The practical seminary in Ft. Wayne was founded because of Loehe, who was also responsible for starting Wartburg Seminary, home of the Iowa Synod.
Loehe is supposed to be bad, bad, bad, and St. Walther is regarded as the ultimate Lutheran. Otten was miffed that Loehe was getting a little bit of publicity, with a conference devoted to the founder rather than the kidnap-usurper.
Was there a Loehe League to compete with the Walther League?
Is there a shrine to Loehe like Walther's?
Loehe was a true leader, serving in a no-account location but changing it through his investment in church missions. He began the group that invited the Stephanites to join.
Modesty set aside, as it always was among the Walther disciples, the new group was eventually called the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
But if anyone asks a Missouri Synod member, "Who's your daddy?"
The honest answer is, "Loehe."
I wonder when SP Harrison will come clean about Walther's criminal activities.
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Thanks for the Loehe articles. Were it not for a hall named after him at Ft. Wayne, who would know anything about him? On the other hand, the mere mention of Walther's name results in mass prostrations in the LCMS.
There's not much info on the web regarding Grabau/Buffalo. Were they theologically solid? The only info I can find is the bad-mouthing for episcopal polity (Hint: Hyper-Euro).
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