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logia is a journal of Lutheran theology. As such it publishes
articles on exegetical, historical, systematic, and liturgical theology
that promote the orthodox theology of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church. We cling to God’s divinely instituted marks of
the church: the gospel, preached purely in all its articles, and the
sacraments, administered according to Christ’s institution. This
name expresses what this journal wants to be. In Greek, LOGIA
functions either as an adjective meaning “eloquent,” “learned,”
or “cultured,” or as a plural noun meaning “divine revelations,”
“words,” or “messages.” The word is found in 1 Peter 4:11, Acts
7:38, and Romans 3:2. Its compound forms include oJmologiva
(confession), ajpologiva (defense), and ajvnalogiva (right relationship).
Each of these concepts and all of them together express the
purpose and method of this journal. LOGIA considers itself a free
conference in print and is committed to providing an independent
theological forum normed by the prophetic and apostolic
Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions. At the heart of our
journal we want our readers to find a love for the sacred Scriptures
as the very Word of God, not merely as rule and norm, but
especially as Spirit, truth, and life which reveals Him who is the
Way, the Truth, and the Life — Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore,
we confess the church, without apology and without rancor, only
with a sincere and fervent love for the precious Bride of Christ,
the holy Christian church, “the mother that begets and bears
every Christian through the Word of God,” as Martin Luther says
in the Large Catechism (LC ii, 42). We are animated by the conviction
that the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession
represents the true expression of the church which we confess as
one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.
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The Cover Art features the center section of a
plaque of carved ivory showing Dr. Luther nailing
the Ninety-five Theses to the church door
at Wittenberg. It dates from about 1750.
It was given to the Concordia Seminary Library,
Saint Louis, by Mrs. Lydia and the Rev. Paul
Kluender in 1964. Its origin is Austrian, and
the artist is unknown.
FREQUENTLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
AC [CA] Augsburg Confession
AE Luther’s Works, American Edition
Ap Apology of the Augsburg Confession
BAGD Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. Wilbur Gingrich, Frederick
W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
BSLK Die Bekenntnisschriften der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche
Ep Epitome of the Formula of Concord
FC Formula of Concord
LC Large Catechism
LW Lutheran Worship
SA Smalcald Articles
SBH Service Book and Hymnal
SC Small Catechism
SD Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord
SL St. Louis Edition of Luther’s Works
Tappert The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church. Trans. and ed. Theodore G. Tappert
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TLH The Lutheran Hymnal
Tr Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
Triglotta Concordia Triglotta
WA Luthers Werke, Weimarer Ausgabe [Weimar Edition]