The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology - Saint Mary ...

y his assent to the rationalistic Criticism of the Canon, his rejection of the
Church Doctrine of the Trinity, and his denial of the supreme divinity of
the Son and the Spirit (subordinatism), and by his rejection of the
Lutheran Exegesis of the Words of the Institution of the Supper, while he
yet professes to hold fast to the substance of the Lutheran Doctrine of the
Eucharist.
If the Nineteenth Century has not been an era of the most safe and
solid thinking, it has, beyond all dispute, been the most brilliant era in the
history of theological science; and alike of the inventiveness that glittered,
and of the sobriety that restrained, the theological impulse which the world
owes to the Lutheran Church, has been the spring.
In the United States the energies of the best men in the Church have
been directed mainly into the channels of practical activity; yet there has
nevertheless been an honorable exhibition of theological ability and
learning. Among the names of those to whom we owe books, either as
writers, translators, or editors, may be mentioned: Anspach; Bachman; S.
K. Brobst; F. W. Conrad; Demme; G. Diehl; L. Eichelberger; Endress;
Goering; Greenwald; S. W. Harkey; Hazelius; Helmuth; the Henkels, Paul,
D. M., Ambrose, and Socrates; J. N. Hoffman; Hutter; M. Jacobs; Henry
Jacobs; E. W. G. Keyl; C. Philip Krauth; Krotel; Kunze; B. Kurtz; Lape;
Lintner; the Lochmans, J. G. and A. H.; Loy; W. J. Mann; P. F. Mayer;
John McCron; Mealy; F. V. Melsheimer; C. B. Miller; J. G. Morris; the
Muhlenbergs, H. M., H. E., F. A.; Norelius; Officer; Oswald; Passavant;
Peixoto; Pohlman; Preus; Probst; Quitman; Reynolds; Salyards; the
Shaeffers, F. D., D. F., F. C., C. F., C. W.; H. I. Schmidt; J. G. Schmauck;
the Schmuckers, J. G., S. S., B. M.; Seiss; Seyffarth; Sheeleigh; G. Shober;
C. A. Smith; J. Few Smith; M. L. Steover; F. C. Stohlman; T. Stork; P. A.
Strobel; Stuckenberg; Titus; Van Alstine; Vogelbach; Wackerhagen; C. F.
W. Walther; Weiser; D. Worley; F. C. Wyneken. There are others worthy
of a place in our list of authors, but as they have not put their labors into
the permanent shape