The Columbus Theological Magazine Volume 8 ed by Matthias Loy

4 Mar 2025·
Matthias Loy
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
  • Copyright: CC BY 4.0
Journal Theological
Matthias Loy
Authors
Matthias Loy
(1828-1915)
President of the Joint Synod of Ohio, the Columbus Seminary and Capital University, and edited the Lutheran Standard and the Columbus Theological Magazine. In 1881 he withdrew the Joint Synod from the Synodical Conference as a result of Walther’s teaching about predestination.