Theologia: The Doctrine of God

by Franklin Weidner

Publisher:

Fleming H. Revell

, 1902

Overview

Theologia: The Doctrine of God was written to serve as a more in-depth treatment of aspects of dogmatics pertaining to the doctrine of God, particularly on the subjects of natural and supernatural revelation, proof of the existence of God, the divine attributes, the Scripture and church doctrine of the Trinity, predestination, creation, providence, miracles, angels, and Satan. While the science of dogmatics is not required to prove the existence of God, Weidner felt that apologetics and dogmatics needed to be tied together to properly combat doubt and present a full defense of dogmatics. This text draws on 20 years of discussion in the classroom, designed to serve as an outline for a professor of theology to use in class for lectures. Weidner adapted the methods Luthardt used in his famous Kompendium der Dogmatik and used his headings and subdivisions to organize his thoughts.

Contents

Top Highlights

“In the discussion, therefore, of a special doctrine the methods of presentation will generally follow this special form” (Page v)

Praise for the Print Edition

This volume, the latest in a series of treatises which are a remarkable testimony to the diligence of the author and the wide extent of his knowledge, will be in respect both of its handy form and its compact contents of much service for class-work as well as for private study . . . The value of the book as a student’s manual is increased by the addition of examination questions and by the introduction of frequent quotations from the great masters in dogmatic theology.

—The Critical Review of Theological and Philosophical Literature

Product Details

• Title: Theologia, or The Doctrine of God
• Author: Franklin Weidner
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
• Print Publication Date: 1902
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 143
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: God (Christianity)
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSWEIDNER03
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:47:05Z

About Franklin Weidner

Revere Franklin Weidner (1851–1915) was educated at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, where he both graduated and was ordained in 1873. In 1887, he received his doctorate of divinity from Carthage College in Illinois, and became a tutor at Muhlenberg College in 1868. He went on to pastor Phillipsburg Lutheran Church from 1873 to 1878, and then taught English language and history at Muhlenberg College from 1875 to 1877. He was director of the Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1882 and frequently served as delegate on the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was a member of the American Philological Association, the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and the American Oriental Society, and in his last years, served as professor of systematic theology and exegesis at Augustana Swedish-English Theological Seminary.