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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.
3 entries under sin.
ſollte ſich jeder Gewißheit verſchaffen. — Viele, die threr Seligkeit gewiß zu ſein meinen, betrügen ſich ſelbſt, viele, die ihrer Seligkeit gern gewiß werden möchten, wagen es nicht. Luth. 37, 91.
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everyone should make himself certain. -- Many who suppose themselves certain of their salvation deceive themselves; many who would gladly become certain of their salvation do not dare to. Luth. 37, 91.
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13. Von der Seligkeit unſeres Nächſten haben wir jwar, wenn er chriſtlich gelebt hat, gute Hoffnung, aber keine Gewißheit.
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13. Of the salvation of our neighbor we have, if he has lived a Christian life, good hope, but no certainty.
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14. Zeugniſſe: Konk. 709, § 25 f. Syn. 82, 18. Luther. L. W. 27, 196. 197. 35. 29, 81. 82. Chemnitz. Con. Syn. 83, 55. Balduin Con. Syn. 83, 50. Hunnius 50. 54. Häberlein 60. Oſiander L. W. 27, 587. Ger⸗ hard W. 79, 83. Leyſer 90. 91. 3. Beſchaffenheit dieſer Gewißheit. Die Gewißheit der Seligkeit iſt a. keine abſolute, d. h. unabhängig vom Worte Gottes, losgeriſſen von Reue und Glauben: Ich werde elig, einerlei was ich tue, auch wenn ich ſtehle. Abſolute Gewißheit iſt fleiſchliche Sicherheit, ein epikuräiſcher Wahn. Or. 1906, 11. 12. Calvinismus. Theol. 9, 139. Anm. a. Abſolute Gewißheit gibt es 1. bei keinem Menſchen, 2. nur auf ſeiten Gottes. Anm. b. Wären wir unſerer Seligkeit abſolut gewiß, dann könnte niemand fallen; b. eine geordnete, Certitudo ordinata, d. h. an die Heilsordnung gebundene. Nur der kann der Seligkeit gewiß ſein, der dieſe Ordnung befolgt. Wer den Weg der Buße, des Glaubens und der Heiligung nicht gehen will, hat nichts zu erwarten als Verdammnis. Or. 1906, 15. 13. 10. W. 79, 81. Anm. Die Papiſten werſen uns vor, daß wir eine von aller Gotteésfurcht entfernte Zuverſicht lehren. — Wenn wir aber von Gewißheit reden, denken wir nur. an bußfertige Menſchen; (eine Glaubensgewißheit. Sie iſt nur da. wo wahrer Glaube iſt. Ungläubige haben keine Ge— wißheit der Seligkeit; d. eine vollkommene, unfehlbare. Sie iſt ſo gewiß, als Gottes Verheißung unfehlbar iſt. Iſt eine Gewißheit keine vollkommene, dann iſt es gar keine Ge— wißheit, ſondern nur Vermutung. Anm. a. Glaͤube iſt eine feſte Zuverſicht, eine Gewiß— deit, daß Chriſtus meine Schuld bezahlt hat. daß der
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14. Testimonies: Konk. 709, Section 25f. Syn. 82, 18. Luther. L. W. 27, 196. 197. 35. 29, 81. 82. Chemnitz. Con. Syn. 83, 55. Balduin. Con. Syn. 83, 50. Hunnius 50. 54. Haeberlein 60. Osiander. L. W. 27, 587. Gerhard. W. 79, 83. Leyser 90. 91. 3. The nature of this certainty. The certainty of salvation is a. not an absolute one, i.e., independent of the Word of God, torn loose from repentance and faith: I shall be saved no matter what I do, even if I steal. Absolute certainty is carnal security, an Epicurean delusion. Or. 1906, 11. 12. Calvinism. Theol. 9, 139. Note a. Absolute certainty exists 1. in no man, 2. only on God's side. Note b. If we were absolutely certain of our salvation, then no one could fall; b. an ordered certainty, certitudo ordinata, that is, bound to the order of salvation. Only he can be certain of salvation who follows this order. Whoever does not want to walk the way of repentance, faith, and sanctification has nothing to expect but damnation. Or. 1906, 15. 13. 10. W. 79, 81. Note. The papists reproach us with teaching a confidence far removed from all fear of God. -- But when we speak of certainty, we think only of penitent people; c. a certainty of faith. It exists only where there is true faith. Unbelievers have no certainty of salvation; d. a perfect, infallible one. It is as certain as God's promise is infallible. If a certainty is not perfect, then it is no certainty at all, but only a supposition. Note a. Faith is a firm confidence, a certainty, that Christ has paid my debt, that the
vol b, printed page 263 · scan: bub_gb_YkEUAAAAYAAJ/n0339
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.