Atonement in Confessional Lutheran Theology: Franz Pieper

Presented here in English are three of Franz Pieper's writings about the atonement:

1. The Doctrine of Christ's Work, capturing the lecture notes on the atonement used at Concordia Seminary.
2. The Reconciliation of God with Man, a district convention address.
3. The High Priestly Office of Christ from Christian Dogmatics.

Pieper shows that the confessional Lutheran doctrine of vicarious satisfaction is the teaching of Scripture, the Lutheran confessions, and Lutheran Orthodoxy. It is the only doctrine that can give sin-stricken consciences assurance and peace.

Jack D. Kilcrease says in the Foreword: "In the translations contained in this volume, Francis Pieper achieves two distinct goals. First, Pieper successfully critiques alternative contemporary rivals to his theological positions. Secondly, Pieper outlines an appropriate confessional Lutheran account of the doctrine of atonement. In the translations in this volume, Pieper is able to achieve these goals with impressive agility."