The Origin and Meaning of the Axiom- Nothing has the Character of a Sacrament Outside of the Use, in Sixteenth-Century and Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Theology

Author

Edward Peters, Concordia Seminary, St. LouisFollow

Date of Award

5-1-1968

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Theology (ThD)

Department

Systematic Theology

First Advisor

Arthur Piepkorn

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Matthew 26:26; Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 10:14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 4:21, 24;

Abstract

No one, however, has ever answered the question as to where this axiom originated, or what it means or how various Lutheran theologians have interpreted it. It is the purpose of this dissertation to try to determine where the axiom, "Nothing has the character of a Sacrament outside of the use instituted by Christ," originates and what it means to the major Lutheran theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-- from the time of the Reformation until the end of the era of Lutheran Orthodoxy, approximately at the end of the seventeenth century.

Recommended Citation

Peters, Edward, "The Origin and Meaning of the Axiom- Nothing has the Character of a Sacrament Outside of the Use, in Sixteenth-Century and Seventeenth-Century Lutheran Theology" (1968). Doctor of Theology Dissertation. 55.
https://scholar.csl.edu/thd/55

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