Wednesday, May 23, 2012

This Sounds Strangely Like WELS and LCMS Church Growth

Loescher is the author of Timotheus Verinus,
a thorough study of Pietism's assaults against Lutheran doctrine and practice.


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"The Complete Timotheus Verinus

Chapter 11
The Tenth Special Characteristic of the Pietistic Evil
Protecting and Excusing of Enthusiasts and Fanatical Things

...To this belong the following dangerous practices:
1) They represent coarse enthusiasts as witnesses of the truth and as God's messengers.
2) They defend and excuse these enthusiasts, their writings, and their doctrine.
3) They highly exalt people who are greatly infected with the enthusiastic life, and highly recommend their writings so impurely composed.
4) They justify or excuse the dangerous , fanatical way of speaking.
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6) They are in spiritual fellowship with obvious enthusiasts and undertake special devotions with them.
7) They spread fanatical writings.
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11) When they ought to do so because of their ministry and call, they do not oppose the enthusiastic life and other similar religious abominations."



Hunter definitely has Church Growth eyes.