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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.

1 entry under berufdespastorsalsehung.

Beruf des Paſtors.—Alſehung

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die Entlaſſung der Gemeinde ſtellt, wäre ein Menſchen⸗ knecht. Die Abſtimmung der Gemeinde kann das Ge⸗ wiſſen des Paſtors nicht binden. Wie manche Gemeinde hat ſchon etwas wider Gott beſchloſſen! Anm. d. Überläßt die Gemeinde, nachdem der Paſtor lange an der Gemeinde herumgebohrt hat, die Ent⸗ ſcheidung dem Gewiſſen des Paſtors, ſo kann man das nicht eine friedliche Entlaſſung nennen. Anm. e. Gegen die Einwilligung ſeiner Gemeinde gehen, könnte der Paſtor nur dann verantworten, wenn 1. er ſelbſt in ſeinem Gewiſſen ganz und gar von der Göttlichkeit des Berufes überzeugt iſt * 2. die Gemeinde die vorgelegten Gründe gar nicht erwägen will, ſondern in fleiſchlicher Anhänglichkeit an ihrem Paſtor auf ihrer Meinung offenbar eigen⸗ willig beharrt. — Hier gilt: Man muß Gott mehr gehorchen, denn den Menſchen: 3. erfahrene Amtsbrüder die Überzeugung des Paſtors teilen. Hier ſollte der Paſtor nicht nach ſeinem Urteil allein handeln. Anm. f. Wehe dem Paſtor, der das Band zwiſchen ſich und ſeiner Gemeinde ſelbſtſüchtig zerreißt! Anm g. Die Entlaſſung braucht nicht einſtimmig zu geſchehen. Amtsentſetzung. 25. Wie die Berufung, ſo iſt auch die Amtsentſetzung eines Paſtors Gottes Sache. Darum kann eine Gemeinde ihren Paſtor nicht abſetzen, wenn ſie will, ſondern nur dann, wenn es kund und offenbar iſt, daß Gott ihn be⸗ reits ſeines Amtes entſetzt hat. Anm. a. Viele Gemeinden denken, ſie können ihren Paſtor entlaſſen wie einen Knecht. — Aber niemand kann ſeines Vaters Knecht abſetzen, außer der Vater ſelbſt. Anm. b. Hat man ein Weib genommen, dann muß ö zur Trennung Gott erſt ſein Jawort geben. Anm. c. Setzt eine Gemeinde ihren Paſtor willkürlich ab, ſo 1. tut ſie damit Chriſtum ſelbſt von ſich. Wer die Propheten antaſtet, taſtet Gottes Augapfel an. Wer euch verachtet, der verachtet mich; 2. ſoll ſie von keinem andern Paſtor bedient wer⸗ den, damit nicht das Tun ſolcher Gemeinde ſtill— ſchweigend gutgeheißen wird. Wer einen ſolchen Be— ruf annimmt, hat keinen Beruf. Vor Gott iſt der erſte Paſtor noch der rechtmäßige Paſtor der Ge⸗ meinde: 3. ſoll ſolche Gemeinde, wenn alle Ermahnung fruchtlos iſt, aus dem Synodalverband ausgeſchloſſen werden. Anm. d. So wollte man abſetzen 1. einen eifrigen Prediger in Arnſtadt,

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...the congregation's dismissal, would be a servant of men. The congregation's vote cannot bind the pastor's conscience. How many a congregation has already resolved something against God! Note d. If the congregation, after the pastor has long deliberated at length with the congregation over the matter, leaves the decision to the pastor's conscience, this cannot be called a peaceful dismissal. Note e. The pastor could answer for going against the consent of his congregation only if 1. he himself is in his conscience wholly and entirely convinced of the divinity of the call; 2. the congregation is unwilling to consider the reasons presented at all, but plainly persists willfully in its own opinion out of carnal attachment to its pastor. — Here it holds: One must obey God rather than men; 3. experienced fellow ministers share the pastor's conviction. Here the pastor should not act on his own judgment alone. Note f. Woe to the pastor who selfishly tears apart the bond between himself and his congregation! Note g. The dismissal need not take place unanimously. Removal from office. 25. As with the calling, so also the removal of a pastor from office is God's affair. Therefore a congregation cannot depose its pastor whenever it wishes, but only when it is known and manifest that God has already removed him from his office. Note a. Many congregations think they can dismiss their pastor like a servant. — But no one can dismiss his father's servant, except the father himself. Note b. If one has taken a wife, then for a separation God must first give his consent. Note c. If a congregation arbitrarily deposes its pastor, then 1. it thereby turns Christ himself away from itself. Whoever touches the prophets touches the apple of God's eye. He who despises you despises me; 2. it should not be served by any other pastor, so that the action of such a congregation is not tacitly approved. Whoever accepts such a call has no call. Before God the first pastor is still the rightful pastor of the congregation; 3. such a congregation should, if all admonition is fruitless, be excluded from the synodical fellowship. Note d. Thus they once wanted to depose 1. a zealous preacher in Arnstadt,

vol a, printed page 371 · scan: bub_gb_3EAUAAAAYAAJ/n0371

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.