Eric Gutz has posted a comment: The Bente Historical Introductions to the Book of Concord can be found here:
http://www.bookofconcord.org/historicalintros.html
You can find the whole Book of Concord here:
http://www.bookofconcord.org.
What if they had a free conference where the greatest Lutheran theologians in history all gave presentations? I believe the attendance would be even greater than having the Church and Change boys invite Waldo Werning and Leonard Sweet.
The Book of Concord is that conference, starring:
- Martin Luther (Small Catechism, Large Catechism, Smalcald Articles).
- Philip Melanchthon (Augsburg Confession, Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Treatise on the Pope).
- Martin Chemnitz (Formula of Concord writer, Book of Concord chief editor).
- Jacob Andreae (Book of Concord instigator and editor).
- David Chytraeus (Book of Concord editor, Formula of Concord writer).
Apart from J. Gerhard, who came along later, the men listed above are the greatest Christian theologians who have taught the Word. Gerhard was almost completely unavailable to English readers until recently. Jack Preus (not alone) made Chemnitz available and also wrote a fine biography of The Second Martin. Chytraeus is now available too.
Someone wrote, "Why are you the only person quoting Chytraeus?" Answer - Because I am one of the few who reads the great theologians. The rest are getting their copies of Sweet, Maxwell, Hunter, and Werning signed. That does not make me superior: it means the others are lazy, deserving to be "deprived of food, baited by dogs, driven out of town, and pelted with manure." (From the Large Catechism, but you knew that already)
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Brian P Westgate has left a new comment on your post "This Brief BoC Section Destroys the Crypto-Calvini...":
Bente is sold in a separate volume at both the WLS and CTSFW bookstores, and it's still published by CPH.
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GJ - That is good news. Is it bought and read? The Surrendered Fort is not exactly a bastion of Lutheran doctrine.
