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Justification by Faith Book – The Real History of Objective
Justification
Rough Draft
Webber made a staggering and unbelievable claim when he
described his propaganda essay as a work of historical theology. The boggy,
verbose, and undisciplined effort avoided key points of history and revealed a
lack of knowledge – or candor – about most of it.
The
Dogma Is Older Than the Term
First we have to distinguish between the term Objective
Justification and the concept. The concept arrived among Lutherans long before
the term was used. Since Walther is the gold standard of doctrine for Webber
and other synodical drones, it should be added that OJ is a term later adopted
by Walther, blessed, by Walther, and used by his minions.
Hoenecke used General Justification, which may sound
neutral, but the German word really means :”every single one” so the German
term has the same force as universal. To make this redundantly clear, WELS has
generally used Universal Objective Justification lately, because the sect has
made a fetish of their favorite doctrine. Using Universal and Objective
together is repetitive in meaning, similar to saying “a very unique”
destination when unique literally means one of a kind.
But WELS has not been blessed with literate writers for a
long time, so they have their UOJ and others their OJ. Sig Becker, a Missouri
convert to WELS, tried to make distinctions about some of these terms, but his
explanations were distinctions without a difference.
Huber
the First Professor of OJ in Lutheranism
Some think Objective Justification is very much like
Calvinism. Our researcher is working on a separate essay about this. Dr. Lito Cruz
believes this to be true, and I would add that Calvin’s scheme is harmonious
with OJ.
Calvin separated the Holy Spirit’s work from the Word and
Sacraments, using the term sovereign. Because the Spirit is sovereign, He may
make a sermon effective or he may not even appear. Calvin did not write this
once but many times, as described by a Harvard doctoral researcher and
published in his excellent book on this topic. This separation of Word and
Spirit is called Enthusiasm by Luther and the Book of Concord in the overlooked
Smalcald Articles, where Enthusiasm is condemned.
Notice how Calvinism is remarkably close to Walther’s “election
without faith.” For Calvin, God has predestined a small percentage of all
church members to eternal salvation and the rest of the world to eternal
damnation. That is Calvin’s double predestination. The tiny yield is because of
God’s grace, and really shows God’s grace, they claim. Mark Twain observed that
a Calvinistic sermon reduced the number of saved to such a small number that it
was not really worth the trouble. The Waltherians like to emphasize Grace! -
disparaging the Means of Grace by thought, word, and deed. So their grace is a
faux-grace, since they tear down or ignore the Instruments of Grace, the Word
and Sacraments.
The rationalism of Calvin certainly infected his followers,
who often live up to the slogan “Young Calvinist, Old Unitarian.” This slogan
fits entire countries, the Calvinistic history of New England, and other parts
of America. The greater the Calvinistic influence, the more quickly rationalism
takes over.
Missouri has often been infatuated with old time
Calvinists, because many Calvinists were early to use English in America
(unlike Missouri) and the Calvinists seemed to be allies against Modernism.
WELS, Missouri, the Little Sect on the Prairie, and the
Coveting Legalistic Cult have all cast longing eyes over the fence at other
Protestant groups, the loopier the better. Fuller is their Mecca, and Willow
Creek is their local haven. The first one to open the gate was Samuel Huber,
and they have yet to admit this fact, quoting their Pietist leader Walther to
confirm the truth of their denial.
Samuel
Huber, Wittenberg OJ Errorist Defeated by Concordists
Huber was a Calvinist who became a Lutheran, long enough to
be on the Wittenberg faculty.
To be continued
- Huber
- Pietism
- Bengal and his son-in-law
- Rambach
- Halle and Stephan
- Walther-Pieper
- Norwegian-Augustana
- Kokomo
- Robert Preus CG UOJ, later anti-CG and anti-UOJ
- ELCA
