The
Augustana Ministerium Annual Conference Reading Lists
Please read the following before the
conference, as these works will guide our discussion
Ecclesiastical Supervision in a
Post-synodical Age
J.A.O. Preus, The
Second Martin (CPH, 1994), Chapter 6, “Chemnitz’
Superintendency”
The Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch (Kleist translation)
Hans
von Campenhausen, “Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the
Church of the First Three Centuries” (Hendrickson, 1997)
Episcopacy—Lutheran-United
Methodist Diologue II
(Augsburg, 1991), esp. Todd Nichol, “Bishops in the Lutheran Tradition:
The Book of Concord and Later Lutheranism” and George Bornemann, “The
Role of the Lutheran Bishop”
Various
Models of Church Polity and How They May/May Not Shape
Ecclesiastical Supervision in a Post-synodical Age
Marquart, Kurt, The
Church and Her Fellowship, Ministry, and Governance (Luther
Academy [current publisher], 1990), esp. pp. 195–219
“The
Visitation Articles for the Electorate and Provinces of Upper Saxony”
(1592). Available online at http://bookofconcord.org/visitation.php
Akin, Daniel, Perspectives on Church
Government: Five Views of Church Polity
(B&H Academic, 2004)
Church Fellowship in a
Post-synodical Age
Essential Readings for the Discussion (freely available online):
Preus, Rolf, “Church
Fellowship and Closed Communion” (parish Bible study outline,
taught January and February, 2007)
Preus, Rolf, “Making
a Clear Confession in Muddy Waters” (Burnsville, MN, free
conference presentation, January, 2009)
Stefanski, Eric, “Fellowship:
What It Is and What It Implies” (chiefly for the section “My
Sin in Kansas City”; presentation at St. Luke Ev. Luth. Ch., Richland
Center, WI)
Stefanski, Eric, “Guilt
by Association” (Burnsville, MN, free conference
presentation, January, 2009)
Stefanski, Eric, “A Brief and Bluesy Response to ‘Muddy Waters’,” (a
reaction to some assertions in Rolf Preus’s paper)
not yet posted
The bases for the arguments in the Stefanski papers, above, can be
studied in more depth by reading:
Marquart, Kurt, The
Church and Her Fellowship, Ministry, and Governance (Luther
Academy [current publisher], 1990), esp. pp. 39–77
Walther, C.F.W., Theses
on Communion Fellowship with Those Who Believe Differently [Double-sided
printing] [Single-sided
printing] [Half-sheet
Booklet] (CTS, Fort Wayne, 1990; free file, .pdf format)
Elert, Werner, Eucharist
and Fellowship in the First Four Centuries (CPH, 1966),
esp. pp. 23–184
The
Confessional for Pastors in a Post-synodical Age
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Life
Together (Harper, 1976; Harper Collins, 2008), section on
Confession and the Lord’s Supper (may
be readable via Google Books)
“Confession
and Absolution Readings” (free file, .pdf format)