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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.
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 bekennt.
Schriſtgelehrten wieſen die Weiſen nach Vethlehem), Dad wird ihrenn Zeugnis die rechte Kraft feylen. Wer recht von Chriſto zeugen will, muß ſelbſt ein Chriſt ſein.
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scribes directed the wise men to Bethlehem), yet their testimony will lack the true power. Whoever would testify rightly of Christ must himself be a Christian.
No citation printed with this thesis.
vol a, printed page 328 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0328
5. Zum Bekenntnis ſoll uns bewegen a. Gottes Wille und Gebot. Matth. 10. 27. 32: Wer mich bekennt. Ap. 18, 9: rede und ſchweige nicht. Phil. 2, 11: alle Zungen ſollen bekennen. 1 Petr. 2. 9: ihr ſollt verkündigen die Tugenden. Petr. 3, 15: Seid bereit allezeit zur Verantwortung: b. die Natur des Glaubens. Der Glaube kann nicht im Herzen verborgen bleiben. Ehe man es dem Chriſten ſagt, hat er es ſchon getan. Glaube und Bekenntnis gehören zuſammen wie Feuer und Licht. Das Bekenntnis iſt eine Frucht des Glaubens. Pſ. 116. 10: Ich glaube, darum rede ich. Ap. 4.20: Wir können' es ja nicht laſſen. Röm. 10, 10: Wes das Herz voll iſt. Anm. Wo es nicht zum Bekenntnis kommt, iſt ge— wiß der rechte Glaube nicht: e. die Liebe zu Chriſto. 2 Kor. 5, 14: Die Liebe dringet uns alſo. Was man recht lieb hat, davon redet man viel. Chriſtus iſt für uns in den Tod ge— gangen! d. die Liebe zum Nächſten. Chriſtus iſt mitten unter euch getreten, den ihr nicht kennt. Wie traurig. Sie ſind blind und gehen hin ohne Gott und Frieden: e. unſer Taufgelübde; f. der herrliche Lohn: den will ich auch bekennen.
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5. We should be moved to confession by a. God's will and command. Matth. 10, 27. 32: Whoever confesses me. Ap. 18:9: speak, and do not be silent. Phil. 2:11: all tongues shall confess. 1 Petr. 2:9: you shall proclaim the excellencies. Petr. 3:15: Be ready always to give an answer: b. the nature of faith. Faith cannot remain hidden in the heart. Before one has told the Christian to, he has already done it. Faith and confession belong together like fire and light. Confession is a fruit of faith. Ps. 116:10: I believe, therefore I speak. Ap. 4:20: We cannot but speak. Röm. 10:10: out of the fullness of the heart. Note. Where it does not come to confession, the right faith is certainly not present: c. love for Christ. 2 Kor. 5:14: The love of Christ constrains us thus. What one truly loves, one speaks of much. Christ went into death for us! d. love for one's neighbor. Christ has stepped in among you, whom you do not know. How sad. They are blind and go their way without God and without peace: e. our baptismal vow; f. the glorious reward: him will I also confess.
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6. Der Zweck des Bekenntniſſes iſt a. die Mitchriſten im Glauben zu ſtärken, die Schwachen durch ein fröhliches Bekenntnis aufzurichten, ſie vor abſchüſſiger Bahn zu warnen: b. die Unchriſten durch das Bekenntnis zu gewinnen und zu Chriſto zu führen. Miſſion. Das Ziel wird auch erreicht. Das Zeuanis iſt nicht vergeblich. Anm. Freilich wird das Ziel nicht immer erreicht: viele widerſtreben., viele verſtummen und geraten in Wut. Joh. 8. 46—59. Dann iſt die Welt wenigſtens geſtraft, daß ſie keine Entſchuldigung hat.
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6. The purpose of confession is a. to strengthen fellow Christians in the faith, to raise up the weak through a joyful confession, to warn them against the slippery path: b. to win non-Christians through the confession and to lead them to Christ. Mission. This goal is also achieved. The testimony is not in vain. Note. Of course, the goal is not always achieved: many resist, many fall silent and become enraged. John 8:46—59. Then the world is at least convicted, so that it has no excuse.
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7. Vorbilder: a. Die drei Männer im Feuerofen. 16171. b. Chriſtus vor Pilatus. Stöckh. Paſſ. 1, 148. c. Apoſtel. Can. 91. 78—82. Stöckh. N. T. 143 343. d. Joſeph von Arimathia. Stöckh. Paſſ. 2, e. der Schächer am Kreuz. f. Johannes der Täufer. g. die Hirten. Sie breiteten das Wort aus. h. Stephanus i. die Märtyrer. Ma. 28. 295. 25. 212. 213. k. Huß. l. Luther. m. Leonhard Kayſer. Luth. 28, 147. n. der General Ziethen vor dem König. Anm. Geſchichten: Luth. 43, 193. 1, 4. Il. 1903.
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7. Examples: a. The three men in the fiery furnace. 16171. b. Christ before Pilate. Stöckh. Pass. 1, 148. c. The Apostles. Can. 91. 78—82. Stöckh. N. T. 143. 343. d. Joseph of Arimathea. Stöckh. Pass. 2, [illegible] e. The thief on the cross. f. John the Baptist. g. The shepherds. They spread the Word abroad. h. Stephen. i. The martyrs. Ma. 28, 295. 25, 212. 213. k. Huss. l. Luther. m. Leonhard Kayser. Luth. 28, 147. n. General Ziethen before the king. Note. Stories: Luth. 43, 193. 1, 4. Il. 1903.
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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.