The Authorities Cited Also Determine the Outcome of a Discussion

The two-headed calf of WELS.
One head says, "We have a quia subscription to the Book of Concord."
The other head says, "The Book of Concord is boring and irrelevant."
Which statement gets a promotion in WELS? Right - boring and irrelevant.

"Grasp God's Justification" will be delivered ex cathedra by District Pope Jon Buchholz, Holy Mother WELS, on October 17th. Resurrection Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Arizona.

I am not kidding about ex cathedra. That is the Roman Catholic teaching that the pope is infallible
whenever he speaks on the topic of doctrine. Pope Pius IX had this defined  by Vatican I, even though his own son, a cardinal, argued with him about it. Roman Catholics teach, like WELS, that their leaders can simply generate Christian dogma on their own, which emanates from the shrine of their hearts.

Jon Buchholz, MDiv, with only a parochial education and no evidence of scholarship, will deliver his next version of UOJ:
1. Everyone is already forgiven and saved. OJ.
2. Grasp it for yourselves - see, that is justification by faith, which we call SJ in our circles.

I can predict the authorities cited in the paper:

• The clear teaching of Our Beloved Synod. (Gausewitz who?)
• Walther, Pieper, JP Meyer, Sig Becker
• Our sisters in the dogma of Unfaith Justification.
• Favorite false citations and deliberate hoaxes about Luther, the Book of Concord (Ambrose), and the post-Concord orthodox. (Luther wrote a Galatians commentary? Huber? His UOJ is inferior to our UOJ.)

By glancing through the footnotes one can identify the authorities in any persuasive essay. Often they are cribbed from others who have used and abused them. Jon Buchholz is Jay Webber's catechumen, so Jay feeds bad citations to Jon. Jay gets them from Kurt Marquart, whose badly written essay is now frozen as canonical.

Everyone was absolved on Easter because the Halle Pietist Rambach said so. That is valid because Marquart said so. That is valid because Jay quotes Marquart, and Jon cribs from Jay. Jon locutus est, causa finita est. (Jon has spoken, the case is closed.)

Did anyone here pledge a quia subscription to a Marquart essay? JP Meyer's odious book? The Kokomo Statements? Walther? Pieper? Knapp? Rambach? Spener?

If Buchholz began with Luther's Galatians Commentary or the Formula of Concord, III, The Righteousness of Faith, or the Augsburg Confession, the outcome would be completely different. But that is precisely why the UOJ Hive avoids the authoritative documents of sound doctrine.

Links about Justification by Faith 

and Justification without Faith (UOJ)

Pastor Rydecki's blog

Luther's Galatians endorsed by reader

Luther's Galatians on Gnesio Lutherans

Roman Catholic adjunct Jack Kilcrease as Humpty Dumpty

Calov, quoted by Robert Preus, repudiated the UOJ position of WELS

Kilcrease, the McCain tutor, equivocates.

Buchholz is anti-Luther

Pastor Bickel on Tossing Rydecki Under the Bus

Church and Changer Jeff Gunn and His Mequon Class of Shrinkers

Paul McCain and Jon Buchholz - Bedfellows of Apostasy

Abraham Is the Common Theme in Justification - Justification by Faith

Pastor Rydecki's Account of His Suspension - October 9th

Intrepid Account October 6th- Pastor Rydecki Suspended

LutherQuest (sic) Opposes Justification by Faith

Warming Up the Tar and Feathers on LutherQuest (sic)

Pastor Bickel Answers Jon Buchholz

Kokomo Statements - WELS UOJ - JP Meyer

Jack Kilcrease Showing Signs of Stress

Dr. Lito Cruz and Brett Meyer Dispatch the UOJ Stormtroopers on Extra Nos