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Biblical Dogmatics

by

ANDREW GEORGE VOIGT, D.D., LL.D.

Professor of Systematic Theology, and Dean of the Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C.

Copyrighted 1917

LUTHERAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION

Columbia, S. C.

PREFACE

This book contains the substance of the lectures which for a number of years I have been giving to my classes in Dogmatics. At the request of my friend, the Rev. J. W. Horine, D. D., Manager of the Board of Publication of the United Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, it has been turned over to the Board for publication.

The title of the book is also his suggestion. I was inclined to call it simply A Brief Dogmatics. I am aware that the title Biblical Dogmatics is open to just criticism, chiefly because of possible confusion with what is called in theological study Biblical Theology. But the title chosen will serve to indicate my conviction that Christian doctrine is biblical doctrine.

In so brief a discussion of the great subject of which the book treats I thought an index was not necessary, especially as the table of contents is quite full.

A. G. Voigt.

Columbia, S. C.,

August, 1916.

CONTENTS

Introduction

The Subject Defined

The Essence of Christianity

The Foundation of Christianity in Revelation

Revelation Defined

The Source of Christian Doctrine

Confessional Character of Dogmatics

Order of Treatment

CHAPTER I. God

The Source of Communion with God

The Christian Conception of God

The Knowledge of God

The Natural Revelation of God

The Supernatural Revelation of God

The Nature of God

The Attributes of God

The Trinity

CHAPTER II. The World and Man

Creation

Providence

Miracles

Angels

Man

The Original State of Man

CHAPTER III. Sin

The State of Corruption

The Fall

The Essence of Sin

Original Sin

Forms of Sin

Bondage of the Will

The Attitude of God Towards Sin

CHAPTER IV. Redemption

The Redemption Through Christ

CHAPTER V. The Gracious Purpose of God

The Gracious Will of God

The Historical Preparation for the Redeemer

CHAPTER VI. The Person of Christ

The Necessity of a Divine Human Redeemer

Christ True God and True Man

Christ One Person

The Personal Union

Communion of the Two Natures

The Communication of Properties

The States of Christ

CHAPTER VII. The Work of Christ

Redemption

Atonement

Atonement in the Old Testament

Atonement in the New Testament

The Atonement as Propitiation

The Atonement as Reconciliation

The Atonement as a Vicarious Satisfaction

The Exaltation of Christ and Redemption

The Kingdom of Christ and the Kingdom of God

CHAPTER VIII. The Holy Spirit

The Office of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures

Saving Grace

Saving Faith

Justification

The Order of Salvation

Vocation and Obedience of Faith

Illumination and Knowledge of Salvation

Regeneration and Consciousness of Salvation

Conversion and Repentance with Surrender to God

Sealing and Certainty of Salvation

Sanctification and Striving for Holiness

Preservation and Perseverance

Perfecting and the Christian Ideal

CHAPTER IX. The Church and the ...

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About Biblical Dogmatics

Writing with the premise that any Christian dogmatics must be a systematized, biblical dogmatics, traditional Lutheran theologian Andrew Voigt provides a succinct treatment of core confessional Christian doctrines, including God, humanity, sin, Christ, redemption, the Holy Spirit, the means of grace, and the church. Voigt demonstrates both the exegetical justification and internal coherence of the doctrines, establishing them as not mere deductions but as expressions of the Christian faith given through divine revelation. As Voigt states, “The study of Christian doctrine must view the question of the essence of religion from the standpoint of Christianity, which assumes that true religion is given from above. It begins with the judgment of faith that the Christian has the true religion.”

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