# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_September 1863_S269
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Theological Axioms. 269

86. Gradus in officio sacro sunt ordinis quidem, non vero jurisdictionis respectu. (Calov.)

In the holy ministry there are indeed degrees with respect to order, but not with respect to jurisdiction.

87. Christus gibt das höchste und letzte Gericht der Kirchen, als er spricht: Sag's der Kirchen. (Schmalk. Art.)

88. Soli episcopi sive docentes non possunt ecclesiam repraesentare, cum ad definitionem ejus pertineant etiam auditores. (Gerhard.)

The bishops or teachers alone cannot represent the church, since the hearers too belong to its concept.

89. Presbyterium repraesentare potest ecclesiam, ad quod non solum illi pertinent, qui laborant in verbo, sed etiam seniores, praepositi, negotiis ecclesiasticis nomine totius ecclesiae expediendis praefecti. (Gerhard.)

The presbytery can represent the church; to it belong not only those who labor at the Word, but also the elders, the overseers appointed to carry out church business in the name of the whole church.

90. Hoc est se Deum facere, nolle ab ecclesia aut ab ullo judicari. (Art. Schmalc.)

"That means making oneself a god, when one will suffer judgment neither from the church nor from anyone." (Smalcald Articles.)

91. Quod verbi et sacramentorum ministerio in scripturis tribuitur, illud etiam ministris, verbi praeconibus et sacramentorum administris, tribuitur, non ratione personae, sed ratione sui ministerii, quatenus scilicet verbum Dei praedicant et sacramenta administrant. (Quenstedt.)

What Holy Scripture ascribes to the office of the Word and the Sacraments is likewise ascribed to the ministers, the proclaimers of the Word and administrators of the Sacraments, not with regard to their person, but with regard to their office, in that they preach God's Word and administer the Sacraments.

92. Ministerium ecclesiasticum non separatum a Spiritu Sancto, sed uno indiviso actu divino-humano ad unum ἀποτέλεσμα, non ἀργόν, sed per quod, non ante, vel post, vel cum (solum comitative), sed organice operatur. (Quenstedt.)

The ecclesiastical office does not work separated from the Holy Spirit, but by virtue of one undivided divine-human act toward the accomplishment of one and the same final purpose; it is not inactive, but is such that through it he works — not without it, or after it, or merely with it (only in an accompanying way), but through it as his instrument.

93. Ministri ecclesiae habent potestatem remittendi peccata, ita ut non tantum ἱστορικῶς, declarative et annuntiative, sed et effective, attamen ὀργανικῶς peccata remittant. (Quenstedt.)

The ministers of the church have the power to forgive sins, in such a way that they forgive sins not merely historically, in a declaring and announcing way, but also effectively, though only as instruments.