CFW Walther remains the key figure and theologian of the LCMS, which is tragic for all Lutherans.
Walther divided Lutherans in three different ways. This is something for your own studies, because each category is good for searching a library.
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First Division - Insisting on Halle Easter Absolution
When half-educated synod drones like Jay Webber promote the idea of Easter Absolution (UOJ) as Luther's position, they are echoing Walther's false doctrine learned from his syphilitic, adulterous bishop, Martin Stephan.
It took a long time, but Walther's position is now dominant in the leadership of the LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic). Apart from mutual loathing, it is the only thing they have in common. And they rejoice in their Walther-Stephan UOJ, like members of a Mafia crew.
Second Division - Election Without Faith
Walther divided the Synodical Conference from the start, by insisting on his peculiar dogma of election without faith, which was really a stealth version of his Easter Absolution UOJ from Halle. He was very good at crop-dusting anyone who taught Justification by Faith, and he made faith almost into a sin - or a big nothing. Once the better theologians went elsewhere, Walther was free to glory in his power and the unified stance of his sect.
Third Division - The Keys, Church and Ministry, Loehe
Loehe gave Walther the Ft. Wayne campus - free of charge - and agreed to keep supporting it financially. But Walther returned evil for good. He picked a fight with Loehe over Who's Got the Keys and related matters. Even today someone can be pilloried for being a "Loehist," even though Walther pretended to reconcile with the much more able pastor.
Once Walther alienated everyone who did not fall prostrate before him, he was free to assert his power everywhere and control everything, from calls to publications to professorships. Divide and Conquer works, and all the Lutheran sects practice it with the fervor of their Father Below.
