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Eckhardt's Homiletisches Reallexikon, 1907–1917

A cumulative subject index to seven Missouri Synod periodicals, compiled by E. (Ernest) Eckhardt (1868–1939) and printed at St. Louis between 1907 and 1917. Under each headword it sets numbered theses, and beside each thesis the places where the periodicals had treated it — by volume and page, running twenty years past the last of Der Lutheraner's own registers. Where the archive holds the volume a citation names, the citation below is a link to that page.

The alphabetical run is here in full, Abendmahl through Wunder, assembled from five scans: two archive.org items, a pair from Google Books that closes what had looked like a gap in the middle of the alphabet, and the archive.org tail. With it are the Beichtreden appendix, Eckhardt's own printed Register, and the separate 1913 treatise Die Schule, bound in with the later volumes and kept here under its own heading.

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Headwords are spelled as Eckhardt set them, so the filter folds the differences that would otherwise hide them — Sklaverei finds Sclaverei, Konkordienformel finds Concordienformel. What you see listed is always the printed spelling.

4,478 entries under 828 headwords, carrying 129,203 citations and 2,331 fragments too damaged to read · built 2026-09-16. uncorrected OCR

The German below is machine transcription of the 1907–1917 print (tesseract, Fraktur model) and has not been proof-read against the page. Read it as a finding aid: the citations are what it is for, and a garbled word is a defect of our OCR, not of Eckhardt.

4 entries under absolutionö.

Abſolution. ö

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Gold, auch wenn es eine Bübin mit Schanden trägt.“ Baier 3, 712. Anm. a. Der allerſtärkſte Glaube würde die Abſolution nicht kräftig machen, wenn die Kraft nicht ſchon im Wort läge. Anm. b. Die Abſolution kann, wenn ſie im Augenblick nicht geglaubt wird, ſpäter noch geglaubt werden und zum Troſt gereichen. Anm. c. Der Glaube macht nicht die Verſöhnung, ſondern ergreift ſie nur. Anm. d. Hinge' die Kraft der Abſolution vom Glauben ab, ſo würde der Paſtor jedesmal den Namen Gottes unnützlich führen, ſo oft er einen Heuchler abſolviert.

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gold, even if a harlot carries it in shame.’ Baier 3, 712. Note a. Even the very strongest faith would not make absolution powerful, if the power did not already lie in the Word. Note b. If absolution is not believed at the moment, it can still be believed later and serve for comfort. Note c. Faith does not create the reconciliation, but only grasps it. Note d. If the power of absolution depended on faith, the pastor would every time be taking God's name in vain, as often as he absolves a hypocrite.

  • Baier 3, 712
  • Allg. 60, 52 margin
  • Allg. 60, 52. 36 margin
  • Allg. 60, 52. 36. 37 margin
  • Conc. 195 margin
  • Conc. 195. 859 margin
  • Can. 98, 15 margin
  • Neb. 85, 49 margin
  • L. W. 74, 143 margin

vol a, printed page 94 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0094

2. nicht von ſeiner Reue

2. nicht von ſeiner Reue. Freilich muß Reue da ſein, wenn die Abſolution ihren Zweck erreichen ſoll, aber unſere Reue macht die Abſolution nicht kräftig. Dann wüßte man nie, ob Reue genug vorhanden wäre.

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2. Not on his repentance. To be sure, repentance must be present if absolution is to achieve its purpose, but our repentance does not make absolution powerful. Otherwise one could never know whether enough repentance were present.

  • Neb. 85, 33 margin
  • Neb. 85, 33. 34 margin
  • Can. 89, 15 margin
  • Can. 89, 15. 16 margin
  • W. 59, 56 margin
  • Allg. 60, 36 margin
  • Allg. 60, 36. 37 margin
  • Allg. 60, 36. 37. 51 margin
  • Allg. 60, 36. 37. 51. 53 margin
  • N. W. 75, 21 margin
  • R. Pi. 64, 66 margin

vol a, printed page 94 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0094

3. nicht von ſeinen Werken, z

3. nicht von ſeinen Werken, z. B. auch nicht von einem gläubigen Vater Unſer. Niemand könnte ein ſolches durchaus gläubig und andächtig beten.

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3. Not on his works, e.g., not even on a believing Lord's Prayer. No one could pray such a prayer with entirely believing and devout attention.

  • Neb. 85, 34 margin

vol a, printed page 94 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0094

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4. nicht von ſeinem Gefühl und inneren Empfin⸗ dungen. Wenn ich jemand ſchwer beleidigt habe, welche Thorheit, zu warten, bis das Gefühl der Vergebung über einen kommt. Wer ſich auf ſein Herz verläßt, iſt ein Narr. Anm. a. Man fühlt oft gar nichts von Vergebung. Hiob 7, 21. Warum vergiebſt du mir meine Miſſethat nicht. Anm. b. Wir ſind deshalb keine Feinde von inneren Erfahrungen. Anm. c. Man laſſe ſich nicht abhalten von der Abſolu⸗ tion durch die Erkenntnis und das Gefühl der eigenen Unwürdigkeit. Antith. a. Das Papſttum ſetzt die Abſolution gänzlich auf Menſchenwerk. Ohrenbeichte, Reue, Genugthuung und macht die Abſolution dadurch gänzlich ungewiß. b. Sekten machen die Kraft der Abſolution abhängig von der Herzensſtellung. Man muß erſt zum Durchbruch kommen. c. Synergiſten. Bei ihnen ſind alle Verheißungen des Evangelii bedingt durch Menſchenwerk, Verhalten u. ſ. w. d. Manche ſagen: Wo kein Glaube, da keine Abſolution. C. allein vom Wort. Wenn mir der Beleidigte ſagt, er habe mir vergeben, dann habe ich Vergebung. An das Wort muß man ſich halten. Ich glaub, was Jeſu Wort verſpricht. Antith. Schwärmer, Reformierte, Methodiſten. Enthu— ſiaſten wollen von einer Abſolution durch das äußere Wort nichts wiſſen, ſie berufen ſich auf das innere Zeugnis des Geiſtes. Briicke und Steg, wodurch die Gnade unſer eigen

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4. Not on his feeling and inner sensations. If I have gravely offended someone, what folly it would be to wait until the feeling of forgiveness comes over me. Whoever relies on his own heart is a fool. Note a. One often feels nothing at all of forgiveness. Job 7:21: Why do you not pardon my transgression? Note b. We are therefore not enemies of inward experiences. Note c. One should not let oneself be kept from absolution by the awareness and feeling of one's own unworthiness. Antithesis. a. The papacy bases absolution entirely on human work: auricular confession, contrition, satisfaction, and thereby makes absolution entirely uncertain. b. Sects make the power of absolution dependent on the disposition of the heart. One must first come to a breakthrough. c. Synergists. For them all the promises of the gospel are conditioned on human work, behavior, etc. d. Some say: Where there is no faith, there is no absolution. C. On the Word alone. If the one I have offended tells me he has forgiven me, then I have forgiveness. One must hold to the word. I believe what Jesus' word promises. Antithesis. Enthusiasts, the Reformed, Methodists — fanatics — want to know nothing of an absolution through the outward Word; they appeal to the inner witness of the Spirit. The bridge and footpath by which grace becomes our own

vol a, printed page 94 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0094

A citation shown like this names a volume the archive does not hold — most of Der Lutheraner and Lehre und Wehre past Jahrgang 10, and the five other series Eckhardt indexes, none of which are here. Those references are printed as Eckhardt set them rather than hidden: the reference is the useful thing even when we cannot serve the page. Page images of the Reallexikon itself are not served in this build; the scan note under each entry gives the item and image index in the archive.org copy.