From the rule of logic: “An accident does not change the essence of a
thing.” It is an accident [accidit] to God’s Word whether it is enunciated
or orally or consigned to writing. It is one and the same Word of God, whether
we become familiar with it by oral or written means, . . . (Johann Gerhard, On
the Nature of Theology and on Scripture [trans. Richard J. Dinda; Saint
Louis, Miss.: Concordia Publishing House, 2009], 38)
