The Case for Four Adverbs: Reflections on Chalcedon

Authors

Martin H. Scharlemann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

12-1-1957

Document Type

Article

Keywords

church council, unity, four adverbs, constantinople, emperor, eutyches, nicaea, theology, alexandria, antioch, ephesus

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

For many years it has been fashionable to deprecate any and all attempts, whether past or present, at formulating Biblical truth. Theologians have belittled such efforts by pleading that propositional theology fails to capture and convey the recitatif of the kerygma; and philosophers of religion have contended that any undertaking which proposes to systematize revelation was and is foredoomed to failure because of the limitations and instability of human speech and language. As a consequence the prevailing mood in large areas of Christendom is one of pessimism toward all endeavors to work at the unity we seek by drawing up sets of theological propositions. This is accompanied by a spirit of indifference to formularies created in the past.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Scharlemann, Martin H. (1957) "The Case for Four Adverbs: Reflections on Chalcedon," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 28, Article 66.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol28/iss1/66