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Baier, J. – Compendium of Positive Theology

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Compendium of Positive Theology

by Johann Wilhelm Baier (1647-1695)
(1877)

Edited by C. F. W. Walther, St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 1877 (Abridged).

The Baier/Walther Compendium served as the systematic theology textbook for the first few generations of Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod pastors. Written in Latin, it is a revised edition of a classic work by the Seventeenth Century Lutheran dogmatian Johannes Baier. This edition contains an english translation of the theses at the head of each chapter. Later editions will offer the full text of the work. Continue reading →

Askwith, E.D. – The Christian Conception of Holiness

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The Christian Conception of Holiness

by Edward Harrison Askwith, M.A.

CHAPLAIN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
London MACMILLAN AND CO, LIMITED
New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1900

This is a study (256+ pages) on holiness. Different aspects and views from different parts of the Bible are examined. Holiness as our Christian duty, as the source of our happiness, in relation to the will of God, the consequences of the fall, and man’s restoration in the atonement, etc. Continue reading →

Allen, D.M. – Excited Utterances

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Excited Utterances: A Historical Perspective On Prophesy, Tongues and Other Manifestations of Spiritual Ecstasy

by D. Matthew Allen
A short book which talks about the Pentecostal experience within churches in Florida, outlining some reasoning and background about this phenomena. This paper examines three essentially related issues concerning charismatic theology: (1) the relationship between the revelatory gifts and the canon; (2) the place of the revelatory gifts in church history; and (3) the role of related manifestations of spiritual ecstasy (and emotional experience in general) in revival movements. Continue reading →