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| This is an exercise in verbal gymnastics. |
I signed up for Academia.edu, so they email me more often than the others combined. I need the "pro" edition, which costs money, they advise me.
Recently they gave me the link to Rydecki's article on Romans 4:25. That website seems to be the only way ELDONA publishes. Heiser's Ft. Wayne pal, Paul McCain, banned them from the CPH fools-goldmine. "You gotta have distribution." Frank Fiorenza, Harvard University.
I looked over the references first, a habit acquired early. Guess whose name is missing on the list? Of course mine is - I will get to that later. Martin Luther! He wrote a commentary on Romans.
Perhaps there were no useful quotations for Rydecki, but the practice of Lutherans bypassing Luther is strange to me.
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| His Serenity, Archbishop of ELDONA. |
WORKS CITED
- Becker, Dr. Siegbert W. Objective Justification: An essay delivered at the Chicago Pastoral Conference, WELS, Elgin, Illinois, November 9, 1982. WELS UOJ.
- Bivens, Forrest. http://www.wels.net/news-events/forward-in-christ/october-2011/question-andanswer WELS UOJ, Fuller Seminary alumnus and proud of it.
- Calov, Abraham. Biblia Novi Testamenti Illustrata, Dresden and Leipzig: Zimmermann, 1719.
- Gerhard, Johann. Annotations on the First Six Chapters of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Malone: Repristination Press, 2014.
- Gerhard, Johann. Summae Evangelii, hoc est, Aphorismi Apostolici Rom. 4 v.25 Consideratio. Wittenberg: M. Baltasar, 1635.
- Hardt, Tom G. A. “Justification and Easter: A Study in Subjective and Objective Justification in Lutheran Theology.” A Lively Legacy: Essays in Honor of Robert Preus. Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1985. ELS funded UOJ in a book lauding UOJ.
- Hunnius, Aegidius. A Clear Explanation of the Controversy among the Wittenberg Theologians. Malone: Repristination Press, 2013.
- Kittel, Gerhard, Geoffrey W. Bromiley, and Gerhard Friedrich, eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964–.
- Leyrer, Daniel. http://www.wlsessays.net/files/LeyrerDia+TheAccusativeRomans4.pdf WELS UOJ.
- Pieper, Francis. Christian Dogmatics. electronic ed. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1953.
Looking up four WELS-ELS statements on the topic seems to be a waste of time, if Luther is neglected. The essay is a compilation of statements about this issue, so many references that anyone interested in the topic will give up. A clear, concise argument is lacking.
Why omit everything I have written? I am not offended, but pleased. This is the highest possible honor, one bestowed so often that people shock me when they name my publications in their hissy-fits.
People should know - I helped Rydecki when he was leaving WELS and UOJ at the same time. He favored UOJ at first, working on the Intrepid Lutherans, because WELS training is saturated with it. The frequent publishers on that blog came to the same conclusion, that WELS is completely wrong. That is the result of dealing with Biblical doctrine and its basic truths.
The move from teaching Justification by Faith officially to forcing UOJ institutionally was slow in WELS, as it was in the LCMS. Now the transition is complete, easing their shame at working with ELCA ("born forgiven!" Bob and Rolf Preus). The ELCA-WELS-ELS-LCMS synods share the same pestiferous dogma, which happens when sharing the same bed. "Lie down with dawgs, git up with fleas." (My Grampa)
Luther was quite distrustful of philosophy, which was the boat that floated the Medieval Papacy. He could argue philosophy with the best of them, as he did with Trinity in one sermon and on merit in his Galatians commentary. Luther's reliance on Scripture makes his works so useful today - and the reason why the Lutheran synods shun him so marvelously, even for the 500th anniversary, that I get the goosebumps. He is that good - and they are that corrupt.
I cannot get the false teachers to deal directly with Genesis 15:6 and Romans 4. They have an allergy to the Genesis passage and a blindness to the Abraham references in the New Testament. Surely they can get on their MyNIV database and find how often Abraham is a major figure in the New Testament. Where did poor Lazarus go when the angels carried him? - To Father Abraham! To be more precise, since hungry capons are always ready to pounce on a morsel - the rich man implored "Father Abraham." Jesus Himself referred to Lazarus' journey to Abraham, the man who believed the Messianic Promises and was justified by faith.
But I understand, having known so many theological types, including the most famous, such as Francis Fiorenza and Elisabeth Schuessler-Fiorenza, once at ND - both at Harvard, Stanley Hauerwas - Gifford Lectureship at St. Andrews, etc. They pile up so many authorities and compare so many scholars to each other! It is quite a show, but they remove themselves from the Word itself, as far away as possible.
The opportunity is far gone for delivering a glancing blow against the false exegesis of Romans 4:25. People need to know how to read the Bible as a unified truth instead of a meal ticket for theologians.
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| Kilcrease likes to name a lot of philosophers at once, but he cannot compose a sentence without help from his wife. Philosophers, like lawyers, learn to twist words. He studied with the best ELCA and Rome have to offer. |
