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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. The name Logia 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 Pet 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 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.
THE COVER ART is from the right panel of the altarpiece in the town
church of Wittenberg. Painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1547, it
depicts the town pastor, Johannes Bugenhagen (also Luther’s confessor)
wielding the loosing and binding keys of his Office—loosing the
kneeling penitent and binding the bound impenitent rushing off in
indignation.
LOGIA (ISSN #1064‒0398) is published quarterly by the Luther
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Copyright © 1993. The Luther Academy. All rights reserved. No
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EDITORS
Michael Albrecht—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church,
West St. Paul, MN
Joel A. Brondos, Logia Forum and Letters Editor—Pastor, St. John
Lutheran Church, Vincennes, IN
Scott Murray—Pastor, Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA
John Pless, Book Review Editor—Pastor, University Lutheran Chapel,
Minneapolis, MN
Erling Teigen, Editorial Coordinator—Professor, Bethany Lutheran
College, Mankato, MN
Jon D. Vieker, Technical Editor—Pastor, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,
Union Lake, MI
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Ulrich Asendorf—Pastor, Hannover, Germany
Charles Cortright—Pastor, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, East
Brunswick, NJ
Burnell J. Eckardt—Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church, Berlin, WI
Charles Evanson—Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN
Ronald Feuerhahn—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Lowell Green—Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Paul Grime—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Allis, WI
Tom G.A. Hardt—Pastor, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Stockholm,
Sweden
Matthew Harrison—Pastor, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Westgate, IA
Steven Hein—Professor, Concordia University, River Forest, IL
Horace Hummel—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Arthur Just—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
John Kleinig—Professor, Luther Seminary, North Adelaide,
South Australia, Australia
Arnold J. Koelpin—Professor, Dr. Martin Luther College,
New Ulm, MN.
Gerald Krispin—Professor, Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Peter K. Lange—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia, MO
Cameron MacKenzie—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
Gottfried Martens—Pastor, St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, Berlin,
Germany
Kurt Marquart—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
Norman E. Nagel—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
Martin Noland—Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL
Wilhelm Petersen—President, Bethany Seminary, Mankato, MN
Hans-Lutz Poetsch—Pastor Em., Lutheran Hour, Berlin, Germany
Robert D. Preus—President, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
Clarence Priebbenow—Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Oakey,
Queensland, Australia
Richard Resch—Kantor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN
David P. Scaer—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
Robert Schaibley—Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN
Bruce Schuchard—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church, Victor, IA
Ken Schurb—Professor, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI
Harold Senkbeil—Pastor, Elm Grove Lutheran Church, Elm Grove, WI
Carl P. E. Springer—Professor, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
John Stephenson—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Catharines,
Ontario, Canada
Walter Sundberg—Professor, Luther Northwestern Theological
Seminary, St. Paul, MN
David Jay Webber—Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church,
Brewster, MA
William Weinrich—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary,
Fort Wayne, IN
George F. Wollenburg—President, Montana District LCMS,
Billings, MT