The Primacy of Scripture
If there is no Bible - as God's Word, as Scripture - in which and through which God speaks to men, then there is no theology, which is man's speaking about God. And if Holy Scripture does not exist as the source and norm of church doctrine, then there is no church doctrine, and therefore there is no church. For this reason then, there is no more burning issue for the Evangelical Lutheran Church today than the doctrine of Holy Scripture.
From Letters to Lutheran Pastors No. 14 (1950), On the Doctrine of Holy Scripture
From Letters to Lutheran Pastors No. 14 (1950), On the Doctrine of Holy Scripture
