Doctrinal Map (loci)

v 1.1 01/24/2021

By T. R. Halvorson

Scripture

Theology Proper

  • Knowledge of God
  • Essence and Attributes

Trinity

  • One God
  • Father
  • Son
  • Holy Spirit

Creation

Providence

Doctrine of Man

  • State of Holiness
  • Image of God
  • Fall into Sin
  • Original Sin
  • Actual Sin
  • Free and Bound Will
  • Vocation

Doctrine of Christ

  • Incarnation
  • Person and Work
  • Offices
  • State of Humiliation
  • State of Exaltation
  • Active and Passive Obedience

Atonement

Justification

  • Objective
  • Subjective
  • Faith

Holy Spirit

Means of Grace

  • Word
  • Sacrament
  • Law and Gospel
  • Word and Spirit

Baptism

  • Repentance
    • Contrition
    • Faith
  • Confession and Absolution

Lord’s Supper

  • Words of Institution
  • Real Presence
  • Forgiveness of Sin

Conversion

  • Divine Monergism

Assurance of Salvation

  • Intra Nos and Extra Nos
  • Preaching
  • Sacraments
  • Absolution
  • Election
  • Preservation and Perseverance

Sanctification (narrow) and Good Works

The Church

  • Universal Church
  • Visible Church
  • Local Congregation
  • Office of the Keys
  • Public Ministry
  • Priesthood of Believers
  • Evangelism

Worship

  • Essential Nature
  • Prayer
  • Liturgy
  • The Mass (Divine Service, Service of the Sacrament, Communion)

Civil Estates

  • Ecclesiastical
  • Political
  • Domestic

Marriage

Angelology

Eschatology

  • Exaltation of Christ
  • State of Death
  • Second Coming of Christ
  • Resurrection of the Dead
  • Final Judgment
  • End of the World
  • Eternal Damnation
  • Eternal Salvation