The Orders of Creation—Some Reflections on the History and Place of the Term in Systematic Theology

By Edward H. Schroeder [Printed in Concordia Theological Monthly, 43 (March, 1972), 165-178. Reprinted with permission.] When this essay was published in 1972, its author was a professor of systematic and historical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. In this article, he argues that the concept associated with the term “orders of creation” in current Missouri Synod discussions of…
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