# Der Lutheraner_St. Louis Missouri_1847 08 17_S144
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Lending: should be done in such a way that one does not demand it back, nor even hope to receive back what was lent. 107, 1.

[Illegible entry], murdered by the priests. 118, 2.

Brentius [Brenz], an anecdote from his life. 94, 2.

Breaking of bread at the Holy Supper: why the Reformed insist on it, and why Lutheran preachers should refrain from it. 132, 1.

Brunn, pastor in Nassau, returns to the Lutheran church. 24, 3.

Bugenhagen, his zeal in prayer. 118, 3.

Burger, pastor: report of his blessed death. 99, 3.

The Methodists' mourner's bench. 82, 3.

The Methodists' camp meeting. 82, 3.

Karlstadt, his fanaticism and iconoclasm. 21, 1.

Ceremonies: in such matters one should not yield to the Reformed. 9, 2. Lutheran and Roman teaching on this differ entirely. 33, 2. Establishing them lies only within the power of the whole congregation. 34, 2. The individual is bound to the ceremonies of the congregation to which he belongs. 40, 1. They are no longer free when the weak would be offended by them. 40, 3. One must let neither false believers command nor forbid [in such matters]. 41, 2. Through ceremonies one must not give the appearance of being in agreement with false believers. 45, 1. Why we hold, and should hold, to certain ceremonies. 45, 1.

Christians: their conduct toward their persecutors. 94, 1.

Confirmation is slandered by the Methodists. 82, 2.

Consistories, German: their origin and decline. 119, 1.

Sign of the cross: why it should be retained. 61, 1.

Crucifixes belong among the matters of Christian liberty. 78, 2.

Crypto-Calvinists, their history. 89, 1.

The simple-minded: how to deal with them. 70, 3.

Gospel: on what its acceptance is conditioned. 88, 1. Is not false, even though Christendom is full of offenses. 101, 1.

Exorcism, rightly understood, contains nothing superstitious. 90, 1.

Fick, pastor: his ordination. 117, 2.

Wife: her conduct toward her husband. 63, 3.

Freethinkers: their sad end. 106, 1.

Freedom, Christian: one must hold fast to it. 41, 2. Doctrine concerning it. 102, 3.

Prayer: should be persistent in [times of] trial. 111, 3.

Congregational meetings: it is a duty to attend them. 113, 2. Why necessary? 113, 2.

Righteousness, human: with it no one can stand before God. 18, 2.

Hymnal: news of a new one. 112, 1.

The servant-devil. 111, 1.

Conscience: on the saying, "It is against my conscience." 124, 3.

Certainty of faith. 64, 1.

Faith: is already indispensable in earthly matters. 86, 2. 3. Is not the result of a rational argument, 122, 1., but a gift of the Holy Spirit. 123, 1.

State of grace: one should and can be certain of it. 123, 3.

Grabau, a reply to him. 35, 1.

Saints, invocation of them. 100, 2.

Sanctification: on perfect [sanctification]. 23, 3. Its necessity. 93, 3. Its nature. 99, 1.

Hobbes, the atheist, finally falls into fear of ghosts. 106, 2.

Hosts [wafers]: their lawful use in the Holy Supper. 132, 1.

Jesuits: their origin, suppression, and morality. 71. God's judgment on Jesuit presumption. 58, 1.

Jesuitism, an example of it. 46, 2; 91, 3.

Ignatius, his Lutheran doctrine of the Holy Supper. 118, 1.

Interest [on money]: only he who also bears the risk of loss should have the interest of gain. 109, 2. Is not to be purchased with bare money, but on a definite basis. 109, 1.

Irenaeus, his Lutheran doctrine of the Holy Supper. 127, 1. His testimony against the Roman doctrine of transubstantiation. 127, 1. Note.

Justin Martyr, his Lutheran doctrine of the Holy Supper. 126, 3.

Catechism, Heidelberg: rejects images in churches as mute idols. 21, 3.

Catechism: on the necessary daily practice in it. 95, 1.

[Illegible], the philosopher, considers himself to be a goose. 106, 1.

Heretics are hardened. 12, 3. The official acts of heretics can also be valid. 70, 1.

Church, the true: does not yield, does not capitulate or bargain. 100, 2. Is not visible. 121, 2. Note. If one grants that the true church is a visible one, then Rome has won. 121, 3.

Church, a visible one: is called "church" or "the true church of God" only improperly. 123, 2. Note. One does not need its authority in order to come to faith in God's Word. 121, 3.

Church, Lutheran: is not a new church, but the old church. 7. How it differs from the Reformed church. 21, 2. Is oppressed in Russia. 27, 2. Has largely fallen away in America. 1, 1; 30, 1.

Church, Protestant: on the way to the Catholic church? 121.

Church, Roman Catholic: is a new one. 7. 13. Why many who are wise according to the flesh now turn to it. 122, 1. Teaches doubt of God's grace. 123.

Church laws bind the individual. 40, 1.

Luther's Church Postil: notice of a new edition of it. 83, 3; 112, 3.

Church governance does not belong to the pastor alone. 35, 1. Note.

Krause denies the truth and comes to a terrible end. 42, 2.

Laymen have the right to judge doctrine. 85.

Teachers, false: their zeal. 24, 3.

Lending without interest, a duty of the Christian. 107, 3. To whom should one lend? 110, 2.

Licenses in place of ordination are to be condemned. 9, 1.

Luther: sayings about him by people of all sorts of religions. 48.

"Lutheraner," a poem. 79.

Lutheranism, the old: whether it leads to Rome. 20, 3; 27, 3; 33, 1; 39, 2; 45, 1; 60, 3; 77, 3; 130, 3.

New measures. 9, 3.

The Marburg Colloquy, narrated. 67, 3; 75, 1; 80, 2.

Mathesius's exhortation to persevere in Luther's teaching. 46, 3.

Girls, the conversion of two. 22, 3.

Martyrs: Marinus. 94, 3. Minor Lutheran martyrs. 124, 3.

Mecklenburg, news from there. 69, 1.

Melanchthon, his later unfaithfulness. 89, 2.

The Mass, its power. 46, 3.

Methodists: how they attack the Holy Absolution. 11, 2. Slander the doctrine of the Holy Supper. 117, 3. Falsify history. 117, 3; 126, 3; 137, 3. Engage in furtive proselytizing. 128, 1. Their church falls into decline.

Mission of the Episcopalians among the Germans.

Mission news from Frankenmuth. 73, 1.

Life of Myconius. 19, 1; 25, 1; 31, 13; 37, 1.

Norwegians in Wisconsin. 42, 1.

Revelation, a divine one, is not based on human proofs. 122, 3.

Priestly fraud, an example. 102, 1.

Platner, the philosopher, is afraid of the devil. 106, 1.

Preachers: must not arrogate any lordship to themselves. 34, 2. Hot-tempered ones. 93, 2. Should not needle or caricature people from the pulpit. 93, 2. Are obligated, on pain of their salvation, to preach against usury. 110, 1.

Sermon, on the sources of unbelief. 86, 1.

Proselytizers, peculiar ones. 99, 3.

Lawsuits: a Christian should not initiate them for the sake of temporal goods. 107, 2.

Puseyism, its intrigues in England. 3.

Justification, the doctrine of it, a touchstone of all sects. 50, 2.

Reformed doctrine: how it differs from the Lutheran. 78, 2; 21, 2.

Reibnitz, Fr. von, a letter from her exile. 53, 1; 59, 1.

Relics, fraud with them. 102, 1.

Rochester, Earl of, an atheist, is converted. 106, 2.

Rousseau becomes insane. 106, 2.

Sabbath, of the Old Testament: Christians are free from it. 102, 3.

Sacrament: the Methodists reject this word as a heathen one. 83, 1. Its use and necessity. 106, 2.

Scripture, Holy: its mishandling. 76, 1.

The weak in faith: conduct toward them. 112, 1. To which weak persons should one yield? 128, 2.

Fanatics: the so-called heavenly prophets are such. 21, 2. Concerning fanatics and sneaks. 134, 2.

Seminary in Fort Wayne. 29, 3.

Sunday: its observance is not commanded by God. 104, 3. Why we should nevertheless keep it. 105, 3.

Swift, the mocker, at last goes mad. 106, 2.

Synod: the constitution of the Synod of Missouri, etc.; its first annual report. 132, 2; 136, 2.

The Synod of Indianapolis separates itself from the General Synod. 11, 1. The General Synod of Ohio adopts good resolutions. 74, 1.

Sins of temperament. 23, 3.

A drunkard, converted. 52, 2.

Disobedience toward parents, God's judgment upon it. 15, 1.

Unbelief, its sources. 86, 3. The unbeliever believes things more incredible than the believer does. 87, 3.

Union, the broadest-hearted kind. 42, 3. The Lutheran church does not reject proper union. 67, 8. How things went with the Prussian Union. 20, 2.

Constitution, ecclesiastical: dialogues concerning it. 119, 1; 125, 1; 129, 1; 135, 1.

Hardening [of the heart], what that means. 64, 2.

Visitation Articles, printed, together with a historical introduction. 89, 1.

Good works: how highly Luther esteemed them. 64, 2.

Wesley's conversion through a writing of Luther's. 77, 2. The Methodists make him out to be a hypocrite. 98, 1.

Weyl, C.: makes himself guilty of lying and hypocrisy. 28, 2. Teaches falsely concerning baptism. 32, 3.

Wittenberg Concord, of the Lutherans and the Reformed. 89, 1.

Willing [the will]: man cannot by nature will the good. 18, 3.

Woltersdorf's address to the sects. 65, 1.

The Word, the divine [Word]: as the light that leads to peace. 56, 1. Gives rest alone. 106, 3.

Usury, excerpts on it from Luther. 107, 1.

A usurer, who counts as one. 108, 1; 109, 2; 110, 1. Such are to be placed under the ban. 110, 1.

Wyneken's justification against C. Weyl's accusations. 10, 1. Is vindicated by his church council. 32, 2.

Interest [on loans]: to require it is usury; why? 108, 1. Exempted are old people, poor widows and orphans, and other needy persons. 110, 2. A Christian does not sin when he pays a usurer the interest he demands. 110, 3.

The purchase of an annuity: is a usurious transaction. 109, 1. When it is tolerable. 109, 2.

Zwingli, his iconoclasm and struggle against [congregational] singing. 21, 3. Note. Was an evident rationalist. 81, 3. Luther bears great heartache over his wretched death. 81, 3.