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The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Exhibited, and Verified From the Original Sources
The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Exhibited and Verified From the Original Sources Author:Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Schmid General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: Lutheran publication society Subjects: Lutheran Church Theology, Doctrinal Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / Lutheran Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of t... more »he original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: EFFICACY OF THE SCRIPTURES. 99 § 11. Efficacy. Cal. (I, 478): " That the Sacred Scriptures are quick and efficacious, and a means of illumination, conversion, and salvation, prepared and vivified by Divine power." This subject will be treated of subsequently under the head of the Means of Grace. § 12. Of the Canon and the Apocryphal Books. The written Word of God consists of the Word of God of the Old and the Word of God of the New Testament.[] In the collection, however, that contains both of these, we find also other writings, which we do not call the Word of God in the same sense. We distinguish these two kinds of writings in the following manner, viz.: we call the first class canonical books, i. e., such as, because they are inspired by God.[2] are the rule and guide of our faith ;[3] the others, apocryphal books, i. e., such whose divine origin is either doubtful or has been disproved.[4] Although both kinds are found in the Bible, only those of the first class are admitted as a rule of faith, whence they are called the Canon (catalogue or number of the canonical books), whilst those of the other class may contribute their share to the edification of believers, but are not to be regarded as the Word of God, and from them, therefore, no proof for any doctrine of the faith is to be drawn.[5] Whether a book is canonical or not, we are then to ascertain by the signs whereby we recog...« less