Doctrinal Theology

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An outline of Lutheran doctrinal theology (English translation)

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Preface to Reprint Edition.
2. Introduction
3. § 2. Meaning of the terms, Natural and Revealed.
4. § 3. Religion, True and False.
5. § 4. Revelation, — not Reason, nor Tradition.
6. § 5 Excursus. Concerning the Use of Reason in Theology.
7. § 6. Of the terms, Holy Scriptures and Inspiration.
8. § 7. The Attributes of the Holy Scriptures
9. § 8. (1.) Authority.
10. § 9. (2.) Perfection, or Sufficiency.
11. § 10. (3.) Perspicuity.
12. § 11. (4.) Efficacy.
13. § 12. Of the Canon and the Apocryphal Books.
14. § 13. What are Articles of Faith?
15. Part I. Of God.
16. § 15. Preliminary Statement.
17. § 16. (1). The Certainty of the Divine Existence.
18. § 17. (2). The Essence of God.
19. § 18. (3.) The Attributes of God.
20. § 19. The Doctrine is a Mystery. · Part 1
21. § 19. The Doctrine is a Mystery. · Part 2
22. § 19. The Doctrine is a Mystery. · Part 3
23. § 20. Creation a Divine Work.
24. § 21. The Doctrine taught by both Reason and Revelation.
25. § 22. When were they created?
26. Part II. Of Man.
27. § 24. State of Integrity Defined.
28. Chapter II. Of the State of Corruption.
29. § 25. Of Sin in General
30. § 26. Man’s First Transgression, and the State thereby produced. viz., Original Sin.
31. § 27. Of Actual Sins.
32. § 28. The Freedom of the Will.
33. Part III. Of the Sources of Salvation.
34. § 30. Benevolence of God.
35. Note 13.
36. § 31. Statement of the Subject.
37. § 32. Of the Personal Union.
38. § 33. Continuation. · Part 1
39. § 34. The Threefold Office of Christ.
40. § 36. The Sacerdotal Office. · Part 1
41. § 36. The Sacerdotal Office. · Part 2
42. § 36. The Sacerdotal Office. · Part 3
43. § 37. The Regal Office.
44. § 38. · Part 1
45. § 38. · Part 2
46. § 38. · Part 3
47. § 39. Preliminary Remarks.
48. § 40. The Agent, the Means, the Result.
49. § 41. I. Faith.
50. § 42. (2) Justification.
51. § 43. Concomitants and Consequences of Justifying Faith.
52. § 44. (1.) Vocation.
53. § 45. (2.) Illumination.
54. § 46. Regeneration and Conversion.
55. § 47. (4.) The Mystical Union.
56. § 48. (5.) Of Renovation.
57. § 49. Of Good Works.
58. Part IV. Of the Means of Grace.
59. § 51. The Efficacy of the Word of God.
60. § 52. The Law and the Gospel.
61. § 53. Of the Sacraments in General.
62. § 54. Of Baptism.
63. § 55. (2.) The Lord’s Supper. · Part 1
64. § 55. (2.) The Lord’s Supper. · Part 2
65. § 55. (2.) The Lord’s Supper. · Part 3
66. § 56. Of the Church [1] in a Wider and a Narrower Sense.
67. § 57. The Church, Collective and Representative.
68. § 58. Of the Three Estates in the Church.
69. § 59. 1. Of the Ecclesiastical Estate, the Ministry.
70. § 60. 2. Of the Political Estate; [1] The Civil Authority.
71. § 61. 3. The Domestic Estate.
72. § 62. Preliminary Statement.
73. § 63. (1.) Of Death.
74. § 64. (2.) Of the Resurrection of the Dead.
75. § 65. (3.) Of the Final Judgment.
76. § 66. (4.) Of the End of the World.
77. § 67. (5.) Of Eternal Damnation and Eternal Life.
78. Appendix I. Sketch of the Dogmaticians Cited.