# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1904_S15
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1904. 15

(ἀγγέλλειν), and so in many other places. If the proclaiming is a kind of exposition, an uncovering, a making clear, then ἀναγγέλλειν is used. Christ says of the Holy Spirit: "He shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. He will shew you things to come," John 16:13–14. Compare Acts 20:20, 27: nothing that I had not declared to you; "that I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." The woman of Samaria says, John 4:25: "he will tell us all things." Here and in similar places ἀναγγέλλειν stands. — διαγγέλλειν stands where it is a matter of spreading abroad, e.g. Rom. 9:17: "that my name might be declared throughout all the earth."

Whereas now the simple proclamation of the Gospel is expressed by εὐαγγελίζω, εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, e.g. Luke 2:10, Rom. 10:15 and others, we find that καταγγέλλειν, corresponding to the κατά, is always used where it is to be indicated that what is proclaimed stands in opposition to other teachings, or that enmity is aroused by the proclamation, or that it is proclaimed as an offense and a foolishness, or that by the proclamation colors are shown against unbelief and false belief. Καταγγέλλειν is the proclamation of the divine wisdom of the Gospel against all human wisdom, in defiance of all doctrines of devils. Καταγγέλλειν is a confessing of the truth against the lie. Wherever καταγγέλλειν is used, this comes to light directly or from the context. When Paul was in Athens, some said (Acts 17:18): "He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods." "That was because," it says immediately afterward, "he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection." Both times καταγγέλλειν stands. Likewise verse 23: "Him declare I unto you," the unknown God, in contrast to all your gods, as the One and true God. — The maid with the spirit of divination (Acts 16:17) cries: "These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation," καταγγέλλουσιν. In Acts 17:13 we read: "But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ Βεροίᾳ κατηγγέλη ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ [the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea], they came thither also, and stirred up the people." Likewise in many other places, as Acts 4:2; 13:5; 26:23; Phil. 1:17–18; Col. 1:28.

So also in our passage. Why καταγγέλλειν here? The reason is clear. The Holy Spirit makes the enjoyment of Holy Communion an act of confession over against the unbelieving and heterodox world. The communicant proclaims, for the sake of what he eats and drinks, the death of Christ; he confesses that he believes that the death of Christ, alone and nothing else, rescues him from sin and devil, from death and damnation, that the only power for a blessed death and a life pleasing to God lies in the blood of Christ. He thereby confesses the one true doctrine of the Gospel of Christ the Crucified, and confesses it before all who see him go to the Sacrament. So you shall do it, says the