LOGIA a journal of lutheran theology Wittenberg & Athens reformation 2008 volume Xvii, number 4 Blank inside cover FREQUENTLY USED ABBREVIATIONS AC [CA] Augsburg Confession AE Luther’s Works, American Edition Ap Apology of the Augsburg Confession Ep Epitome of the Formula of Concord FC Formula of Concord LC Large Catechism LW Lutheran Worship SA Smalcald Articles SBH Service Book and Hymnal SC Small Catechism SD Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord SL St. Louis Edition of Luther’s Works Tappert The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Trans. and ed. Theodore G. Tappert Triglotta Concordia Triglotta TLH The Lutheran Hymnal Tr Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope WA Luthers Werke, Weimarer Ausgabe [Weimar Edition] Kolb-Wengert Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert, eds., The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000). εἴ τις λαλεῖ, The cover art of Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) is Albre- ὡς λόγια θεοῦ cht Dürer’s 1526 engraving of Luther’s Wittenberg colleague and friend. As a young man Melanchthon hellenized his family’s German name — Schwartzerd — which means black earth. The Reformer affectionately referred to Melanchthon as “our little LOGIA is a journal of Lutheran theology. As such it publishes Greek.” Melanchthon’s greatest contributions to the Reforma- articles on exegetical, historical, systematic, and liturgical theology tion include the Augsburg Confession, the Apology, and the that promote the orthodox theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope. His learning was Church. We cling to God’s divinely instituted marks of the church: well known and he became known as “Preceptor Germaniae,” the gospel, preached purely in all its articles, and the sacraments, or teacher of Germany. He remained a layman and never ob- administered according to Christ’s institution. This name expresses tained a doctor’s degree. Luther regarded Melanchthon’s “Loci what this journal wants to be. In Greek, ΛΟΓΙΑ functions either as an Communes” as one of the most useful of all writings. adjective meaning “eloquent,” “learned,” or “cultured,” or as a plural noun meaning “divine revelations,” “words,” or “messages.” The word is found in 1 Peter 4:11, Acts 7:38, and Romans 3:2. Its compound forms Logia is indexed in the ATLA Religion Database, published by the include ὁμολογία (confession), ἀπολογία (defense), and ἀναλογία (right American Theological Library Association relationship). Each of these concepts and all of them together express 250 S. 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Pittelko Professor, Southern Illinois University Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church Professor, Martin Luther College President and Bishop Emeritus, Edwardsville, IL Kewanee, IL New Ulm, MN English District, LCMS John Stephenson Charles Evanson Gerald Krispin Daniel Preus Professor, Concordia Seminary Professor, Seminary for Evangelical President, Concordia College Director, Luther Academy St. Catharines ON, Canada Theology, Klaipeda, Lithuania Edmonton, AB, Canada St. Louis, MO Erling Teigen Ronald Feuerhahn Alan Ludwig Clarence Priebbenow Professor, Bethany Lutheran College Professor, Concordia Seminary Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church Mankato, MN St. Louis, MO Novosibirsk, Russia Oakey Queensland, Australia Jon D. Vieker Lowell Green Cameron MacKenzie Joseph Randrianasolo Assistant Director, LCMS Commission Professor, State University of New York Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary Professor, Sekoly Ambony Loterana on Worship, St. Louis, MO at Buffalo, NY Fort Wayne, IN momba ny Teolojia Fianaranatsoa, Madagascar David Jay Webber Paul Grime Gottfried Martens Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary Pastor, St. Mary’s Lutheran Church Richard Resch Scottsdale, AZ Fort Wayne, IN Berlin, Germany Kantor and Professor of Church Music Concordia Theological Seminary Armin Wenz Kenneth Hagen Paul McCain Fort Wayne, IN Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church Professor Emeritus, Marquette University Publisher, Concordia Publishing House Oberursel, Germany Lake Mills, WI St. Louis, MO David P. Scaer Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary William C. Weinrich Matthew Harrison Norman E. 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