A Summary of Christian Doctrine
Overview
A Summary of Christian Doctrine is a systematic study of the doctrines of Scripture presented in a concise, comprehensive manner. This is an excellent text for those interested in going beyond the Catechism but not ready for Christian Dogmatics.
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- Foreword by the author
- Bibliographical references and indexes
Top Highlights
“Thus by faith one puts himself into personal possession of that justification, which the Gospel offers to all men in general. This is called personal or subjective justification.” (Page 148)
“We must take the words of the Scriptures in the sense and meaning they convey; we may not add thereto nor take away anything from it (Deut. 4:2), nor corrupt the Word of God by putting our own meaning into the text (2 Cor. 2:17). We must, therefore, not ‘correct’ the Scriptures according to our ideas and logical deductions, but we must correct our thoughts and ideas according to the Scriptures.” (Page 2)
“It is not our business to sit in judgment on what we have learned to be the plain sense of the Bible text, accepting what agrees, and rejecting what does not agree with our personal views and rationalizations. This judicial or critical use of human reason is absolutely out of place with respect to divine truths. Where God has spoken, the right of private judgment ceases.” (Page 2)
“It is, therefore, not our purpose to prove the teachings of the Bible true to the satisfaction of human reason, but merely to show that we teach in agreement with the Bible.” (Page 2)
“Faith, therefore, is an act or work of man inasmuch as man actually does the believing.” (Page 137)
- Title: A Summary of Christian Doctrine
- Author: Edward W. A. Koehler
- Publisher: Concordia
- Publication Date: 1952
- Pages: 328