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GJ - Walther took land away from Bishop Stephan, secretly, avoiding a meeting with him. Next Walther organized a mob of 300 to threaten Stephan's life and force him out of his home. The Walther mob stole all of Stephan's money, books, and possessions. They forced him to sleep on the ground outside overnight, then forced him across the Mississippi River at gunpoint.
That is how Walther became leader of the Perryville/St. Louis group. Loehe asked them to join his group of congregations. Official synodical historians ignore the crimes, excuse the behavior, and accuse everyone alienated by Walther of being false teachers. They give Walther the glory for being "The American Luther" when he was really "The Lutheran Pope," a Borgia pope at that.
That is how Walther became leader of the Perryville/St. Louis group. Loehe asked them to join his group of congregations. Official synodical historians ignore the crimes, excuse the behavior, and accuse everyone alienated by Walther of being false teachers. They give Walther the glory for being "The American Luther" when he was really "The Lutheran Pope," a Borgia pope at that.
Walther later wrote Pastoral Theology, and Syn Conference leaders still follow his criminal behavior.
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International Paper just bought Temple-Inland. Will J. B. Johnston still have a job?
From deep inside the WELS Witness Protection Program,
This squashing of discussion of unpleasant topics happens also in District Conventions. Saw Doug "the Unready" do the same thing years ago. "Gentlemen, if we discuss this we could be here all night". If memory serves me right, the topic was DMLC-Northwestern amalgamation. We wouldn't want to discuss that, now would we?
I remember John Lawrenz yelling about the Prairie board chairman "losing control of the board" because he allowed them to call a president. (MLS Bazingo?) The whole idea of a papal structure is to have very few people with very few ideas controlling everyone else. Mindless following of orders and senseless oppression of thought work together to bring about the zombie sects of today.
Ah, the WELS we all know and love.
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