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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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4 entries under ertenntnisgottes.

Ertenntnis Gottes

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finwand 2. Die Tatſache, daß es eine Welt gibt, Beweis, daß ſie immer geweſen ſei. finwand 3. Von dem bibliſchen Gott r vieles geſagt, was Gottes unwür⸗ 3 fra. a. Ein Schächer, der gottlos gelebt hat, wird ſe⸗ „lig, ein ehrbarer Menſch geht verloren, bloß weil er im Sterben ſein Vertrauen nicht auf Gott ſetzt. — Wer iſt anzuklagen, wenn jemand ſtirbt, weil er er die Medizin nicht genommen hat? b. Den Gottloſen geht es beſſer wie den From⸗ men. — Iſt Gott dir ſchuldig, ſeine weiſen Abſich⸗ ten immer zu offenbaren? C. Er erlaubt ſich Handlungen, die er uns ver⸗ bietet. — Begehen Eltern in jedem Fall unrecht, wenn ſie tun, was ſie den Kindern zu tun verbieten? Recht kann nur das ſein, was mit dem göttlichen Willen ſtimmt, alſo iſt jedes göttliche Handeln recht. d. Der frühzeitige Tod berühmter Männer ſei geeignet, die Exiſtenz einer weiſen Vorſehung zu widerlegen. — Solche Handlungen Gottes ſind in der Scheift für jeden Denkenden zur Befriedigung er+* ö 3 kann alſo kein Geſchehnis, keine Handlung gegen Gottes Daſein dienen. d 4. Was undenkbar und un⸗ bar iſt (ein geiſtiges Weſen) iſt handen. — Dagegen dvon den beiden Sätzen: „Es gibt eine erſte ne alles deſſen, was eriſtiert“ und „Es gibt ſte Urſache deſſen was exiſtiert“ iſt der eine H andere unvorſtellbar und doch muß einer en wahr ſein. Entweder muß etwas im⸗ „Ianden geweſen ſein, wodurch das Spätere niſt, oder aus dem abſoluten Nichts muß 53 geworden ſein. 41½˙%4 menſchliche Denken iſt durch Erfahrung rnehmung begrenzt. Welche Torheit, lt ‚ten, es könne etwas nicht da ſein, weil ö Pt wahrnehmen. uns wirklich die Erfahrung, daß es ein 111. oes Weſen wie Gott nicht geben könne? WII„„ die Exiſtenz eines Dinges zugeben, wenn⸗ ſeine Wirkungen erfahren, z. B. Magne⸗ tism!.. ½½ Eell viele Naturforſcher der Gegenwart ſind Mo ialiſten. Ein. . ρ n. Die Wiſſenſchaft hat bewieſen, daß zott mit Id ing und Erhaltung nichts zu tun hat. Bas will eeinem Gott, der nichts zu tun hat?

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Objection 2. The fact that a world exists is no proof that it has always existed. Objection 3. Much is said about the God of the Bible that is unworthy of God, for example: a. A thief who lived a godless life is saved, while an honorable man is lost merely because in dying he did not set his trust on God. — Who is to blame if someone dies because he did not take the medicine? b. The godless fare better than the godly. — Does God owe it to you to always reveal his wise purposes? c. He allows himself actions that he forbids us. — Do parents in every case act wrongly when they do what they forbid their children to do? Only that can be right which agrees with the divine will; therefore every act of God is right. d. The early death of famous men is supposed to be fit to disprove the existence of a wise providence. — Such acts of God are explained in Scripture to the satisfaction of every thinking person. No event, therefore, no act, can serve as an argument against God's existence. Objection 4. What is unthinkable and inconceivable (a spiritual being) does not exist. — Against this: of the two statements, "There is a first cause of all that exists" and "There is no first cause of what exists," the one is just as inconceivable as the other, and yet one of the two must be true. Either something must always have existed, by which what came later came to be, or it must have come to be out of absolute nothing. Our human thinking is bounded by experience and perception. What folly to maintain that something cannot exist because we do not perceive it. Does experience really teach us that a spiritual being such as God cannot exist? We must grant the existence of a thing when we experience its effects, for example magnetism. Objection 5. Many present-day natural scientists are materialists. Objection 6. Science has proven that God has nothing to do with creation and preservation. What use is a God who has nothing to do?

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13. Di bhe Erkenntnis Gottes a. iſt etrübt, unvollkommen und jeht nich ½ Sie iſt wie von einem Nebel umhüllt. Ran ſiehh Fußtapfen Gottes. Daß man weiß, Anm. c. Weiß ich, es gibt einen Gottr ſo weiß. ich auch, er iſt mein Gott und Herr; b. äußerlich in Zucht gehalten werden. Na⸗ türliche Religion iſt Grundlage des Staates. Anm. Indirekt hat auch die Kirche davon Nutzen. Sie kann ſich bauen, wo Ordnung und Zucht herrſcht; c. keine Entſchuldigung haben. Das Studium der Natur kann die Heiden dahin bringen, daß ſie die Verkehrtheit ihrer Religion einſehen, daß ihre Götzen nicht Himmel und Erde geſchaffen haben. Doch beten ſie nicht einen Gott, ſondern viele Götter an. — Sie können erkennen, daß der eine Gott ihr Schöpfer iſt, und dienen ihm nicht. Sie wiſſen, was recht und un⸗ recht iſt und tun es nicht. Sie erkennen Gottes Hand in der Regierung, aber beugen ſich nicht. Anm. Die Beweiſe für das Daſein Gottes werden auch von uns gebraucht in apologetiſchem Intereſſe, um der Gegner Einwände zu widerlegen, ſie mit eignen Waf⸗ fen zu ſchlagen, das Maul zu ſtopfen u. ſ. w.

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13. This natural knowledge of God a. is clouded, imperfect, and does not reach far. It is as though wrapped in a fog. One sees only the footprints of God. That one knows there is a God is not the same as knowing him aright. Note c. If I know there is a God, do I therefore also know that he is my God and Lord? b. serves to keep men outwardly disciplined. Natural religion is the foundation of the state. Note. The church, too, indirectly benefits from this. It can build itself up wherever order and discipline prevail. c. leaves men without excuse. The study of nature can bring the heathen to see the perversity of their religion, that their idols did not create heaven and earth. Yet they do not worship one God, but worship many gods. — They can recognize that the one God is their Creator, and yet do not serve him. They know what is right and wrong and do not do it. They recognize God's hand in government, but do not submit to it. Note. We too use the proofs for the existence of God for apologetic purposes: to refute the objections of opponents, to beat them with their own weapons, to stop their mouths, and so forth.

  • Süd. 1900, 28 margin
  • Kat. 163 margin
  • Walth. Epi. 460 margin
  • Cal. 89, 13 margin
  • Neb. 88, 17 margin
  • Neb. 88. 17 margin
  • Theol. 10, 92 margin
  • Neb. 88, 15 margin

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15. Antitheſe. a. Solche, die zu viel von der natür⸗ lichen Gotteserkenntnis halten und offen⸗ bare Heiden wie Cicero, Sokrates, Horaz u. ſ. w. ſelig preiſen. Sozinianer, Unitarier. Harnack: Gott iſt gnä⸗ dig außer Chriſto. — Dagegen Ap. 4, 12. Eph. 2, 12. b. Solche, die zu wenig davon haltſen. 1. Oſtorodus. Die Menſchen hätten die natür⸗ liche Gotteserkenntnis vom Hörenſagen. 2. Flacius leugnet die natürliche Gotteserkennt⸗ nis. 3. Agnoſtiker. Herbert, Spener. Man könne nicht wiſſen, ob es einen Gott gebe. 4. Evolutioniſten negieren oder ignorieren Got⸗ tes Daſein. 5. Atheiſten. Sie verleugnen alles menſchliche Denken und Fühlen.

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15. Antithesis. a. Those who make too much of the natural knowledge of God, and pronounce blessed avowed heathen such as Cicero, Socrates, Horace, and so forth. Socinians, Unitarians. Harnack: God is gracious apart from Christ. — Against this, Acts 4:12. Eph. 2:12. b. Those who make too little of it. 1. Ostorodus. That men had the natural knowledge of God from hearsay. 2. Flacius denies the natural knowledge of God. 3. Agnostics. Herbert, Spener. That one cannot know whether there is a God. 4. Evolutionists deny or ignore God's existence. 5. Atheists. They deny all human thought and feeling.

  • Günth. 96 margin
  • Günth. 96. 97 margin
  • Baier 1, 40 margin
  • W. 1901, 25 margin
  • W. 1901, 25. 42 margin
  • Baier 1, 9 margin
  • Baier 1, 9 margin
  • L. W. 45, 68 margin
  • L. W. 45, 68. 69 margin
  • Luth. 53, 36 margin
  • Luth. 53, 36. 37 margin
  • Luth. 53, 36. 37. 52, 21 margin
  • Wis. Syn. 87, 46 margin
  • Neb. 88, 13 margin
  • L. W. 45, 68 margin

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16. Die geoffenbarte Gotteserkenntnis

16. Die geoffenbarte Gotteserkenntnis. Die wahre Gotteserkenntnis kommt allein aus der Offenbarung Gottes. Hätte Gott da nicht ſein ganzes Herz und Geſinnung gegen uns geoffenbart, ſo wäre uns Gott ein Unbekannter geblieben. Matth. 11, 27. Ohne Offenbarung kennt niemand den Vater. 1 Kor. 2, 10. Uns aber hat es Gott geoffenbart. Tit. 1, 3. Joh. 1, 18. Der eingeborene Sohn — der hat es uns verkündigt. Anm. a. Weil niemand ohne Offenbarung den Inhalt des Evangelii hätte wiſſen können, heißt das Evangelium ein Geheimnis. Anm. b. Gott hat ſich geoffenbart auf mancherlei Weiſe, Hebr. 1, 1: Im Paradies und mit Abraham u. ſ. w. mündlich, ſpäter durch die Propheten, dann durch Chriſtum, die heilige Schrift. Anm. c. Die geoffenbare Erkenntnis ſtellt auch die natürliche Erkenntnis in das rechte Licht. Anm. d. Gott wird jetzt nur in ſeinem Wort erkannt. Wo kein Gottes Wort iſt, da iſt keine Erkenntnis. — Darum machen wir uns ſo oft verkehrte Gedanken von Gott, weil wir uns am Wort nicht genügen laſſen. Süd. 1900, 31.

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16. The revealed knowledge of God. The true knowledge of God comes solely from the revelation of God. Had God not revealed his whole heart and disposition toward us there, God would have remained unknown to us. Matt. 11:27. Without revelation no one knows the Father. 1 Cor. 2:10. But to us God has revealed it. Titus 1:3. John 1:18. The only-begotten Son — he has declared it to us. Note a. Because no one could have known the content of the Gospel without revelation, the Gospel is called a mystery. Note b. God has revealed himself in various ways, Hebr. 1:1: in Paradise, and with Abraham, and so forth, orally; later through the prophets; then through Christ, the Holy Scripture. Note c. Revealed knowledge also sets natural knowledge in its right light. Note d. God is now known only in his Word. Where there is no Word of God, there is no knowledge. — That is why we so often form perverse notions about God, because we do not content ourselves with the Word. Süd. 1900, 31.

  • Süd. 1900, 31
  • Neb. 88, 17 margin
  • Neb. 88, 17. 18 margin
  • L. W. 21, 174 margin
  • L. W. 21, 174. 175 margin
  • Luth. 538, 37 margin
  • Walth. Epi. 461 margin
  • W. 97, 27 margin
  • O. 91, 44 margin
  • Mit. 92, 16 margin
  • Luth. 52, 21 margin
  • W. 97, 29 margin
  • Mit. 92, 17 margin
  • Neb. 88, 18 margin
  • Neb. 88, 18. 19 margin
  • Neb. 85, 38 margin
  • Neb. 85, 38. 39 margin
  • Süd. 89, 36 margin
  • Süd. 89, 36. 35 margin

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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.