes on the History of Dogma is a theological textbook which summarizes the positions of Lutheran orthodoxy. Of all one-volume systematic textbooks in the United States from this era, Lindberg’s is the most scholastic. He demonstrates a strong familiarity with the nuances of seventeenth-century orthodoxy and aptly applies those truths to his own time and context. This is an ideal text for those who desire to learn more about the doctrines of orthodox Lutheranism as developed in the post-Reformation era.

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Christology: Or the Doctrine of the Person of Christ (Complete Works of Revere Franklin Weidner)

12/22/2021

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This volume is part of Weidner's eight volume dogmatics series. In this text, he takes up the topic of Christology. With a rigorous Biblical, theological, and historical evaluation, Weidner elucidates the nature of Jesus' person and work. This volume covers: the two natures in Christ, Christological debates in history, the communication of attributes from the divine to human nature in Christ, Christ's humiliation and exaltation, along with many other topics. As always, Weidner's work is drawn largely from the seventeenth-century Lutheran orthodox writers, though he applies such ideas within the context of theological trends current to his day.

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The Doctrine of Justification (Theological Essays from the Weidner Institute)

11/11/2021

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The doctrine of justification through faith alone is in some ways the definitive doctrine of the Lutheran Reformation. It is this teaching which Martin Luther famously referred to as the "doctrine upon which the church stands or falls." Despite agreement on the centrality of this teaching, however, there have been no shortage of disagreements on justification from within the Lutheran tradition. From the controversies which followed Luther's death into the beginning of the twenty-first century, debates have continued surrounding various aspects of this crucial doctrine.

​In this volume, eight contemporary voices shed light on these controversies, detailing theological and practical issues involved. Topics discussed here include: the idea of objective justification, the active obedience of Christ, the relationship between the Roman Catholic and Lutheran teachings, the place of speech-act theory in modern expositions, the nature of "the righteousness of God" in Paul's thought, and the church fathers' approach to the subject.

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Prolegomena: A Defense of the Scholastic Method by Jordan Cooper

11/11/2021

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Since the Luther Renaissance in the early twentieth-century, many scholars of the Reformation period have argued for a strong discontinuity between the early Protestant reformers and the following age of Protestant Scholasticism. Such a claim is exemplified by Radical Lutheranism, which purports that Luther’s theology is incommensurate with that of the scholastic movements of the seventeenth century.

In this work, Jordan Cooper defends the scholastic approach as a genuine outgrowth of Reformation theology and offers a critique of the theological system of Radical Lutheranism. He does this through a thorough exposition of the method used by Martin Chemnitz, Johann Gerhard, and other post-Reformation thinkers. He demonstrates that the foundational metaphysical assumptions of the Lutheran scholastics are both consistent with the Reformation and necessary for the church today.

This book is the beginning of a series titled A Contemporary Protestant Scholastic Theology.

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Articles of Faith by Petrus Nakskow

4/19/2021

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This text is a compilation of sermons from the Danish Lutheran theologian Petrus Sachariae Nakskow written in the first half of the seventeenth century. In these sermons, one finds a clear exposition of Lutheran orthodoxy, as the author does not diverge from the dogmatic developments of Lutheran scholastics in Germany during this era on any significant point. Yet, as a pastor, Nakskow explains these ideas in a way that is accessible and practical in the life of the average congregant. Each of these sermons begins with Scripture, and using the Scriptural text, Nakskow explains the distinctive characteristics of Lutheran doctrine. Nakskow’s writing makes it apparent than one need not divide doctrine from practice, as he combines robust orthodox theology with pastoral care.

​This edition is a revision of the Magens translation of 1754. It has been updated for maximum readability for the contemporary reader.

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The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Heinrich Schmid

4/4/2020

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​In the contemporary Lutheran church, our rich dogmatic heritage is often forgotten. We tend to privilege Luther and other early reformers over the later tradition that developed through his reforms. The church would benefit from a thorough read of those within the seventeenth century scholastic tradition, along with the reformers, who systematized and expounded upon Luther's ideas.Heinrich Schmid's The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is a concise summary of the developments of the seventeenth century scholastic theologians in the Lutheran tradition. Schmid compiles citations from the best of that tradition, including Gerhard, Chemnitz, Calov, and Quenstedt. Schmid also includes several historical notes, demonstrating how each particular doctrine has developed in the history of Lutheran theology. This book is an essential read for anyone who desires to understand the Lutheran theological tradition.

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The Church: Its Origin, Its History, Its Present Position by Luthardt, Kahnis and Brückner (Classics in Dogmatics)

3/12/2020

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The doctrine of the church is an often neglected aspect of theology. In an age of individualism and do-it-yourself Christianity, this teaching is perhaps more important than ever.

In this classic work, three nineteenth-century German theologians explain the theology and practices of the church from three separate angles. In the first, Ernst Luthardt overviews the Scriptural basis for the church from both the Old and New Testament. In the second, Karl Friedrich August Kahnis discusses the history of the doctrine of the church from the Patristic era through the medieval period, and then in the Reformation. In the final series of essays, Benno Brückner speaks to the problems of the church in his day.

Though first published in 1867, the work of these theologians continues to impact Christian witness today, and the church would be wise to heed advise from these bright lights of its past.

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Anthropology: Or the Doctrine of Man by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

12/9/2019

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This volume is part of Weidner's series of texts on systematic theology. This is compiled from notes used in his seminary lectures from his many years of teaching the subject. He draws particularly on the writings of Charles Porterfield Krauth and Ernst Luthardt, along with the seventeenth century dogmaticians.This volume covers the doctrine of man. He discusses the nature of creation, the relationship between body and soul, and the impact of original sin.

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The True Church and the Holy Ministry: Two Treatises on Ecclesiology by E. Greenwald and Henry Eyster Jacobs

10/2/2019

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This volume contains two separate treatises on the subjects of church and ministry. These essays contain doctrines and arguments that remain relevant to the contemporary church, and debates within Lutheranism in particular. The first section is a booklet written by E. Greenwald on the nature of the true church. In this treatise, Greenwald argues that the Lutheran church is the true church because of the nature of its Biblical and apostolic teaching. He then treats two subjects which differentiate the Lutheran reformation from other Christian traditions. First, he discusses the centrality and nature of justification by faith; second, he treats the Lutheran view of Holy Communion. The second treatise is written by Henry Eyster Jacobs on the nature of the Holy Ministry. In this document, Jacobs cites and documents the view of the Holy Ministry as explained by the Lutheran dogmaticians of the seventeenth century.

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The Doctrine of Justification by Matthias Loy (Classics in Dogmatics)

10/2/2019

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The doctrine of justification, the "chief article of the Christian faith," is of paramount importance in the Christian life. This teaching was at the heart of the sixteenth century Reformation, and remains so in the contemporary church of the Augsburg Confession. When many today are seeking to downplay the importance of this teaching in the Pauline corpus and the proclamation of the church, traditional Lutheran evaluations of the great doctrine of justification are needed today more than ever. In this volume, Matthias Loy outlines the doctrine of justification in its classical Reformation formulation. Loy writes in the tradition of Lutheran scholasticism, though his work is not dry or purely academic, but immensely practical. Loy is concerned with the faith and assurance of the average Christian. He discusses the nature of justification, the means of justification, and the effects of justification in the Christian life.

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Compend of Lutheran Theology

10/2/2019

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Leonhard Hutter's Compend of Lutheran Theology was a standard theological textbook for many years following the Reformation. This volume is a short and comprehensive treatment of Lutheran theology. It is written in a question and answer format, and is an especially helpful work for catechesis.

Hutter writes within the scholastic tradition, yet this work is very accessible. He heavily utilizes selections from the Lutheran Confessions, Scripture, and the writings of Luther and Melanchthon. This edition was translated by Henry Eyster Jacobs for use in Lutheran education in America in the nineteenth century.

Leonhard Hutter (1563-1616) was a professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg, and was an early proponent of Lutheran orthodoxy.

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The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Heinrich Schmid

10/2/2019

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In the contemporary Lutheran church, our rich dogmatic heritage is often forgotten. We tend to privilege Luther and other early reformers over the later tradition that developed through his reforms. The church would benefit from a thorough read of those within the seventeenth century scholastic tradition, along with the reformers, who systematized and expounded upon Luther's ideas. Heinrich Schmid's The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is a concise summary of the developments of the seventeenth century scholastic theologians in the Lutheran tradition. Schmid compiles citations from the best of that tradition, including Gerhard, Chemnitz, Calov, and Quenstedt. Schmid also includes several historical notes, demonstrating how each particular doctrine has developed in the history of Lutheran theology. This book is an essential read for anyone who desires to understand the Lutheran theological tradition

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The Doctrine of Baptism: Selected Writings on the Sacrament by Charles Krauth (Studies in Dogmatics)

10/2/2019

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No doctrine differentiates Confessional Lutherans from the broader Protestant world more than the conviction that regeneration comes through baptism. This volume consists of three works by Charles Porterfield Krauth on the subject. The fist work is "Infant Baptism and Infant Salvation in the Calvinistic System." Through an extensive look at Reformed divines, Charles Krauth demonstrates that Reformed theology has no grounds for assurance that one's baptized children are saved. He shows that the Reformed tradition has a consistent belief in infant damnation, whereas the Lutheran reformation gives assurance to parents of baptized children. The second treatise, "Baptism: The Doctrine Set Forth in Holy Scripture and Taught in the Evangelical Lutheran Church," is a systematic study of the Lutheran view of baptism in contrast to other perspectives. The final selection in this volume is from Krauth's The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology, in which he explains the teaching of the Lutheran Confessions on the doctrine.

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The Atonement and Modern Thought by Junius Remensnyder (Classics in Dogmatics)

10/2/2019

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With the rise of liberalism in the nineteenth century, a number of traditional Christian doctrines were rejected by prominent theologians and pastors. One of the central disagreements between liberal and orthodox theologians was over the doctrine of atonement. While confessional Protestants, both Lutheran and Reformed, continued to confess Christ's death as a vicarious satisfaction of sin, liberal theologians argued that this was an outdated medieval concept which should be rejected for other atonement models. In this book, Junius Remensnyder argues for a traditional reformation approach to the atonement in light of contemporary criticisms. Though this work is one hundred years old, the criticisms leveled against the vicarious atonement remain the same today. As contemporary theologians, including some who are popular in Confessional Lutheran theology, continue to utilize these arguments, Remensnyder's book remains a powerful and concise treatment of the work of Christ's on behalf of sinners.

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Christian Theology: Volume 2 by Milton Valentine

9/20/2019

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Milton Valentine (1825-1906) was the most prominent theologian of the General Synod after the death of Samuel Schmucker. Unlike Schmucker, Valentine was committed to the unaltered Augsburg Confession, and argues for Lutheran unity in America based on a quia subscription to the Augustana. Unity was impossible however, between the General Synod and the General Council due to the remaining liberalism amongst many clergy and theologians in the General Synod. Though committed to the Augustana and the historic Lutheran tradition as he understood it, Valentine was still largely influenced by the protestantizing tendencies of his own church body. This should not, however, serve as grounds for dismissing Valentine as a theologian. He was a highly original and intelligent theologian, producing the best theological textbooks to arise from the General Synod. Valentine's treatment of the order of salvation and the work of Christ are especially beneficial. When speaking of the sacraments, however, Valentine is influenced by Reformed thinking. This is the second volume of Valentine's Systematic Theology that served as a textbook for many years at Gettysburg Seminary where Valentine served as president. This second volume covers soteriology, the sacraments, ecclesiology, and eschatology.

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Christian Theology: Volume 1 by Milton Valentine

9/20/2019

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Though committed to the Augustana and the historic Lutheran tradition as he understood it, Valentine was still largely influenced by the protestantizing tendency of his own church body. This should not, however, serve as grounds for dismissing Valentine as a theologian. He was a highly original and intelligent theologian, producing the best theological textbooks to arise from the General Synod. Valentine's treatment of the doctrine of God, apologetics, and Holy Scripture are especially beneficial. When speak of conversion and election, however, Valentine tends more in the Arminian than historic Lutheran direction. This is the first volume of Valentine's Systematic Theology that served as a textbook for many years at Gettysburg Seminary where Valentine served as president. This first volume covers prolegomena, the doctrine of God, and the doctrine of man.

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Ecclesiologia: Or the Doctrine Concerning the Church by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

9/20/2019

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This is the eighth and final volume in Revere Franklin Weidner's dogmatics series; this particular volume is on the doctrine of the church. In this work, Weidner addresses the essential issues regarding the study of ecclesiology. He discusses the Biblical teaching of the church, as well as its development in the Patristic era and the Reformation. Throughout this work, Weidner discusses different views of ecclesiology, specifically addressing the approaches of the Roman Catholic and Reformed communions. He contends for a Biblically robust approach to the church, using extensive exegesis and citation from the Lutheran scholastic tradition.

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Pneumatology: Or the Doctrine of the Work of the Holy Spirit by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

9/20/2019

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This volume in Weidner's unfinished Christian Dogmatics series expounds upon the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. This book is not, however, a Pneumatology in the traditional sense; rather than simply explaining the person of the Holy Spirit, Weidner emphasizes His work in the individual believer. This book is essentially a treatment of the traditional Lutheran ordo salutis. Weidner discusses important topics such as: the call, justification, sanctification, and the mystical union. Throughout the text he utilizes classic Lutheran writers, along with nineteenth century European theologians. He contrasts the Lutheran ordo salutis with that of the Reformed church.

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Theologia: The Doctrine of God by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

9/20/2019

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This is the second volume in Weidner's series of books on Christian dogmatics. This work is compiled from Weidner's theological lectures on the doctrine of God given to his seminar students. This volume covers all of the foundational elements of the doctrine of God, such as: the existence of God, the attributes of God, and the Holy Trinity. This volume also covers the doctrines of predestination, providence, creation, and angels. Each section contains extensive citation of Scripture and the fathers of Lutheran orthodoxy.

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An Introduction to Dogmatic Theology by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

9/20/2019

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 Weidner authored a number of books on dogmatic theology, which together comprise an almost complete treatment of the various loci of systematic theology. This first volume is Weidner's theological prolegomena.

This work covers a variety of topics such as: the definition of theology, the purpose of theology, and the relationship between theology and other academic disciplines. The second half of the work gives a detailed overview of theological methodologies from the early church through the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Soteriology: Or the Doctrine of the Work of Christ by Revere Franklin Weidner (Complete Works)

9/20/2019

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This volume is part of Weidner's series of texts on systematic theology. This is compiled from notes used in his seminary lectures from his many years of teaching on the subject. He draws particularly on the writings of Charles Porterfield Krauth and Ernst Luthardt, along with the seventeenth century dogmaticians. This volume on soteriology covers the work of Christ, including his incarnation, death, resurrection, and second coming.

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Conversion and Election by Franz Pieper (ALC Vol. 2)

9/20/2019

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In the late nineteenth century, a debate surrounding the doctrine of election erupted within American Lutheranism. One party held to the "intuitu fidei" approach to election, arguing that God's election unto salvation occurs in view of the faith of his people. C.F.W. Walther and others in the Synodical Conference argued, against this, that God's election is unconditional. Francis Pieper's book Conversion and Election is the most detailed defense of the doctrine of unconditional election unto salvation from the Lutheran tradition. He demonstrates, throughout the work, that God predestines sinners by grace alone. Yet, he also demonstrates that God's grace is universal, and thus rejects double-predestinarian Calvinism.

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Biblical Dogmatics by A.G. Voigt (ALC Vol. 3)

9/20/2019

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A.G. Voigt's Biblical Dogmatics is a short and comprehensive account of Christian Theology from a Lutheran perspective. Voigt uses the traditional Loci method of Lutheran Scholasticism, while being sensitive to the best of early twentieth century Biblical scholarship. He covers all major topics in Christian theology, and does so in a manner that is readable and exegetically sensitive. This is an ideal introduction to Lutheran Dogmatics.

Among the topics covered in this work are: Theology proper, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the nature of salvation, the sacraments, the church, and eschatology. Voigt's approach to these issues is Biblical and Confessional.

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The Lutheran Doctrine of the Lord's Supper  by Henry I Schmidt (ALC Vol. 4)

9/20/2019

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There is no doctrine which distinguishes Lutheranism from the vast world of Protestantism more than the teaching of the Lord's Supper. The contention that Christ's body and blood are in, with, and under the Eucharistic elements in central to Lutheran identity. In this work, Henry Immanuel Schmidt defends the historic Lutheran teaching on this subject against some who claimed the name Lutheran, but adopted a Reformed view of the Supper. He deals with topics such as: The words of institution, the text of 1 Corinthians 11, the communication of attributes from Christ's divinity to his humanity, and the nature of figurative language in Scripture. This work is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about, or defending the Lutheran view of Holy Communion.

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