Pope John the Malefactor’s Message - Deny the Chief Article and Promote Justification without Faith - To Honor the Reformation

Pope John is not apt to teach, like his partners in ELCA, LCMS, and WELS.

Pope John the Malefactor’s Message:



"How can we do justice to celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation? This question is before us as we gather for our synod’s 100th annual convention. It is a question our congregations are asking as they arrange their area worship services this coming October. When our synod’s Centennial Committee looked at appropriate ways to honor back-to-back anniversaries (the 500th now and in 2018 the ELS 100th), it felt a significant way to wed the two was to implement a synod-wide Bible study. We are happy to say the project has come to fruition and is ready to be rolled out in our congregations this coming fall. The Bible study, Proclaiming God’s Truth, has been authored by members of our synod’s Doctrine Committee. The study includes a teacher’s guide and covers seven topics central to Lutheranism and to the history of our church body. The doctrines treated in the study are these: Objective Justification and Absolution, The Election of Grace and Conversion, The Divine Call, Church Fellowship, Adiaphora and Ceremonies, Mission Work, and Christian Education. "

 This is a reminder of the Chief Article's meaning,
which WELS/ELS considers false doctrine.

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Fascinating Post from Norman Teigen, 2006. President Moldstad may have acted precipitously in suspending Rolf Preus | Norman's Demesne

 The Rolf Synod sojourned with ELDONA for a long time,
but Rolf went back to the LCMS, after suitable penance -
and the Rolfians crawled back to the ELS.

President Moldstad may have acted precipitously in suspending Rolf Preus | Norman's Demesne:



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JUL 21
President Moldstad may have acted precipitously in suspending Rolf Preus

I have learned from a reliable source that President John Moldstad did not do much consulting when he suspended Rolf Preus from the ELS a few months back.

Moldstad had first suspended Preus on the convention floor of the 2005 ELS convention. That suspension was quickly revoked when Erling Teigen (full disclosure compels me to say that Prof. Teigen is my cousin) asked every one to stop and to withdraw the statements of the previous several minutes.

In February after a series of some meetings (I don't know how many, or whom was in attendance) Moldstad suspended Preus. Moldstad has authority to suspend, but having the power and using it wisely are two different things.

My source (not a family members) tells me that Moldstad did not consult with the faculty at Bethany College. Moldstad might have been wise to do so as there is a reservoir of talent and experience there that would have helped him. The faculty consists of bright men and women with experience in civic work, military service, academics, and synodical board service.

I think that the suspension power which Moldstad has under the by-laws of the synod would necessitate that an emergency be present. No such emergency existed, as I understand emergency. No one was denying the Trinity or any essential doctrine of the Church.

Preus said that he did not agree with what the synod had done the previous summer and that he would not be bound by the resolutions. It was that that prompted his suspension by President Moldstad.

There may have been a personal animus between the two men. President Moldstad comes from the yeomanry of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The yeomen faithfully serve the congregations in which they are called to serve. The yeoman may not have felt comfortable with a man who came from a family of lords, spiritual and temporal.

To further indicate to me that it was not an emergency, I consider that the synodical resolutions did not pass the 2005 convention with an overwhelming majority. In fact, the vote was close. Furthermore, Preus was not the only one to object to the resolutions. There are some 25 other pastors and 15 laymen who have publicly stated their disagreement.

President Moldstad was not unanimously elected to the ELS presidency in 2006 and this would further suggest that the Evangelical Lutheran Synod is less than unanimous on the issues and personalities of those involved in the present case.

President Moldstad probably consulted with people who encouraged him to suspend Preus. These people were not the academically trained of the Synod. I think that President Moldstad probably consults with people that he feels comfortable with. He probably consults with people who have had the same educational experiences as he has had.

He would also consult with others who have supported the past administration of the ELS. These would not be the academics from Bethany College.

There is a topographical divide on the Bethany Campus. On one side of the divide, the Elm Street Hill, is the Seminary and the Synod HQ on Browns Court. On the other side of the divide is the College. The two campuses are linked by Browns Court Road.

For many years the Seminary did not have any of the professors teach in the Seminary, even though they were fully qualified to do so. This was something of a scandal since there were Bethany College professors who were more qualified to teach in the Seminary than some of the seminary professors.

One of the glaring examples of this deficiency was Professor Dan Metzger. Metzger had a PhD from Marquette and should have been teaching in the seminary. He wasn't because, I believe, he could not be counted on to promote the specific interests of the administration. Metzger is now gone.

In recent years the Board of Regents, after President Moldstad had moved from the Seminary faculty to the synodical Presidency, took a firmer control of the situation so that college professors are no longer excluded from teaching in the Seminary.

Had President Moldstad done some consulting with the faculty of Bethany College, he might have learned that suspension was not the only way to proceed with the problem. I think that the ones who advised Moldstad were those who shared his vision of what the Synod should do and how it should proceed. I think that the pastors of those congregations who so quickly voted recommendations of support for President Moldstad were those who advised President Moldstad to suspend.

I continue to believe that President John Moldstad is a faithful Christian pastor and administrator who is deserving of the highest respect. I believe that Pastor Rolf Preus is also a faithful Christian pastor.

It is most unfortunate that this situation should have developed within the Evangelical Lutheran Synod at this time.
Posted 21st July 2006 by Norman Teigen"

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GJ - Norman Teigen was ordered to stop blogging, and he definitely had the most interesting blog around. Paul McCain had a special laser beam of hate aimed at Teigen, a retired teacher. Infallible popes do not like the truth.

 Note the reference above to Pope John's education - minimal,
not even a bachelor's degree when he was called to teach
New Testament at the Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie.
Readers - name another UOJ fanatic with no college degree.
Answer - Bishop Martin Stephan, STD, founder of the LCMS.
Pope John finished up his BA degree, so he does have
an undergraduate degree. Whew!

From 2008 - President of Bethany Lutheran Seminary - STM from a Gay Lesbian Episcopalian Seminary. No Wonder Jay Webber Got Away with an Online STM from an ELCA Seminary

Men and women studying for the Episcopalian priesthood at Nashotah House.


Gaylin Schmeling, STM, Nashotah House


Gaylin R. Schmeling

President, Professor of Dogmatics, Homiletics and Church History

Phone: 507-344-7855

E-Mail: gschmeli@blc.edu

Education:

B.S. - Elementary Education-Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, 1973
M.Div. - Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mankato, MN, 1978
S.T.M. - History of Dogma-Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah, WI, 1993

Nashotah House offers a variety of degree and certificate programs aimed at training clergy and lay leaders for ministries in the Church:

Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree
Transfer Students
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Field Education
Teaching Parishes Program and Cross-cultural Ministry Experience
Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree
Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) degree
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree
Master of Arts in Ministry (M.A.) degree
Certificate in Anglican Studies

Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) The Master of Sacred Theology program is an advanced degree, beyond the M.Div., intended primarily as continuing education for those who are already ordained. The STM is an interdisciplinary degree in Anglican Studies with two separate tracks. Applicants must select a thesis option or a non-thesis option. To be considered for acceptance into the STM program, applicants must hold the first professional theological degree (B.D., M.Div., or the equivalent) from an accredited seminary or university.

The Thesis Track is intended for persons contemplating an academic career and provides an opportunity to test such a vocation before making a commitment to a doctoral program. The thesis track requires a minimum residency of three (3) Petertide terms in the summer STM program. (The Petertide term is generally the month of July.)

The Non-Thesis Track offers opportunity to candidates for extending and deepening theological understanding in the light of their pastoral experience; it is generally considered to be a terminal degree. The non-thesis track requires a minimum residency of three (3) Petertide terms. The curriculum for this track includes a minimum of twenty-four (24) credit hours, at least half of which must be in the 200 - 299 series. The actual course of studies is planned by candidates in consultation with their faculty advisor.

In lieu of a thesis, the Faculty appoints primary and secondary examiners from the faculty who arrange a two-hour oral comprehensive examination with the student. The exam will cover the courses taken for the STM program.

The Assumption of Mary is so easily
translated into the Assumption of Walther.
He didn't sign the bishop's call - oh yes he did.
He didn't know Stephan had female groupies - oh yes he did.
He gave Stephan three choices - oh no, he didn't.

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GJ - To earn an STM at Nashotah, the scholar must spend three whole months in residency. That seems to be a bit tougher than Fuller Seminary, where Larry Olson earned his DMin. From what Larry confessed in Christian News, he only had to drive by the campus in Pasadena and wave to Don McGavran from his rented bike.

Gone are the days when the Little Sect on the Prairie was led by scholars with earned doctorates. Ylvisaker wrote a classic Lutheran study of the Gospels. Jack Preus, who taught at Bethany, earned a doctorate in Latin and translated orthodox Lutheran books. B. W. Teigen did his doctoral coursework at U. Minnesota, but the ELS treated him like dirt for agreeing with the Book of Concord. Teigen should have gone to Fuller or Nashotah. Those are the schools where confessional Lutherans are hatched. Many schools offer drive-by degrees. Study as little as possible for the shortest possible time, pay for tuition, and voila, a graduate degree. A master's degree today usually involved two years of study or one year of residency plus a master's thesis.

Pope John the Malefactor has no advanced training at all. In fact, at Bethany he was hired to teach New Testament on the basis of not graduating from college. To be fair, he finally earned a college degree. The Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie can boast: "All our faculty members must have high school diplomas to receive a call, and we encourage them to graduate from college as well."

Martin Chemnitz was required to earn a doctorate to become a superintendent (bishop).

The Archbishop of Ukraine and Adjoining Soviets approves this message.

"To the City and to the World...
just practicing in case."