R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He is professor emeritus of church history and historical theology at Westminster Seminary California, where he taught for 29 years. He also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009.
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Historically, the Latin word, offero means to exhibit, present, place before, show forth … that is how it was used originally at the time of the Reformation and Post-Reformation … the alternative word is propositio, that is to present, to state, to assert concisely.
Jason,
I read a little Latin and so did James Durham. See my essay in the Strimple festschrift where I address the etymological question.