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Logia a journal of lutheran theology THE LORD’S SUPPER epiphany/january 1995 volume Iv, number 1 ei[ ti" lalei', CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ulrich Asendorf—Pastor, Hannover, Germany wJ" lovgia Qeou' Burnell F. Eckardt Jr.—Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church, Berlin, WI Charles Evanson—Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN logia is a journal of Lutheran theology. As such it publishes articles Ronald Feuerhahn—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO on exegetical, historical, systematic, and liturgical theology that promote the orthodox theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. We cling to Lowell Green—Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY God’s divinely instituted marks of the church: the gospel, preached Paul Grime—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Allis, WI purely in all its articles, and the sacraments, administered according to David A. Gustafson—Pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Poplar, WI Christ’s institution. This name expresses what this journal wants to be. In Tom G. A. Hardt—Pastor, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Stockholm, Sweden Greek, LOGIA functions either as an adjective meaning “eloquent,” “learned,” or “cultured,” or as a plural noun meaning “divine revela- Matthew Harrison—Pastor, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Westgate, IA tions,” “words,” or “messages.” The word is found in Peter :, Acts Steven Hein—Professor, Concordia University, River Forest, IL : and Romans : . Its compound forms include oJmologiva (confes- Horace Hummel—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO sion), ajpologiva (defense), and ajvnalogiva (right relationship). Each of these concepts and all of them together express the purpose and method Arthur Just—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN of this journal. LOGIA is committed to providing an independent theolog- John Kleinig—Professor, Luther Seminary, North Adelaide, ical forum normed by the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures and the South Australia, Australia Lutheran Confessions. At the heart of our journal we want our readers to Arnold J. Koelpin—Professor, Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN 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 Lars Koen—Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—Jesus Christ our Lord. Gerald Krispin—Professor, Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta, Therefore, we confess the church, without apology and without rancor, Canada only with a sincere and fervent love for the precious Bride of Christ, the Peter K. Lange—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia, MO holy Christian church, “the mother that begets and bears every Christian through the Word of God,” as Martin Luther says in the Large Cate- Alan Ludwig—Pastor, Concordia and Immanuel Lutheran Churches, Cresbard and Wecota, SD chism (LC II, ). We are animated by the conviction that the Evangeli- cal Church of the Augsburg Confession represents the true expression of Cameron MacKenzie—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, the church which we confess as one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Fort Wayne, IN Gottfried Martens—Pastor, St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, Berlin, Germany THE COVER ART features a pen and ink drawing of the incarnate Kurt Marquart—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN Christ by Siegfried Reinhardt, a Lutheran artist from Saint Louis. Enti- tled Incarnation, it is one of four original drawings he contributed in Norman E. Nagel—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO for The Seminarian. It calls to mind the Epiphany Gospel, which Martin Noland—Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL tells of the magi’s coming to worship the King of the Jews. Yet even as Wilhelm Petersen—President, Bethany Seminary, Mankato, MN Reinhardt presents our Lord in his exaltation, he forgets not his humil- Hans-Lutz Poetsch—Pastor Emeritus, Lutheran Hour, Berlin, Germany iation: a crown of thorns under the crown of gold, the mark of a nail in the uplifted hand of peace. Indeed, the incarnate King would give His Robert D. Preus—The Luther Academy, Shorewood, MN body and blood for us on the cross and to us in his Holy Supper for the Clarence Priebbenow—Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Oakey, forgiveness of our sins. Queensland, Australia The original drawings are a part of the art collection at Concordia Richard Resch—Kantor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN Seminary in Saint Louis. Used by permission. David P. Scaer—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN EDITORS Michael J. Albrecht, Copy Editor—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church, Robert Schaibley—Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN West St. Paul, MN Bruce Schuchard—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church, Victor, IA Joel A. Brondos, Logia Forum and Correspondence Editor—Pastor, Harold Senkbeil—Pastor, Elm Grove Lutheran Church, Elm Grove, WI St. John Lutheran Church, Vincennes, IN Carl P. E. Springer—Professor, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Charles Cortright, Editorial Assistant—Professor, Northwestern College, Watertown, WI John Stephenson—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Catharines, Scott Murray, Editorial Associate—Pastor, Salem Lutheran Church, Ontario, Canada Gretna, LA Walter Sundberg—Professor, Luther Northwestern Theological John Pless, Book Review Editor—Pastor, University Lutheran Chapel, Seminary, St. Paul, MN Minneapolis, MN David Jay Webber—Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brewster, MA Tom Rank, Editorial Associate—Pastor, Scarville Lutheran Church, Scarville, IA William Weinrich—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Erling Teigen, Editorial Coordinator—Professor, Bethany Lutheran Fort Wayne, IN College, Mankato, MN George F. Wollenburg—President, Montana District LCMS, Billings, MT Jon D. Vieker, Editorial Associate—Pastor, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, West Bloomfield, MI LOGIA (ISSN #‒) is published quarterly by the Luther Academy, Bracketts Road, Shorewood, MN . Third class postage paid (permit #61)) at Aberdeen, SD and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to LOGIA, PO Box , Naperville, IL . SUPPORT STAFF Editorial Department: Plum St., Mankato, MN . Unsolicited material is welcomed but cannot be returned unless accompanied by sufficient return postage. Dianne Bisbee, Advertising Assistant—Cresbard, South Dakota Book Review Department: University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN . All books received Brent W. Kuhlman, Development Manager—Pastor, Faith Lutheran will be listed. Logia Forum and Correspondence Department: N. Eighth St., Vincennes, IN ‒. Letters selected for publication are subject to editorial modification, must be typed or Church, Hebron, NE computer printed, and must contain the writer’s name and complete address. 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