Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
6-1-1936
Document Type
Article
Keywords
dialectical theology, justification, reformed theology, grace, obedience, doctrine, repentance, brunner, calvinism, cor ecclesiae, lutherans
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Dialecticism, a branch of Calvinism, vitiates the chief article of the Christian religion, the doctrine of justification by faith. It does injure to the cor ecclsriae. The article of the grace of God in Christ, of justification by faith, gives the Church its life; in terms of dogmatics, it forms the material principle of Christion theology. Calvinism, however, makes "the dogma of God's eternal election the cor ecclsriae, the heart of the Church." Furthermore, by taking the heart out of the means of grace in denying that they confer the forgiveness of sins, it renders justification by faith chimerical. And, finally, Reformed theology impugns the article of justification by faith directly.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Romans 4:5;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Engelder, Th.
(1936)
"The Principles and Teachings of the Dialectical Theology,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 7, Article 46.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol7/iss1/46
