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Athanasius challenges idolatry and argues that the order of creation points to the divine Word. He examines how human beings turned from the knowledge of God to the worship of created things.

Luther explains Christian freedom through faith in Christ and the believer’s responsibility to serve others in love. He connects justification with the place of good works in daily life.

Prologue and Chapter 1.-The belief in God rests on the art and wisdom displayed in the order of the world: the belief in the Unity of God, on the perfection that must belong to Him in respect of power, goodness, wisdom, etc. Still, the Christian who combats polytheism has need of care lest in contending against Hellenism he should fall unconsciously into Judaism. For God has a Logos: else He would be without reason.

Walther’s evening lectures teach readers to distinguish God’s commands from his promise of forgiveness in Christ. He applies that distinction to preaching, assurance, repentance, and pastoral care.

Augustine examines how God’s grace and human willing belong together. He reads biblical commands and promises to explain why obedience depends on divine help without making human choices meaningless.

1. I Had many genuine and true friends, men who understood the laws of friendship, and faithfully observed them; but out of this large number there was one who excelled all the rest in his attachment to me, striving to outstrip them as much as they themselves outstripped ordinary acquaintance. He was one of those who were constantly at my side; for we were engaged in the same studies, and employed the same teachers.

Heinrich Schmid gathers the teaching of Lutheran theologians into a systematic guide to doctrine. Readers can compare their explanations of God, Christ, salvation, the church, and the sacraments.

. (Hom. iv. [iii.] in Joan) While all the other Evangelists begin with the Incarnation, John, passing over the Conception, Nativity, education, and growth, speaks immediately of the Eternal Generation, saying, In the beginning was the Word.

Melanchthon answers objections to the Augsburg Confession, defending Lutheran teaching on justification, the sacraments, worship, and the church through biblical and historical argument.

Frederick Morgan PADELFORD, Essays on the Study and Use of Poetry by Plutarch and Basil the Great. Yale Studies in English 15 (1902) pp. 99-120. Address to young men on the right use of Greek literature.