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| The syphilitic founder of the LCMS, Martin Stephan, chose a slave state for his groupie Zion. His Pietistic Bohemians owned slaves. |
Norman Teigen wrote on the Opionator blog, New York Times:
Another German reactionary was CFW Walther who was the founding father of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Walther defended slavery using arguments from the Southern slavery apologists. He sided with the Confederate side in the 1861 St. Louis arsenal conflict. Walther did not raise the stars and bars, as some deteactors claimed, over the Lutheran seminary which he headed. Walther did greatly offend Lutherans in Minnesota and Wisconsin who withdrew their sons from the St. Louis seminary. Walther never retracted his slavery remarks. Walther became a highly revered ecclesiastical figure. His elaborate tomb is in St. Louis. Some Lutherans continue to defend Walther's slavery writings although his church does not.
4 comments:
Ichabod -
At least the non religious secular Penn State had enough smarts and honesty to remove Joe Paterno's statute. But, the LCMS, apparently has no godly shame.
Thank you for pointing out this historical reality. It seems the more that is divulged about C.F. Walther; the more bizarre LCMS becomes, for standing by the man who tolerated Bishop Stephan's marital infidelities. Shame on the leadership of the LCMS for perpetuating the Walther myth!
LCMS - Tear down his graven images! Show some self respect!
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
The responses on the ALPB Forum on this subject have been interesting. I had written that my comments on the NY Times had been published. I was brought to task for that and apologized because they had been transmitted, not published.
One really nasty commentator this morning questioned my faith. I was quite surprised by this but felt gratified by some who supported my attempt to get into a historical question. By this afternoon the offensive post had been removed.
It's really strange, isn't it, how some people feel that their particular ideas on a certain subject are sacrosanct. Doesn't say much, does it, about the intellectual breadth of those people.
Let the man stand. What are you P.C. mongers?
Mr. Mcgranor -
You stated:
"Let the man stand. What are you P.C. mongers?" - [Your words]
Would you care to elaborate? Are you defending C.F. Walther, attempting to ignore his sins - and, the obvious and apparent sweeping of them under the LCMS tolerance [and religious political correctness] carpet?
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
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