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| The first LCMS broadcast: Walther's view of the seal of the confessional. |
He had the ideal marriage - he let his future mother-in-law go to jail for his kidnapping of his niece and nephew, then left her behind while he sailed off fast to America.
Walther was not a Biblical theologian and he was weak on the Biblical languages. He got the Synodical Conference used to his dogmatic statements which were accompanied by Scripture citations.
Clownish imitation of this wily method came from the Objective Justification faction. Their favorite two citations are Romans 4 - all about Justification by Faith - and 1 Timothy 3:16 - a confession of faith. Their escape path is to use the Atonement, also translated as reconciliation, as synonymous with Justification.
The OJ fanatics have had their Romans 4 and 1 Timothy 3:16 removed from their little quiver of bent arrows. Now they accuse the faithful of not equating Justification and the Atonement.
The Great Barth/Kirschbaum
Barth was completely unequipped to be an academic theologian. A Marxist, he suddenly found himself with a young, beautiful Marxist girl willing to do his work, and I mean all his work, for free. They published a mountain of Calvinist/Marxist nonsense, until she got sick and died. Barth hardly did anything after that.
Barth's wiley method was similar to Calvin's and Walther's. He wrote the large print stuff in their Dogmatics. She did the scholarly work. Some people wrote material as background for him, and Barth simply copied it into his Dogmatics, without giving credit. Their writing was a cover to introduce a Marxist philosophy in the guise of Christian theology.
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| "Karl, no footsie until the photo-op is done. OK?" |
