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The Columbus Theological Magazine Volume 8 ed by Matthias Loy

4 Mar 2025·

Matthias Loy

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Articles in this volume include “The Seventh Article of the Augsburg Confession”, “The Necessity of Good Works”, “The Jesuits”, “Infant Baptism” and “Life Insurance”.

Matthias Loy describes the Columbus Theological Magazine by saying, “Our Magazine was designed to meet a want that existed aside from the controversy on predestination. A Lutheran periodical devoted to theological discussion has long since been needed…We have the firm conviction that a periodical faithful in all respects to the symbolical books of the Ev. Lutheran Church, setting forth the old doctrines of the Reformation, endeavoring to make English readers acquainted with the treasures of learning and thought contained in old German and Latin folios, exhibiting the solidity and symmetry of the theological edifice erected by our fathers in an age less hurried and more thorough than the present, is what the Church has long since needed and now needs in the English language.”

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate: Some subject matter knowledge helpful.

Book Contents

• About the Lutheran Library
• Title Page
• Index to Volume 8

No. 1, February 1888

• The Necessity of Good Works, Matthias Loy
• Protestant Church Problems in Germany, G H Schodde
• The Doctrine of Creation, L H Schuh
• Transformism, A Pflueger
• The Indebtedness of the German Language to Luther, C H L Schuette

No. 2, April 1888

• The VII Article of the Augsburg Confession (First Paper)
• The Jesuits, G H Schodde
• Hermeneutical Principles, Matthias Loy
• Infant Baptism, A Pflueger

No. 3, June 1888

• The Seventh Article of the Augsburg Confession (Second Paper), C H L Schuette
• Recent Research in Bible Lands, G H Schodde
• Home Mission on Sunday, J H Kuhlmann

No. 4, August 1888

• Hermeneutical Principles (Second Article), Matthias Loy
• The Seventh Article of the Augsburg Confession (Second Paper), C H L Schuette
• The Position and Task of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, J H Schneider

No. 5, October 1888

• Hermeneutical Principles (Third Article), Matthias Loy
• The Church Council, C H L Schuette
• Life Insurance, A Pflueger
• The Relation of Good Works to Justification, L H Schuh

No. 6, December 1888

• Discipline Commended, c H L Schuette
• Conscience, J M Hantz
• An Essay on Baptism based on Romans 6:3-4, S Schillinger
• The Errors of Judaism in Christ’s Day

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2025

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• The efficacy of the Word of God.
• The Means of Grace.
• The most precise (and most ignored) King James Bible.
• Justification by Faith in Jesus Christ.

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Reminiscere - "Now whoever understands here the actions of this poor woman and catches God in his own judgment, and says: Lord, it is true, I am a sinner and not worthy of thy grace; but still thou hast promised sinners forgiveness, and thou art come not to call the righteous, but, as St. Paul says in 1 Timothy 1:15, “to save sinners.” Behold, then must God according to his own judgment have mercy upon us."

 

Luther's Sermons - Matthew 15:21-28.
Reminiscere. Second Sunday in Lent.

11. By this is set forth the condition of our heart in times of temptation; Christ here represents how it feels. It thinks there is nothing but no and yet that is not true. Therefore it must turn from this feeling and lay hold of and retain the deep spiritual yes under and above the no with a firm faith in God’s Word, as this poor woman does, and say God is right in his judgment which he visits upon us; then we have triumphed and caught Christ in his own words. As for example when we feel in our conscience that God rebukes us as sinners and judges us unworthy of the kingdom of heaven, then we experience hell, and we think we are lost forever. Now whoever understands here the actions of this poor woman and catches God in his own judgment, and says: Lord, it is true, I am a sinner and not worthy of thy grace; but still thou hast promised sinners forgiveness, and thou art come not to call the righteous, but, as St. Paul says in 1 Timothy 1:15, “to save sinners.” Behold, then must God according to his own judgment have mercy upon us.

12. King Manasseh did likewise in his penitence as his prayer proves; he conceded that God was right in his judgment and accused himself as a great sinner and yet he laid hold of the promised forgiveness of sins. David also does likewise in Psalm 51:4 and says: “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.” For God’s disfavor in every way visits us when we cannot agree with his judgment nor say yea and amen, when he considers and judges us to be sinners. If the condemned could do this, they would that very moment be saved. We say indeed with our mouth that we are sinners; but when God himself says it in our hearts, then we are not sinners, and eagerly wish to be considered pious and free from that judgment. But it must be so; if God is to be righteous in his words that teach you are a sinner, then you may claim the rights of all sinners that God has given them, namely, the forgiveness of sins. Then you eat not only the crumbs under the table as the little dogs do; but you are also a child and have God as your portion according to the pleasure of your will.

13. This is the spiritual meaning of our Gospel and the scriptural explanation of it. For what this poor woman experienced in the bodily affliction of her daughter, whom she miraculously caused to be restored to health again by her faith, that we also experience when we wish to be healed of our sins and of our spiritual diseases, which is truly a wicked devil possessing us; here she must become a dog and we become sinners and brands of hell, and then we have already recovered from our sickness and are saved.

14. Whatever more there is in this Gospel worthy of notice, as that one can obtain grace and help through the faith of another without his own personal faith, as took place here in the daughter of this poor woman, has been sufficiently treated elsewhere. Furthermore that Christ and his disciples along with the woman in this Gospel exhibit to us an example of love, in that no one acts, prays and cares for himself but each for others, is also clear enough and worthy of consideration.