The Error of Modern Missouri:

I T S INCEPTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND REFUTATION,

As s e t forth in

I. The Present Controversy on Predestination: A Con- tribution to its History and Proper Estimate.

By F. W. S T E L L H O R N , D. D., Prof. of Theology in t h e Ev . L u t h . Sern inary , Colurnbus, O h i o ; A u t h o r of

W o e r t e r b u c h z u m gr iech ischen Neuen T e s t a m e n t ; A Brief Com- m e n t a r y o n t h e Books of t h e N e w T e s t a m e n t ; Anno-

t a t i o n ~ on t h e Acts of t h e Apos t les in t h e L u t h e r a n Cornrnentary.

11. " Intuitu Fidei." By REV. F. A. SCHMIDT, D. D.,

Prof. in t h e Theological S e m i n a r y of t h e Norwegian U n i t e d C h u r c h , Minneapol i s , Minn.

111. A Testimony Against the False Doctrine of Predes- t ha t ion recently introduced by the Missouri Synod.

By S E V E R A L F O R M E R M E M B E R S O F T H E MISSOURI SYNOD.

Trans la ted frorn t h e German.

Edited by GEORGE H. SCHODDE, Ph. D., Prof. of Theology in t h e E v . L u t h . Seminary , Columbus , Ohio.

C O L U M B U S , O H I O : L U T H E R A N BOOK C O N C E R N

1897

G ) Coniparative' Suiiimary -- Concluded . PAGE

6 . 3Iay we speak of niaii's decisioii or " self-deterniiilation " in coi~rersioii ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a ) Old AIissouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 b ) AIoderii J l i s s o ~ ~ r i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 C ) The Calvanists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 d ) The Lutheran Cliiirch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

7 . TVhat is the differeiice betweeii the Lutheran and Re- doctriiie of electioii ?

a ) Old nlissouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 b ) Aloderii nIissoiiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 C ) Liitheraii Tlieologiaiis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 d ) Schiieckeilburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

S . How rriiist tlie cloctrine of the dogmaticiaiis of the sereii teeritli ceiitury be regarded ? . . . . . . . . . .

a ) Old Jlissoiiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 1 ) AIoderii Nissouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 C ) Old Doginaticiaiis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

9 . How is tlie doctrine of lloderii JIissouri to be regarded ? a ) Modern nIissouriaiis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 b ) Erery iinpartial iriaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

H ) Appendix: An Ally of 3Ioderii nlissouri iii Gerniany . . . . . . . . . 147 The Docf rinc o f Predesf iun f ion iiz fhe 0hio Sjrnod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1P.j

Theologiaiis of Seveiiteeiith Ceii tury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Colloquiuiii in Coluiiibus, 1879 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SG Coluni bus Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 S i Meeting of Joint Syiiod ISS1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISS

" INTUITU FIDEL''

PART I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li'hat wet-e fhe coufenfs 01- fhe szrbsfnuce of fhe docfl-iue fnzlghf by ont-

Lzlt1zc1-atz C ~ Z I I - C / Z fikfhe~.s. fhnt Godelecfcd ilz view o f i a i t h ? Introductory Reniarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Over agaiiist Roinaiiisin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . Sola Fide. Intuitu Fidei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . Saniuel Huber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . Correct uiiderstandi~ig of Testiinonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a ) Calrinists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b ) Huber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ) Lutlieraiis 5 . Jlissouri's New Discorery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . AZissouri Holds Fast the Doctrine of our Olcl Teacliers

and also Rejects i t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . JIeetiiig of Syiiodical Coiifereiice iii Chicago . . . . . . . . S . Quotatioiis frorn 0rtl;odos Publicatioiis aiid Teacliers ..

A ) Azlfhors o j fhe Fo~-mzlLa o f Co~zcord . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . David Chytrzus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Aiidreze Christopher Koeriier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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C ) The Imnzedinte Pzlpils o f t h e Sz~bsbvibevs o f the F . C . - Concluded . Conrad Dietrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Closiug Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

PART I1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . Did uur Fnthel-s depart fi.onz the Cotz fessioiz by teachiizg thnt fhe

election o f certnin p e ~ s o m took place iiz view o f fnith ? . . . . I1 . Does Missouri claim that our Fatliers departed froin the Confes-

sion witli their doctrine of " electioii in view of faitli " . . . . Northern District and Prof . Fritschel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor Stoeckhardt on " i n view of faith." Philadelphia Faculty .

Lehre und Wehre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 . Did Missouri hold to her present doctriue in 1S72? . . . . . . . . . . . . . " Correct understandiiig " of a Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV . Colloquy iii Colunibus, 1879 and followiug i t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scripture, Fathers, Coiifessioii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huberian Controversy-a test of the seuse of the Eleventh Article . . Three definitions of Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church of Formula of Concord knew of no election to salvation escept

of believers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Testimony of Wittenberg men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rostock meii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuebigen aiid Stuttgart Schools, Wuerternberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V . Scriptures, ordination to Salvation, Acta Huberiana, Wuerteni-

berg men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specific election

Regard to faith -TVittenberg aud Wuertemberg nien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Election and subsequent will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace of God and nierits of Christ the complete cause of election ... Did Rostock, Witteilberg, Tuebingen know the Lutheran defiuition

of electiori ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 111 I . 1s the Doctvi?ze thnt God elected meiz to snlvntion i 7 z uiew o f fnitlz

fozr 7zd i ? ~ oul- L1rthem71 Coiz fessions ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I1 . Intuiti Fidei found in Book of Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Augsburg Coufession and electiori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apology and electioii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Differerlce betweeu merl arld tlre clivine verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Order of decree of election and order of eterrial purpose . . . . . . . . . A uiystery iii this cloctriiie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I11 . Tlie Foriiiula of Coi~corcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tliircl Article of Forulula of Loiicord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonship ancl inheritance reflectiorl of eteriial cotinsel of God . . . . . . . . IV . Eleverith Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Election in detail Treiid of Eleveuth -4rticle against Calvii~istic electiori . . . . . . . . . . Revealed and liidderi will of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Definitiori of electioii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Election of grace