Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation. – Zechariah 9:9 This is a word of prophecy, written at a time when the Savior had …
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Fourth Sunday in Advent – Thursday
The dayspring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. – Luke 1:78-79 And Elisabeth brought forth a son. And …
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Fourth Sunday in Advent – Wednesday
Blessed is she that believed. – Luke 1:45. In those days, when the angel Gabriel had made the great annunciation to Mary, she arose and went with haste from Nazareth, in Galilee, into that city of Judea, where Zacharias and Elisabeth …
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About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR August Lawrence Graebner was born on July 10, 1849, in Frankentrost, Michigan. His father, John Henry Philip Graebner, had emigrated from Franconia in Germany (now northern Bavaria) in 1847 to help establish, under the direction of Johannes …
Preface to the 1898 Edition
PREFACE TO THE 1898 EDITION These Outlines of Doctrinal Theology were not originally intended for publication. They were prepared for the students of Concordia Seminary, to be used as a compend for the English lectures on Dogmatic Theology. To avoid …
Preface to the 2006 Edition
PREFACE TO THE 2006 EDITION It was by God’s gracious providence that Dr. C. F. W. Walther and the Saxons of Perry County, Missouri, found likeminded Lutheran pastors and their flocks in other states who had migrated to America from …
1 – PROLEGOMENA – Definition of Theology
PROLEGOMENA DEFINITIONS OF THEOLOGY § 1. Theology is a practical habitude of the mind comprising the knowledge and acceptance of divine truth together with an aptitude to instruct others towards such knowledge and acceptance and to defend such truth against …
2 – Theology Divisions
THEOLOGY DIVISIONS § 2. Theology may be viewed as doctrinal, exegetical, historical, and practical Theology.
3 – Doctrinal Theology
DOCTRINAL THEOLOGY § 3. Theology is Doctrinal Theology inasmuch as it comprises the knowledge and acceptance of the doctrines of divine revelation and the aptitude to exhibit and substantiate such doctrines in themselves and in their proper relations to each …