raklatt (http://raklatt.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Edward Fredrich's 1979 Essay on Gausewitz:Or - Ana...":
So it took but a short five years after Gausewitz' death for Missouri to establish its Brief Statement, introducing UOJ formally, no longer under the watchful eye of the President of the Synodical Conference.
Coincidence?
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GJ - Good point, Mr. Klatt. I am just starting to realize how significant Gausewitz was - as a WELS leader and Synodical Conference leader. I wonder if Gausewitz suppressed UOJ while he was around.
Gausewitz was already a forgotten man when I joined WELS. John Seifert bragged up the Kuske Talmudic Catechism. I remember reading the Fredrich essay when I was at Mequon. Two things increased my interest in Gausewitz. One was the initial analysis sent to me by someone in WELS. The second was a WELS layman saying he was confirmed in WELS with the Gausewitz catechism by one of the older pastors at that time.
The 1932 Brief Statement was a F. Pieper project, and the other brief statements did not mention UOJ.
Of course, Luther's Small Catechism has no UOJ in it - no hint of it. To overturn justification by faith and install Fuller doctrine was a monumental achievement. More needs to be known about this.
Remember, readers, that the architect of Seminex and board member of Seminex was Jungkuntz, who was hotter than Georgia asphalt for UOJ.
He was a Seminex leader and board member of the rebel Seminex school.
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I don't think the Jungkuntz pic is imposing enough...ha ha...
I was recently sent a UOJ paper authored by John Schaller circa 1910 derived from 2 Cor. 5. ... sometimes I think it is less about synod and more about the pastor and who he studied under...
In an earlier post, you mentioned that NPH no longer sells the Gausewitz version of the Small Catechism. It must have been about 15 to 20 years ago when NPH was still selling them. I picked up the hard cover copy that was used by the catechumens plus an instructor's edition. That one is a nifty little loose leaf type with extra blank pages for notes. I also have my original copy, which was passed down to me by my brother. In confirmation class, we had to start over and go through the Catechism again if we happened to be an accelerated student. About 15 years later, the Gausewitz was gone. I can remember when WELS pastors used to urge the members to blow off the dust from their Gausewitz edition and go through it on their own.
I have ordered two, the original English Gausewitz and the committee revision, from about 40 years later. G-man was good for WELS until displaced by Kuske, so the classic justification by faith catchism ruled for 60+ years.
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