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Regarding footnote 1: This is a very arbitrary narrowing of the so-called age of Lutheran Orthodoxy which is normally defined as ending with David Hollaz (d. 1713). We do not know if the ELDoNA narrows the field because she knows that following Gerhard the objective aspect of Justification is more pointedly emphasized, or if the amount of material one must deal with in order to make the claim that the Fathers of Lutheran orthodoxy did not teach Objective Justification is simply overwhelming, or if there is some other reason. (p. 3)
I used "more better" to have fun with "very arbitrary." I thought "arbitrary" was like, you know, arbitrary and did not need a modifier. Where is the citation for the Rolf Synod's claim? Have they established themselves as experts in post-Concord orthodoxy?
Secondly, the four-line rush of windiness that follows reveals more about their distorted thinking than anything else. When they gather for a ministerium meeting in their Nissan Sentra, they must relish - as one - their clever insinuations.
I feel a need for shots of anti-venom for each attempt at reading the Rolf Synod's response.
We do, however, maintain that a significant roadblock to unity in this doctrine is an inability on the part of the ELDoNA to properly distinguish between Law and Gospel, or at a minimum, a failure to recognize the proper distinction between Law and Gospel in various statements made by others including the Fathers of Lutheran Orthodoxy.
