Ecumenical and confessional writings. : ecumenical dogmatics /

Ecumenical and confessional writings. : ecumenical dogmatics / / Volume 2 : / Edmund Schlink, Matthew L. Becker.

This second volume provides the first-ever English translation of Schlink's dogmatics!

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Schlink, Edmund, 1903-1984,
Becker, Matthew L.,
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Becker, Matthew L.,
Place / Publishing House:Göttingen : : V&R Unipress,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (1278 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Band 1
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword to the Third German Edition
  • Preface to the First German Edition
  • Forewords to the First German Edition
  • Preface to the American Edition
  • Edmund Schlink's Ecumenical Dogmatics
  • Abbreviations and Symbols
  • INTRODUCTORY PART The Gospel as the Presupposition of Church Doctrine
  • Chapter I: The Knowledge of God
  • 1. Beginning with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • 2. The Hiddenness of God in the Gospel
  • 3. The Revelation of the Divine Mystery
  • 4. The Knowledge of God by Faith
  • 5. The Knowledge of God as Being Known by the Triune God
  • Chapter II: The Knowledge of the World
  • 1. The Self-Knowledge of the Human Being
  • 2. The Knowledge of Other Human Beings
  • 3. The Knowledge of the History of Humanity
  • 4. The Knowledge of the Universe
  • 5. Believing and Knowing
  • Chapter III: The Knowledge of God and the Doctrine of God
  • 1. The Basic Forms of the Theological Statement
  • 2. Structural Issues Regarding the Dogmatic Statement
  • Excursus: The Relationship between the Theological and Philosophical Analysis of Language
  • 3. The Task of an Ecumenical Dogmatics
  • 4. The Doctrine of the Acts of God
  • 5. Theology as Doxology
  • 6. Anthropology as Repentance
  • 7. The Organization of Dogmatics
  • FIRST PART The Doctrine of Creation
  • Chapter IV: The Creation of the World
  • Introduction: The Starting Point for the Doctrine of Creation
  • 1. The Freedom of God the Creator
  • 2. The Act of Creation in the Beginning
  • 3. The Universe
  • 4. The Purpose of Creation
  • 5. The Originally Good Creation
  • 6. The Order of Creation
  • 7. God's Continuous Creative Action
  • Chapter V: The Purpose of the Human Being
  • Introduction to Chapters V-VII The Starting Point for the Doctrine about Human Beings
  • 1. The Response That Is the Image of God.
  • 2. The Community That Is the Image of God
  • 3. The Dominion That Is the Image of God
  • 4. The Life That Is the Image of God
  • 5. Origin and Purpose
  • Chapter VI: The Failure of the Human Being
  • 1. Turning Away from God
  • 2. Imprisonment in Guilt
  • 3. The Urge to Sin
  • 4. The Dominion of Sin
  • 5. The Judgment into which Human Beings Have Fallen: Death
  • 6. Origin and Failure
  • Chapter VII: The Preservation of the Human Being
  • 1. The Preservation of the Sinner in the Midst of Having Fallen into Judgment
  • 2. The Witness of God through the Works of Creation
  • 3. The Commandment of the Preserver
  • 4. The Establishing of Just Authority
  • 5. The Conservation of the Distorted Image of God
  • Chapter VIII: The Preservation of the World
  • 1. The Corruption within the Creation
  • 2. The Service of the Angels
  • 3. The Dominion of the Powers of Corruption
  • 4. The Judgment into which the World Has Fallen: The End
  • 5. The Time of Divine Patience
  • Chapter IX: The Governance of the World
  • 1. God's Dominion over World History
  • 2. The Hiddenness of God in World History
  • 3. The Mystery of World History: Jesus Christ and the New Creation
  • 4. The Revealed Action of God through the Gospel
  • 5. The Humiliation of God in His Governance of the World
  • 6. Theodicy
  • 7. Providence
  • Chapter X: The Confession of God the Creator
  • 1. God the Father, the Creator
  • 2. God the Eternal Father
  • SECOND PART The Doctrine of Redemption
  • Chapter XI: The Old Testament Law
  • Introduction: The Old Covenant
  • A. The Promise
  • 1. God's Leadership
  • 2. God's Action through the King
  • 3. God's Action in the Cultus
  • 4. God's Speaking through the Prophets
  • 5. The Broken Covenant and the New Promise
  • 6. The Promise of the Coming Ruler
  • 7. The Promise of the New Covenant
  • 8. The Promise of Yahweh's Adoration by the Nations
  • B. The Law.
  • 1. The Prohibition against Worshiping Other Gods
  • 2. The Prohibition against Harming the Neighbor
  • 3. God's Commanding and God's Law
  • 4. The Announcement of Blessing and Curse
  • 5. Israel's Disobedience to the Law
  • 6. God's Judgment of Israel
  • 7. The Detachment of the Law
  • 8. The People of Expectation
  • Introduction to Chapters XII and XIII: The Exaltation of Jesus as the Presupposition for the Doctrine of the Humiliation of the Son of God
  • 1. The Honorific Titles of Jesus
  • 2. The History of Jesus as the Basis for His Honorific Titles
  • 3. The Reversed Sequence of the History and the Recognition of Jesus Christ
  • 4. Historical Investigation into the Earthly Jesus
  • 5. The Apostolic Message as the Basis of Faith
  • 6. The History of Jesus and Christological Dogma
  • 7. The Organization of Christology
  • Chapter XII: The Humiliation of the Son of God
  • A. The Incarnation
  • 1. The Sending of the Son
  • 2. Becoming Flesh
  • 3. Subjection to the Law
  • 4. Free from the Law of Sin
  • 5. The Mystery of Becoming Human
  • B. The Message
  • 1. The Public Appearance of Jesus
  • 2. The Coming of the Kingdom of God
  • 3. The Coming Son of Man
  • 4. The Call to Repentance
  • 5. The Servant Ministry of the Son
  • C. The Death on the Cross
  • 1. The Condemnation by the People
  • 2. The Self-Sacrifice of the Son
  • 3. The Sacrificial Offering by God
  • 4. The Death for the World
  • 5. The Victory of the Cross over the World
  • Chapter XIII: The Exaltation of Jesus
  • A. The Resurrection
  • 1. The Appearances of the Risen One
  • 2. The Revelation of the Son of God
  • 3. The Revelation of the New Human Being
  • 4. The Unveiling of the Old Testament Scriptures
  • 5. The Beginning of the New Creation
  • B. The Reign of Christ
  • 1. The Present Lord
  • 2. His Reign as a Call
  • 3. His Reign as a Community
  • 4. His Reign as a Governing of the World.
  • 5. The Time of Grace
  • C. The Return
  • 1. The Coming of Jesus in Glory
  • 2. The End of World History and the Problem of Language in Statements about the Acts of the Coming One
  • 3. The Judgment of the Living and the Dead
  • 4. Redemption
  • 5. The Establishment of God's Reign
  • Summary of Chapters XII and XIII: The Doctrine of the Threefold Office of Jesus Christ
  • Band 2
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter XIV: The New Testament Gospel
  • Introduction: The New Covenant
  • A. The Gospel
  • 1. The Message of Jesus Christ
  • 2. The Assurance of the Act of Salvation through the Gospel
  • 3. God's Salvific Action through the Gospel
  • 4. Salvation
  • 5. Justification
  • 6. Vivification
  • 7. Sanctification
  • 8. The Transformation into God's Image
  • 9. The Call to Faith
  • B. Exhortation
  • 1. The New Commandment
  • 2. The Comforting Exhortation
  • 3. The Commandment to Love
  • 4. Prayer
  • 5. Witness
  • 6. The Commandment of the Redeemer and the Commandment of the Preserver: The Obedience That Is the Image of God
  • 7. The Law of the Spirit
  • 8. The Boundary of Death
  • 9. The Call to Repentance
  • Summary of Parts A and B: God's Action of Grace and Human Action
  • Chapter XV: Baptism
  • 1. The Foundation of Baptism
  • 2. Baptism into Christ
  • 3. Baptism through the Holy Spirit
  • 4. Reception into the Church
  • 5. The Presuppositions for Infant Baptism
  • Chapter XVI: The Lord's Supper
  • 1. The Foundation of the Lord's Supper
  • 2. The Gift of Jesus' Body and the Blood of the Covenant
  • 3. The Promise of the Meal in the Kingdom of God
  • 4. The Eucharistic-Anamnetic Recognition of the Present Christ
  • 5. The Edification of the Church
  • Conclusion to Chapters XIV-XVI: The Richness of God's Action of Grace and the Number of Sacraments
  • Summary of Chapters XI-XVI: The Distinction between Law and Gospel.
  • 1. The Issue of Distinguishing between Law and Gospel
  • 2. The Gospel in the Old Testament Law
  • 3. The Law in the New Testament Gospel
  • 4. The Unity of Law and Gospel
  • 5. The Distinction between Law and Gospel
  • 6. The Gospel as God's Proper Word
  • 7. Being Tested in Anfechtung
  • Chapter XVII: The Confession of God the Redeemer
  • 1. Jesus the Redeemer
  • 2. The Eternal Son
  • 3. "Truly God and Truly a Human Being"
  • THIRD PART The Doctrine of the New Creation
  • Chapter XVIII: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
  • 1. The Event of Pentecost
  • 2. The New Creation through the Holy Spirit
  • 3. The Holy Spirit as Power
  • 4. The Holy Spirit as Lord
  • 5. The Recognition of the Spirit's Action
  • Chapter XIX: The Church
  • Introduction to Chapters XIX-XXII: The Starting Point for the Doctrine of the Church
  • 1. The Origin of the Church
  • 2. The People of God Called Out from the World
  • 3. The Prophetic, Priestly, and Royal People of God Sent into the World
  • 4. The Worship Assembly
  • 5. The Ekklesia of God, the Body of Christ, the Temple of the Holy Spirit: the Growing New Creation
  • 6. The Unity, Holiness, Catholicity, and Apostolicity of the Church
  • 7. The Communion of Saints
  • Chapter XX: Spiritual Gift and Ministerial Office
  • 1. The Apostles
  • 2. The Community of the Charismata
  • 3. The Sending into Servant Ministry
  • 4. The Church's Ministerial Office
  • 5. The Pastoral Office and the Church
  • 6. Apostolic Succession
  • 7. The Secular Office and the Church's Ministerial Office
  • Chapter XXI: The Preservation of the Church
  • Introduction: The Indestructibility of the Church
  • A. Holy Scripture
  • 1. Holy Scripture as a Collection of Church Writings
  • 2. The Authority of Holy Scripture
  • 3. Basic Principles of Biblical Hermeneutics
  • B. Confession
  • 1. Confession as a Response of the Church.
  • 2. The Basis for the Authority of Dogma.

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