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Sectionals

Sectional Papers 1

Friday, Sept. 28, 2:10–3:25 p.m.

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Sihler Auditorium)

• The Retention of the Latin Sequences in the Early Lutheran Church—Prof. Jason L. Thompson,
  Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
• Liturgy as Pedagogy in Lutheran Service Books, 1540–1590—Dr. Esther Criscuola de Laix,
  A-R Editions, Inc., Middleton, Wisconsin
• Gregorian Chant in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Lutheranism—Dr. Joseph Herl,
  Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska


Lutherans and Pedagogy (Loehe 7)

• What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?—Dr. Steven A. Hein, The Concordia Institute for Christian Studies, Monument, Colorado
• Spare the Rod, Hate the Child—Rev. Wade R. Johnston, Christ Ev. Lutheran Church, Saginaw, Michigan
• Master Müntzer! 10 Minutes in the Naughty Corner for Failing Your Logic Test—Dr. Thomas Korcok,

  Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York


Sectional Papers 2

Friday, Sept. 28, 3:35-4:25 p.m.

Lutheran Fathers (Sihler Auditorium)

• Chemnitz’s Use of the Latin and Greek Fathers in His Loci Theologici and the Catalogus Testimoniorum—Dr. Martin R. Noland, Trinity Lutheran Church, Evansville, Indiana
• Johann Gerhard and Patrology—Dr. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri


Jerome and the Bible (Loehe 7)

• Jerome’s Use of 1 and 2 Kings in Dialogue against Pelagius and Various Homilies—Dr. Walter A. Maier III, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• In faciem ei restiti: Argument and Authority in Galatians 2, the Fathers and the Reformers
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  Dr. Eric J. Hutchinson, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan


Sectional Papers 3

Saturday, Sept. 29, 8:30–9:45 a.m.

From North Africa to Saxony (Sihler Auditorium)

• Martin Luther and the Pre-Augustinian African Fathers—Dr. Mark Ellingsen,

  Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• Cyril of Alexandria’s Christology in the Catalog of Testimonies—Dr. Joel C. Elowsky, Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin
• The Disputation between Athanasius and Arius: Luther’s First Reading Assignment while a Novice in the Augustinian Friary of Erfurt—Dr. Franz Posset, Independent Catholic Luther Scholar, Associate Editor of 
Luther Digest.


Literature and the Gospel (Loehe 7)

• Interpreting the Speaker of the Text: Homeric Scholarship and the Fathers and Luther on Psalms
—Dr. Jason R. Soenksen, Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin
• The Muses Play David’s Cithara: Helius Eobanus Hessus’ Latin Versification of the Psalter
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  Rev. Joshua J. Hayes, St. John Lutheran Church, Crete, Nebraska
• Comedy, Epic and Genre Criticism in Christoph Corner’s Oeconomia Evangeliorum
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  Dr. Christian A. Preus, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa


Sectional Papers 4

Saturday, Sept. 29, 9:55–10:45 a.m.

Freedom and Grace (Sihler Auditorium)

• A Revolution Among the Greeks: Creatio ex Nihilo and the Theology of Freedom in the Teaching of 

  St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons—Dr. James G. Bushur, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Augustine and Virgil in Luther’s De servo arbitrio—Dr. E. Christian Kopff, The University of Colorado, 
Boulder, Colorado


Theological Languages Today (Loehe 7)

• Only by Maintaining Luther’s Languages Can We Retain the Authentic Luther—Dr. Cameron A. MacKenzie, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• A Case for Latin: A Linguistic Note on Large Catechism II, 66—Dr. Larry W. Myers,
  Elm Grove Lutheran Church, Elm Grove, Wisconsin