This continues from
Part BWC1d in a series (Table of Contents in
Part BWC1) presenting Walther's edition of Baier's
Compendium of Positive Theology. — The following cross-reference was
presented in 2017 before all the updates became available where one could link directly to
English translations of the sources. Now
all links have been
updated to their
English sources and have been compiled in the following tables. This allows fast access for rigorous study of various topics as covered by Pieper
and Walther (and Baier). — Rather than a scrollable embedded window, I am presenting the table in the blog itself so that it may be archived as a unit. What follows is the listing for
Volume 1 with over
300 links (pink shaded links will be updated when the translation of Volume 3 of Baier-Walther is completed)
:Christliche Dogmatik v:ppp:xxxxx | Christian Dogmatics ppp;nnnn | Baier- Walther Compendium | Notes |
1:006n12 | 8n8 | 1:014 | Calov’s detailed account of various derivations of the Latin religio |
1:044n164 | 42 | 1:002 | Baier: Theology – Greek word composite of God and Word. |
1:051n181 | 47 | 1:069 | Baier: Theology is a supernatural aptitude |
1:056n202 | 52n80 | 1:043, 076 | Pfeiffer: no doctrine outside of those based on Scripture |
1:064n225 | 58n87 | 1:005 | true nature of theology, is based on Scripture |
1:091n319 | 81 | 3:245 f. | Dogmaticians call doctrine of justification the fundamental article. |
1:095n346 | 85 | 1:061 note e [sic?] | "fundamental doctrines" did not originate with the Church |
1:099n361 | 88n122 | 1:062 | not every false doctrine which by its nature is destructive of the foundation of faith … "felicitous inconsistency" (“glückliche Inkonsequenz”) |
1:103n376 | 92 | 1:065 | Baier: errors on non-fundamental articles – be “on our guard lest by embracing and teaching error we rashly sin” |
1:106n387 | 94n135 | 1:067 nota c | Open question: Is the soul of each individual created by God immediately (creationism) or mediately through the parents (traducianism)? |
1:107n390 | 95n137 | 1:067 1767 ed.: p 52 | Open questions: “... the many questions which Scripture leaves unanswered” |
1:117n422 | 104 | 1:040 | The subject of the operation of theology is homo peccator (the sinner) in so far as he is to be led to eternal salvation |
1:158n545 | 138n190 | 1:076 | Does theology constitute a system? |
1:173n570 | 150n200 | 1:076 | Baier prefers “analytic method” over synthetic” method of theology |
1:173n572 | 150n201 | 1:029 | Analytical method, however, proceeds from effect to cause or seeks to derive the whole from a particular part |
1:175n583 | 151n204 | — | Baier is infected with the synergistic bias of his father-in-law Musaeus. The edition of Walther, St. Louis, 1879, is not a mere reprint of Baier's compend, but by the addition of quotations has been expanded to three volumes - - - - - - - In the cited quotations, not only Luther and the old theologians, but also the modern theologians of the 19th century, are abundantly cited, so that students are offered a source material which enables them to judge both the old and modern theology. Prof. Th. Bünger has supplied a index of subject and names on this edition of Walther’s, which has been worked with great diligence and great expertise. |
1:176 | 152 | — | Baier discusses the last things: death, resurrection, the Judgment, and the destruction of the world immediately in connection with salvation |
1:176n585 | 152n205 | 1:077 | The all-important point is that the theologian observe the principle of divine revelation, not the “faith” of the theologian (Objective!) |
The balance for Volume 1 is available after the jump break (Volumes 2 and 3 will come later, see below):
