The Reunion of Christendom

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

11-1-1943

Document Type

Article

Keywords

unionism, doctrine, lutherans, melanchthon, reformed, unionists, faith, justification, augsburg confession, christendom, leipzig

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

"Interim hat den Schalk hinter ihm!" When the attempt was made to reconcile Lutheranism and Catholicism by means of the Augsburg Interim, the Lutheran laymen rose in their might and declared: "Selig ist der Mann, Der Gott vertrauen kann Und willgt nicht ins Interim, Denn es hat den Schalk hinter ihm!" "Of the Interim beware, For a knave is hiding there." (Hurst, History of the Christian Church, II, p. 217.) When Melanchthon and others offered the Church a modified form of this union document in the Leipzig Interim, 1548, the Lutherans at once detected the same knave hiding there. And whenever and wherever unionism works on the Church, in whatever form or shape, there is knavery at work. - No discussion of unionism would be complete without a chapter on the dishonesty of it.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1943) "The Reunion of Christendom," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 14, Article 64.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol14/iss1/64