All Four Hoenecke Volumes Are Now in Print

Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics
Volumes 1 & 2

by Adolf Hoenecke (1835-1908)

15N0745, 15N0736, 15N0749 (Four Volume Set)

What is it?

• originally written in German, they are two volumes in a collection of four that sets forth the doctrines of Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions in a thesis and antithesis format. They are the third and fourth volumes to be translated and published in English.

About the author

• served as the president of the Wisconsin Synod's seminary during its early years.
• the foremost theologian of the early Wisconsin Synod.
• one of America's foremost confessional Lutheran dogmaticians.
Features/Benefits

• published posthumously by his sons in 1909 and 1912, these volumes first served as important
dogmatics produced by German Lutherans in America.
• Hoenecke quotes from the Lutheran Confessions and the dogmaticians of the 17th century, but his conclusions rest firmly on Scripture. For this reason, his position is still valid today.
• Volume 1 studies the nature, development, and task of prolegomena. Topics addressed in prolegomena include Religion, Theology, Dogmatics (including the history of Lutheran dogmatics), Sacred Scripture as the source and basis of religion, theology, and dogmatics (inspiration, properties of Scripture, canon, articles of faith, symbolical books).
• Volume 2 studies Dogmatics proper 1) Theology in the narrow sense including: the knowledge of God, the existence of God, the essence and attributes of God, the trinity of God, the works of God: creation and providence, the angels 2) Anthropology - in general, the original state of mankind, the state of corruption (sin, guilt, needed punishment, the fall, original sin, hardening, temporal death, free will).
• stand alongside Francis Pieper's Christian Dogmatics as one of the best Lutheran dogmatics produced.
• has served as an important touchstone for the teaching of systematic theology at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin.
• available in Four Volume Set of Evangelical Dogmatics, by Adolf Hoenecke (15N0749).
Specifications

• 6” x 9”. Hardcover. 577 pages, and 513 pages.
• includes an index, subjects, Scripture passages, footnotes, and a works cited.
Other related NPH Products

• Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics, Volume 3 (15N0698) by Adolf Hoenecke
• Evangelical Lutheran Dogmatics, Volume 4 (15N0626) by Adolf Hoenecke