LOGIA A JOURNAL OF LUTHERAN THEOLOGY

E astertide 2013 volume xxii, number 2 CONTENTS articles : A Representative of the Erlangen School Reinhard Slenczka ...... 5 Heilsgeschichte and Atonement in the Theology of J. C. K. von Hofmann: An Exposition and Critique Jack Kilcrease ...... 13 The “Third Use of the Law” and ’s Position Lowell Green ...... 27 The Third Use Revisited Scott R. Murray ...... 35 Franz Delitzsch and The Jacob Corzine ...... 39 Sermon for Rogate Sunday on James 1:22–27 Werner Elert, Translated by Adam Koontz ...... 45 Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension on Mark 16:14–20 Werner Elert, Translated by Adam Koontz ...... 49 Karlmann Beyschlag: The Last Twentieth-Century Erlangen Theologian Armin Wenz ...... 53

Reviews ...... 57 Review Essay: In statu confessionis III: Texte zu Union, Bekenntnis, Kirchenkampf und Ökumene. By Hermann Sasse. Edited by Werner Klän and Roland Ziegler. Review by Jacob Corzine Friends of the Law: Luther’s Use of the Law for the Christian Life. By Edward A. Engelbrecht. Review by Chris Hull Wilhelm Löhe: Erbe und Vision. Edited by Dietrich Blaufuß. Review by Jacob Corzine Wilhelm Loehe and the Nineteenth-Century Revival of Lutheran Confessionalism and Mission. The Pieper Lectures, Volume 13. Edited by John A. Maxfield. Review by Mark Mattes A Contemporary in Dissent: as Radical Enlightener. By Oswald Bayer; translated by Roy A. Harrisville and Mark C. Mattes. Review by Roy Axel Coats Erlangen: An American’s History of a German Town. By Gary C. Fouse. Review by John T. Pless BRIEFLY NOTED

Logia Forum ...... 67 Werner Elert On Preaching and the Liturgy • A Look Back—Erlangen 1945 Seminary Curriculum as Indicated by the • Should Absolution Be Unconditional? Hermann Bezzel: The Bishop Who Dared To Be Lutheran! Holy Baptism’s Diminishment • THe Good Employer

Also this Issue Call for Manuscripts ...... 38 Inklings by Jim Wilson ...... 65 Editors and Staff ...... 75