Father Leonard Klein, left, and Bishop Malooly |
Not long ago, Dr. Walter A. Maier II died. He was a Missouri Synod leader and could have been seminary or synod president - until the Preus Crime Family destroyed his reputation by accusing him of false doctrine. The Preus Mob championed Justification Before Faith, the darling dogma of Pietists, Bishop Stephan, Walther, and Halle University. WAM II taught Justification by Faith, as his father did.
The ALPB Online Forum barely mentioned Maier's career, but Father Leonard Klein is being preached into heaven, even as I write. Doubtless he was a nice guy. Team Ichabod met Klein and his wife Christa before he left the Lutheran Church - for Roman Catholicism.
No one can bridge the gap between Rome and Lutheran doctrine. To join Rome after being ordained a Lutheran pastor is a vast betrayal of the Gospel. That is especially true, since this took place when the Roman Catholic hierarchy in America was already exposed for vast corruption. The degradation is so deep that it continues to surface with even more tales of horror, decades later.
Klein came from the liberal circles of Missouri, since he earned an STM at Seminex (officially Christ-Seminex). Klein followed Neuhaus as editor of Lutheran Forum, the ELCA wannabee magazine that turned into the Priest wannabee magazine for a time.
Some of us think that the LCMS pastors are attracted to Rome because they are already trained in the infallibility of the Synod Pope. After experiencing the little Missouri Antichrist, they long for the true Antichrist, his crafts and assaults, smells and bells, endowments and honors.
"Now Brett. Don't blame Leonard. Have you seen photos of Nadia? I almost joined Rome myself." |