On the Doctrine of the Call
No One Takes This Honor for Himself
The External Call, the Enthusiast's Error, and the Comfort of Rite Vocatus
Published
No one takes the office of the ministry for himself; he is called to it. This essay traces the confessional Lutheran doctrine of the external call — over against the enthusiast’s error of a self-authorized ministry — and the quiet comfort a pastor and his people have in knowing he stands there rite vocatus, rightly called.