The biggest problem with the Internet is total access to all the historical documents. Various Lutherans have found sources that reveal what the UOJ Stormtroopers want concealed (if they even know those sources exist).
I was going to buy the Vehse document about the Saxons when I found it anew on the Net. So I thought, "I have a coupon - I will buy a Stellhorn book instead." The Stellhorn was already on my hard drive as a PDF.
The first thing Vehse wrote about was Stephan's strange megalomania when they got to America. That fits with the diagnosis of third-stage syphillis. By comparing all the documents, easily available today, one can see that Walther was part of an immoral cult, which he was eager to take over as the new cult leader.
"The child is the father of the man." Walther's earlier exploits were duplicated in his later career as the American Pope. Questions about character applied to him and the other Stephan followers.
The bigger issue is the doctrinal one, because justification by faith has been a battle since the beginning. Anyone can trace what theologians have written for and against.
Luther anticipated the born forgiven and universal absolution errors of UOJ. The Concordists battled against the same.
Walther, like all unprincipled false teachers, skipped the main issue and burrowed into predestination in a manner that would alert the UOJ minions while keeping the vast majority comatose. When the discerning saw Walther's game, he denounced them as false teachers and drove them away. Walther locutus est, causa finita est - The pope has spoken, the case is closed.
The public statue in Missouri says it all. Stephan, who led the group to Perry County, is designated a false teacher. CFW is inscribed as the Great Walther.
The Holy Land (Perry County) says in their official, lying tours that Stephan was given three choices. In fact, the Walther mob invaded his home, threatened his life, forced him across the river at gunpoint, and left him to starve. Remember that the next time a pastor says "Matthew 18" or "Eighth Commandment."
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