, . \.ll .. .. I" ~·i \: t i,_ :'!'- f . 11 "'\" \ I,~

" t\ 'I "\ '-'1 I .t . [ .' f:/l {I '~'(' • I' h,t "I' ' Q .I ti u./ \ "'.

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Dqar Brother Gullixon:

'l'he card ;J 8ent fer th.o f,N>tiuQ,l[f; told MOU that .l was tho.nfc.jul

!or your letter. 1 .than.k yow also U4'1ry mu.ch for the mat+i!rinls

UJhich you included and ulhichindtcatfid tiHJOZogicat pos(tton.s on on.e Qspect DE tX.<CLf.,'[;/l,~ optod lor in. the 1:,"'1..S, plus you.r rQo.ct(j'4

On Dac. 2<)th I aent you an (n,t<frim. reply.

1 shall n.ow (lndealJor to meet you.r reqtJ.flst Tf;orq in ciQtail. Hou .. eO(fl',

I shalt not rush in to tah~ sides perhap. too quickly. RathQr as ramarkfild tn. adUfHtCQ 1 s.ha II ptJ t il1. to th~ jore,t;lround (l Bufl' t c ien.tl. M

R£1..!L!£ point, h(.\ptng tl1at th.is may mak<f direct personal rflj'o!n.der

qu.it£! unnec,,~sar,V. FurthermtJ"rfJ (.t colleague requested an (Ixtt;,'nsiu(]

OU'i1ru (trw in [,'ngl {Bf!. 1 t woe to (i,t1p ic t (Ww tlHl concept 0/ t h<?

L'KkL!!;SlA aac'lrtutned locally, thu.s n(/t l.Jtric:tly bf)u.nd~d, ha.s fared

from the i?eformot ton em.. ~oon get t tnS) into pel it leal clutch(1B.

Also th.is appraisal was th.on to G'valur:te- th\t doctrtnal import'.mea

of C.Ji'.)~,·. hulthQP'a atgp i(;rwa.rd - J.'ll say rather bacAUJard to

Lutlu,r - in Q lan.d of gooer{lmt:!'ntul non-in.t((rferanco, 1J..'h.icb. n,fWl.?r-"

thelrUJ$ ~tr,g Id.';SCf./JU 8yrwd'.9 great expa~ mi..ljlnt~re.~_'!...~~_a._~ fou wi zt (;t few d,J.!/s later rece£u,," this sort oj' a.ppendf/<1, cu.llv.d

A STUl))'.

Ii lready in th(l Jot, (1'/.g at thf? Gftd Of 1971, I referred .lIOf • .l to

Professor KIJrt t;o.rqi.~"rt' oS boC?k "fh(} AI1G~tOffi.Y of £:Xpl';$(CHl.". F-ro/.

I. arr;uar t a.s you $CIW l'l.Q8 pub l (. 811~d Ol: r OVi~';i.·:; t~A5' ::/! Id" d"i i.'NT in AFP£;,/rlDIX b.

CONCORDIA THEOLOGIC/\L SEMli~MU U8RP,RY I

FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

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Our pap€!r was dQl iuer((d to tht:! rl1prruumtat tU(US 0/ the fou.r con­s tit uen t church bod i f?S 01 ttlf! then SYNO/)!CAL CONf'l;FeF.'NCI: who

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GalUlti'lbl<ta' in. April 1961. The 4 :)~ynodlJ had for tripe b.;gtnn.€ng in ~

.1960 tnu t (Qd ua (who by our churches em. tlH{ uartoua can.t tnenta

fwd b"~n design.ated as thflir r~prQJH;ntat £V08) at their Joint ex­

pensG to como to the United States, charging us to do our bgat

'Ito relIloluG the Synodical Con.j'erence dG'odIQcJt,f'. ~i(l them came ouqr

in 1960, in. 1961, and in A.E!iZ 19~. ThuIJ etten aftflr th(l W£'LS '-break with MIssouri WQ onc~ more met ~ith the four group& one (J!t~r th~ othqr. Our rGSpon.IHl l1x>rdtKi 03 Pro/. Harquol"t reprin.ts

it was Jw.n.ci'Qd out at l'hiensutlZf.? and dtllcuased u.d,thea.ch group in J961 from April 25th. on.

We pr~8en.t(i}Jd a primarily dogmatic an.alysis uJttch in. tts in.tent

howeuflr WQ$ jar from. being abstract and dirfJcted. h(lad-on E.g£:!r1f~l

j§ol,911!HZ. tI].2_S9.n£5!pts of. tt[.Q'll~ll21.?JflJl.:' tn itSrLig!&lgr; "aravu:. ~,....- ~ ~"""lC!l' '. --, __

~€fll~w~~~~: .. IE!:.~ ~u n.e9.~$$Q'=!I._{{Qw_TQ:stamf!n.t bBckg'.'~Hng concee,ni !J.9. r::;;KLt:Sl'A, especial Zy titQ revaaZQd HE.'ANS OF GRACE. ~

This bachground in LuthQran doctrine ana conlesston defines two aspects most carefully. All rQota on the £KKL£SIA str1cte dicla

~ __ -l'--==== _sa C'Q ~... ~

01 all bfiZ tQ/)~r8, JIQt the a_ct tng CNJ(L&JIA again 01 bill tQuars onh¥.~'

mUB~~!~~ppr~h~nded lOCallY=by~~g th~ per8ons~~~ed1O~ and YFf.)'tfmd OCHir against the Law)wtth tho !f.£AtlS {)F afUtcl~'. Such

q~ of !!.ORD rIi!Ce~V~r3 and f1;C/RD $uPfJor'e~ which ~e

x: f!~i!.Ll'SIA..J11ocal_d £~n.2ertQ(Q1Jl as preaent in bel (evers and tn­uoluod £1'\ Shriat-aommadeci ~lh normally IJ)i ttl Owtr

called paatora, YlPl ~p$mjJ....9 ~oysount. In. thia reSpflct, ~hQy

are "c;.tuJ.rg!L.ugpuelt del tn.eQ,t~" on. account 01 hllpOCd t CiS preSflnt in small or ~reat nu~a, etc., etc., in Lattn~~KKL&SIA~4LArfG& .~

~'iffU:crii/;"fJto;;tiona immtnent, it ia Cmperattueto tiftP thflro­

fi:7 w€th the uttQr di.$tinction of gl!r€at's !iJ,ngdom (or ~n-~;."" !E-g) n th.fJ'Do-call~ fH h nd or 8..a;J¢(i~8idQ as dtflflring

from that on th~ a . alild J(.'in.g';; L(! t·Q. 'dJQstinod to kfJop 1..!.!1J. ~;J ~!!!~~ Or u~!ng other terms 0/ J:uth!.r: the "~~~t~

4;~~ , u.s in the ,'.)_~rmon. 0 tho .aunt, seem.s at first glance ~~tra'l.a!ormiid in.to a ctiffQr'Ynt arBOn. Whllfl Ilfl i8 charr;ed to aat a.s

, J ~ ")6r~ ttl z;¥l§t lon~'0herQ hrt /acGI3 commands 01 Christ

,~ which rflGuirQ oJ him in.dQed th.e same h(Jort J/et d,(fMJ.nd n.ot direct

IHght lIaT'l.(i. deeds, bu.t r~~thGr. as in I..(lmilll, il1 businesD, or in. ~,,~ ... ~ ...

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gOUGrn.m~nt atipulat'f reaotions wId.en. are common. am.on.g m,Qtl, in-~ <.~

eluding all Cttristtans th.+1m:HilvfUJ,anfi o.rq ~f1c-t--:--~1La$.

""ptttlit{i against I$JJJ! or t~l~ Herf?l God l:.wltcita the~ Qualitu at .very Juncture_ neuertheZG88 here it unostentatiously

-r-==-" r~8pond8 to 8. in./ul manA. ind',s count l12S$ ne'.?ds to be pres(Jruild

\ wi. thin thG! conftnemlunt of Godt.a Out!lJorci OraClra up to Doomsday.

Read Lu.ther on Kt,,)chaptftrS ;-7, l.)ZWOSt? ..

1 was char!)ed to l'fI,(!J(Jt th~7f lour great Syn,c).(is in person. 1 as a

born. an.d bred Amer i can. at CUlJl ra t {J Anew qu.i t (/,' a l f. ttl (j abou t tile situations. For in.sta.n.ce 1 An,<lUi th.at AI5·S(.JfJfU, onc(! WaltfH~r'$ ./

Syn.od, had for ,ieca.des suffered lalSfff eioc t r in.~s to be d i8fJQrsed;#"

in it$ midst, which tn. the end could not but submerge the great church,body into BabyLontan Capttutty. 1 ha.d in fact wrtttt?n to Dr. 8eJmhell from Lon.don OlJ(?r lOO pag(j$ as (far lJl (J.8.1.9).9 and tltQn --=--- . . - :>

~qnt out the "(::!M£tbte" in. ~!8/.19J~, cmd·-in. the many contact$. a/trJr the StJcona World irar 1 n.QtJ~r stopped admon.i.shing the hood ~.

men.

B~!Jon.d all .th.at I had tn htstor€crll diJritUlSion,s perceived that,

Ir..$?lll. th~ t}ffry turn 01 tho 20th CenturJL5?!!, no1..able JHs$.ewrta.n!J ~

f!,?d i.n.crealS in.gly fl,lpt "rn.al Lzee,> th(j<_£'A'KLI.~S~A 2,.o;:;!p!, a8 soon as (t i

.r ca~e, to locattng i, t ftuhtCh,iS ~t?.!fible~l.JI-~hCi;;!!£tfIi,&-p!r J!.(/ ~.WfttRA£'). T/l(JY $l£d auer into ~?~c@.t=tJO~,,&l2kto .!~u.~r @ffl.O-j_.

(f1fv-f:v,sl, .9J:.QcJt, ~vtl'tl. boast ed 01 that. This gradually ~a$ bound to al/ect . o 4 the work to b~ dono according to Nat thlJfl.t ~ tlHi! O!/t~_&-.jJy.e

KeJt!!" tl!<i latt'ir tUKQn in their total signi!(canc(ie Thli1n 1 noted

that in ~gt~nHll {zing they also tore the Local cortgregat ton JUL t--- . .,... _____ ....... _ t/lf "primary untt" (so aLso If£~ l:H>_tar Q/4Iay from the normal ~ ~tQge, nQmQly_wh~n orthodox congrQgations act t?geth~r under di~e

q,b 1 t fla t ton., i • (f. t h (J~~_El-..::w_· ..::u.~n::...::(-=.t~ • ..--::t~}l;.;..Q:..:.t.......::.,~...:.:u:..:.c.;.;h==a=fl,;;a~JI;;n,;;;.o;:::.d_"~t ,;:.o==-,t h,,-,,=eJ1l=-. l CACfd. he E'KKLESl'A qual i tll to con l'e JJ be/orfJt God and men. Thl?r .... -=-=-------- ~ (~pttQ of NisBourC Synod's own~inal Conatttut£qn and

C![ .. lf. Wal thtJ!r' IS "1'he Voice of Our Churc.h (n the Doc~rtne o'[_C:I1.Y;..t;f!J/ ~ ~ OIJ'lc(I" , thE' now IH/Jsourt (lstabl t$hrMmt could not eXQrcisE' ~

I~ ~ctrtnal dtscip~ all the wa~ al?ng and aoon dropped it aZto­CJ~thqr. r'QS, tlt(fre at tz 1 W(.lj$ on guard th.o Brtlll Stata "n.t, rQ-affirmed at ~SM!.l'r(,=ll'i.~o tn~ (of wlwt 962 would do Witi' had fHJinAl£ng). BlJ.tl'·wQS in.forl1l.~d thut lle,o-I';£s8ourt's stran.gfi Opus

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J<.~J- th~--!!.f1}8/?).2j1M-;t6'tJL9~~ft, wa~ in the makifl.g. Certain. St. Louts theo~~~~wQr~ in. the proceSd of deuistng the great

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loophol<1 from which to rU$h free of chargfl into ~~cr.iRtural

~Oni!m dnd to io€n F:ANLUl'HCR.ANISJlt, L.W.F., wee etcJ q;tc. At the /

same time th€lY were opting to !}pe Reformed t~Ol1tfi m.0te and ~(lndGalJortng to force Christ's Ch.u.rch to bow to all sorts 0/ df,il­

mand$ of thi8 world's society, pol it iC$, mt li tarism, etc.

Now I shall switch. 1 must not deal only with the aomewhat gross ~, case, Nf.?o-Jdssouri. A lready in. th08Cl years my irwQSLigat ions pI "~liistory had conuinc(!d "Hi? th.at aZ l around in powerful. Ilmerican.

. ~\ /' '--::=::-

Lutheranism ~om'e joundat ions fl.H2re not kept sufficien.tlu in. uiaw.

In spit~ of all sincere Synodical Con!erfince men's protestation.s

and braue acts on. the part 01 thQ smaller bodies, there was as we 11 on thQ part 01 D.~ iJehnk_en. and t ~ of a very pcs t t i Uf; m (nd

~£n lH,sQ;ouJ:t, as also on. the part 0/ (Ju~ ~1awJ)ato~8al'l'h.i(ul.$uiZl,,"<f

DOTH 'facuZty Q dejicjj, a dogmatic short me-<lJiUrQ, datin.g back. to man.y IY(, (1t " ~arB. Th(J~e was in.suj/lclent cll2arminciad an.d in.--;rrnct lUQ aWCJ.rf!ne$S'~ ~~, ~. ~~t the NOTA' (Jr .. e FIIME) wield t " ",,,exchangeable I'mll.'r.f! ~ ~~i:"1f ctto'!- all around. It is they that decidfi all deta. s n. tik~/

eiiowahtp ~ue rom th~ side wherQ Revelation and Grace '

) sJeadt 11/ reach down to ~8, thus accru ing frolll t~=,!LerJJ E~'J<LESlil ,

r.:-:;,j !JJt!!Jc.e • 'l'hereJor(} RJf~$ QEd ~~.l' .. aral! (JIs aNI N".W Tfi. stallulntTrr ~. Church man.dates, engaging and de/ending thG Rtght Han.d_~Hl

?/vlf-/~ i~ c.!3-~3 th!",f/E:!!-~2E."Jlfjji(,~1;',r~prQ5~nttng ~fH!U«"'B ' (Ni.-4

1.&; ~~8ic ac~n. Aa to myself in 1960 and 1961, 1 praised God lor the

'val tant resist.ance if£LS had offqred lor decades at great c08t~ along the ltn" Of patiQncQ against the larger body's externaZiza­

tion and the R.d.R ism ~ncr chin in. dis utse. Yfft when that ~-z.;.-~ =

Con.claue at Oalda.rtd at the boh.e~ or Dr. lIans Ktrs!en..# Oberursel, . fi:::rJUAy(tl .. 1

got the Synodical COnj'ert1ncQ to tnu! t(l the OVE/?SbAS" an.d when thore-alt~r it became cheefly my task to prqpare the 1961 Pre~Qntatton

V for print together wtth Dr. Honman Nagel (th~n ~ambr£dge, /\EngZand), we jointly rqalCzed that there waa scattered aZI over

the dear American scene '?.n:!Lty~.e 01 !.h..ort,!/;./lhte!jnruJs=tn. contrast

'- ~o !t.'qJ~1j howeuer degrfHls a~>K~mQquen.ces m.ight vary. ife were (/ Ct ~.\..~ft-t{pained When con!ront(ng d'ltatlsj w~' was heroically S~!J.J~~~!:l!J #

to convince COCKsure /<J1SSUJRIANS of the errors 01 their ways. It was a dan.gerous cfrcumstancf1 that some NissourC SynOd 20th Century

ffcortgrtJgat tonal ists" cOt~la' £1'\ a sen.ae coun.t QrVJi Z. rebut t ing that

the trksomtJ protestors represQnttng the ~t8consin; Syn.od were

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V1V" (j ~3!1h_t-.90 J~9JJ.l Y~!!~C!.L __ o /"!yO i rul,, __ ~~n{l 0 Lng. By hau i ng i ina vI SGn8~-, p(!rm itt Qd }{ ~ri I $ sub t qrfLgl(l, n,1"Hi'1!L to fix on FlllOWBl/.iPXYvt,

) }XXiX !!(~ja()¥: .~n.g tt1fi !iS1[--~~~PUf\_~&) -=~ __ ~r~e ~?tor, th(fY ~n. scriptural r~si$tancG again.st this taul ty "Atf{(i:ricanizat ion/', I

~ ~f/':::f-.1 at t €rIlGS boun intr.mi on. ".~~>Utit::a,~,~~b.?£g}cc;, ~tl-RE~. sorry-~~t:), to say, oven the W£LS men had maneuu.red themselu.s into a certain qu.an.dary. iv'\? wi trHi'SSHJd that at thQ :.:::cnithO!1ill n12got iat ions Rom.}§.!l?

wos d(eclart2d th'l' U1I1? C~;fH'!!lzE:; :;FJI to, *et .. ~~'i? fellowship Qrrors s\rq,tght. CX'..t-d mt.J:i~..1Irl\

\ t~it\ Th.is l.v'2$ d()n~ tui ~h(?'-~t pat(Jrt J.JL l m tin thQ at} 1 teat (Oft ~c_ tl_~~_ ~?r

rIf:) ~'v con:') ~ __ ~ __ j( f. (Laci 0 "! --~!'!.~J}(? li ght the A -ost ~ l!!!!-s in m i._ • Youp ~ ' .. .v ~- ___ dare not tuAQ too much for grcm.t f1d. Th'2 l008C; u.se 0/ tit word

, \JJ~ -----:-:--.... rJl) . . I!VL " . ~~ Z sorts 1")1' grou,[.J1;! 0/ CltrtJJt tans aZmo.st dow to choirs ih/ &~:u.+ ,~dn.d -Zadies ~ , ! J ~sed troubl~, too. It reoen.tfJd diuine c>2rt tntg

~. I X,x;x<;s~t~?ljl&ESl~~1:2?:~~~JI ~~_ N(),'~~ empo",,,. ~?y, ~\"'l, to call a pastor. St. PaliZ'-'L~G'xt$ l tk.~ ,~~ do€?s ftot wan. ~/ L(:,?t~~J~dir~ct appl"icatiofl toward :hq family, worksl'wp, ~ou~rnm(tlttal P0si~~

(j-l~tion <?tc. SGfl' thq impo8sibllf.ty of applyi.n.g St. Paul's "Avoid th~m't , ~ to eu~n. a JH3athen. 08 hu.sband or wife or a$ a bUsinQ's$ aS80ctate or

\\ . .--}- ~ an. of/CeQI' or fJooldt'fr i.n Caesa.r' 8 army. What then 0/ a real bel ievar . rT';~ on the otltt1r side l n. these .9 tat tons or orders Of 1 tfft, bu tone de­

'~G"'~~~'0'\ f¢ctiu~, f"t.JLt schooZl?,g to bfJ orthodo~ Though fI£'LS me<lllt all Quan- ff yJ;.- gel tcaZlll and in pract ice added clauses, thq ~ I'lClrr.ow Et.a11f:Q o/P

argument gauQ till'! othar side a cha.n.ce for "rClturn coach"s" euCden.t also in th~ Theology ol Fel ZOUJship. 'fJ'Hl count,'r slogan was on thfi!

(1ir: ('Set?, t~!!y W9''1.t ,:"'\lpClr~Sm whon4-'UQr thQj; aCCU:8e us of Unioni~,

bu.t Wlii' ar~? for rr.tddZo oj the road. II

Dear BrothQr Qulltxon, 1 hope that you hauQ ob8erued that I mainly .,-----,

adher.z to tile datg 1961. Ind~ed I had to take now.oJ aOfltG further \.Lc~~pmen.ts becaus(1 thQ ollicta! fr:s:tnt which they at that

tim.e let U$ a~r; was in part 1df::f..i.tUt? But J oJ/fir 11.0 appraisal

~a.g to th{} further way 01 ir£;LS eu"n aa to thffi.r s(Juering rfllat ions

~t(J thQ J<!tsfJou.ri :::ynod, UUJn tht';ir u;ithdrawal from the Syn.odical

. ~~\con./~rGnce nor concQrning thatr sub8~qUQnt Synodical doctrinal I~\[(./ exposition (J:.~~tEJdn,g to catc.b uPls.re t.'t,J(~A. In the cflntftr

'rL r Of this lettgr, dear Brother GuZlixon, o~ly onQ thing £s to rtuvt , Y-..V~I/:l.ll attcmttcll, the C?VLR,'Ji:AS r~pZ!l on t'F~,3low$htp in t/Hllfec~

\ I~KContQxt cj the Doctrine 0 thQ Church H, admonishing all four Synoda

if' to re-$tli.dIJ their morG rQc~~;~ent and tl1<!'ir rli'Zationsnip

to each othtlr' ~Zyif'l.g th~.-"()TA~'-f~:.._S~_ P?j§:') os tile founder

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of thfJ Nissouri. Synod had once made that basic in strict harmony /,

with Lutht;r. ~ ~.

But now as to our reception. ~n 1961. I gratefully remember how the reprQsentatiues Of your fine i:uangelical Lutheran. Synod at once cheered our hearts, ~armly embraCing what we were bringing to attention ouer against the much larger bodies, Missouri and WE'LS. '',Juite soon afterJyour next ELS Conuention uery appreciattuely

confirmed their Committee's acceptance, although, as I fancy, they judged of tho remarKS which we had attached after the theses them.­selues on "prayer felZowship" as not being detailed and clear-cut

~ enough ouer against tht; Nis80uri unionist waywardness that con­fronted tht;m euery day. WE'L ... )' later on no less aS8{m.ted to our

Theses with a restriction as to our elucidations and general re­marks. The /Ii'lasour! Synod's dOClt!rthal comm tt tee members (?uen se~ilned to assent aZl the way, so that we could hardly argue. But -the real

\ <~

~~~~rt negottato~ brazenl dissimulated, chasing after totally tscordant "all Lutherans in the World" goals in the immediate/

future. Dr. Behnken no doubt wished to sau~ the Synodical Conle-<~

renee, and he brought to pass what was in itself a fine thing. The Recessed Conuentton of the as yet normally constituted S~NODICAL

Y:(JNF£Ri'NCE ali ttl e Za t fir forma lly recommended the Docu.ment Of the OV£RSEAS to the 4 church bodie8~ acknowledging it to represent its

wn historic position - the resolution passing at least without any nays (see the respect tue pages in the 1961 ttS.C. Proceedings tl

).

Dr. P.W. Behnken no doubt hoped yet to saUG the connection with ~ELS which the decistu~ St. Louts professors wanted t get rid of. '- -, -~

At the same time he ~l~[not ~uge the extent to which we at the uery outset had deuise J the NU'fAE (per S;-PURAE) emphasis against

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Neo-JHs8ouri's dQparture. 1 had seen to it that the thes(Js and elucidations hit out against the course of Dr. Behnken's church body, which[as it were under his eyes)had r~~ed in JournaZs,J

!~ the Cast in the £ lish Di~ct, etc. Its heading for s(Jcularism a~~ s~cretts~ was growing from bad to worse. Among the OV£RS£AS

~ there were of course differences as to such perceptions and eualuattons.

Permit an extra item: At any rate I, on behalf 01 us year later secured the official promise (accordQd to who wou.ld come) to meet with us during the following

I~

GGrmans, one

all OVfjJ?~ y(wr at

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St. Lou.is, No., and th~rQ to anow us s.ufficiqnt <>pportunity to

get all the facts us to thQtr oflicLf).l £n.t~rcb.urch cours€I accusGd

oj moving towards uniontam. But this prOf(d,sil was slyly c(rcum­

~~ntGr!.~~J.rt instead pu.$he~~~}ntft!rnatf.o~al. rp.·Qologtcat Con[f2ren.ce in. which also all tJvtlir Ol)qrsea$ mf.s~ton.&~ ~~re ~o b. r~pr.$lnted, St. Louis paytng all bills; and even th~~ f:.,'uropean,$ except Ptnland w~nt along. l'n t he absence 01 WELS th(Jc.:>' "'_.---- -lirst mGettng was conducted at CGm.brtdg~, l'ngland, l»h€r~ thoSG fauoring entry tnto thQ Lutheran k*'orld F~derat ton. started to de­bat~ wtth those havin.g objectiona. Thts Int.rnatton.aZ ConjerencQ

- -- ---whHe me4!t£ng in,~ tntG'ruals until Of lal,(t and tn. uarious otlulr

~ global -cflnters (e. g. Porto A hlgre) SQkl one IHs~ou.ri. Synod Niss (on

~.~ Ch~h ofttrlr ano!her ~W.F. These werQ m<4anwhile ~ ~ tna~pendent bod filS, JlQ t kept thQ itO. SYNOD Ie II owsh (p and au,bs td i es.

....... J", ____ ...... _ ____~ __ <_< .... ,,_. _ ~ __ -

£'XCtltA.Ii'i}, pIC/flail, that J wanted to gQt thosli1 hisror(cal diiTaOs 0.&

1 l!Hie them to be on record SOftHlw/l42rll.

S£'COND PART

"hat counts (a thft .£gnt ent§ at eOG 1261 Oypraia~' Declgcat 19G. It

was centered on prop<1r11J' ~ churanes on "a~ in. their

essen.ce ~~ One Holy Ca oltc Apostolic Church and thus escaping

"~tton, ~8ty garbed ,i~, and u~ ThQ Ouerseas DeZQgates tnuOKQ thQ Bfblical background against the

(JE}!sesLAatchword "I'ello~l!ie". Thou.gh from the 4 chu.re!l bOdie8~~ rejection came forth, there was hardly any in-d~pth 3tudy~1 //

Let me take lor gran.ted that in spite oj tho 8c·/ru?what dry Zanguago

Of that commttt~Q product and thQ profusion of Scripture and Con­cordia references you hau~ managed to gain a cLose acquaintance

with the 1961 document. 1 shall in this Sacond Part underline that

instrumen.t's presflnt-dall lJigntltc(J.ttcQ without extra prool tt!!.t.!!. ~ '---------_ .. ------

Regaraing the Btble an.d the Con/(ls8ions Q8 cUed, l' Bhatl em.phasize.

\ in, points accordin.g to thfl alpha.bet., thlt' total conception 0/ X ~Kft!jJ..!! both tahl?n ~..tgJl.1i and l .. oco.l ~~. Tnt$! incZudes thQ doublJJ­

coined t~a;;t a.nd 2,utu,rord-!ello!D@p as it (s d,e}.tmttE-d Clnd ~e­

guard oS u.ia t h~ Nu1;j.[.' (a ZlVOY8 p~ r Be fJURAi.~). !;zs.>""

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~ tt:

Here follow my various points: ~ ~ gl F'irst we kCH1P in mind that th4? N-&-ns 0-CaQJ;ace, operating in ,r~ the New Testament Church, (llso in the'ir 1.1. (} as Narks oj £'KJ(LESIA'J

const! tute '4d!Jfl.'i'. at that/pne ent irel/l of ~XT~No-?~na!~~' For th.emselves or PER Sb~ they are one healthy whoZe, everyw'fIre [,p

COnne C tad wit h t ha t 1,g1g1 R" u.".!:. a t ~ of r;!.1f.I!. ST. wilt ch the no ~Iti ~ Holy Church has received and is ever to preach. Neanwhil I~ ~L~r~ V'I!S~ that tnherant oneness and puri ty the Word and he Sacra- 1

men.ta are effective to So.U(? sinners if only so much g ts across .,.-""""'-- ~ ~~ -------'.~. . .. -- --- -- .

t......-.,.h,,~Q~n}uaLZY 3o~t Z-,,-as~~Q'}ia _obs'tr~uons lML --"iat'~ rn~.r~sl for aZl sinners and God's forgiveness and eternal eave~-Br0mt8e ~ ___ ~___ '--.. ..- .,----. ~ _ _ _ ___ _____ _ t- ____ ~ _ __ f-- - ' .. ~ ,

are thereEu inwardly apprehended by some, the H y Ghost thus ~v~gsome ;;uZ-:;' ;;;;;'v;;i;g th(lm into the UNA SANCTA. That IS /

~ \ Jesus' merciful outreach. The e es I the JesUS-Word!, ~/G\ \ ?nZy in ",ital part~ ".does net ne ,ate that a oj it belo!Y}8 \

'O,:P together. (~v't~ ~~6: izut,,-- . . -~~&; ~." . t;t c<V" UJ.4Rf .. ot-v-tLU~{..'1i.tj..{ Cl./f\ ~L/j/l-1/t!U? eL..~~~e,. d.( -~~t.A..f.:.-!,

QL The M~n8 of ara~e-faJlthfullu use~ re the dtsttngUlshlng

«ut .~ oj Christians toward fellowmen hat ob8er~e, this 0/ course ~_ )~ ~along8'de with the ~vidence8 oj a ~ orn ltfe. They are such even~ ,~.. if Cn some cases all Christian preaching, teaching, assembling is~~ "~ ~1J law R!!?hCbtted as in China, and the Neans of Grace offer thCS~f' ~ . evidence al.9o in case only tho essentials 0/ what was once heard- '-

~ of the saving message have been ;;tained by the heart, or if in \ ~ w,tQr nsolit}J:fi.9 the Bible or vital parts Of it are cZung to by ~-;:

fatth. ThQreuponfollows in all normal cases the urge to hear the'~~ ~ Word more and more and at ~hat Jointly. This connection with the ~,t \Heans oj Grace is the sign of Christians, even though ~~ocrc~~ ~~ ~n outwardly p!;eaen,LJ.he same appearance •

.£.2. Of course, it is a tru~tsm that thQ Joint use of the If' d ,. ~ ('lot of ~nton, but, V--.f.'!E1ate'!!.. Of Bapt ism) charac.ter ~a, .4'". L

Christians in thQ ordinary family circZQ and in a.Z1 sort Of ~

l~t~~~O::: ~!ei;h:;I~eb~e::::Bd~~i~~~~ ~:;t:;nt;;~~:! 'r f) ~JJi~(~~;n;l.ung. j;'KKLESIA) which Godhas i,~~:}~t_utQ~r ~~l_iC ~I~

\ \!{!G an:1!. d i $8 em t naJ..' on .21...J1ly M ~ i a a uL.! _ g rl 44~ t r Qegecl s. ~~ .. "rf ~Thi.S ~lwa~8 R.ch/.d.q~ aZsQ t(t. eJJq~e8Sary, .reac~n.g o· thQ Law and \'..~ ~4t 01\P..t-L t. t ~ CVll.' --'\~ ,11 ~ iii,..' 7:'$3 tT/I..,V ·v)

ormc.l !I C· II - for ~lfi tJrdiottox sr 0 . lIne l'ora or the Jo tnt /~ public execution of~ll ,,%wt.) It is true that here £8 a ~_~.!!.l

r ~(Vrvv4J l '1 ," )) {If

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ca8~J 01 A making p08$tbl~ Band B making possible A, yet all J rounds are $ubsid€ary to ~in Hts11:ophQtic O~tce, His

V Apos.l9Zl£..Doposq, and fits ~!5?J.JL Gho~tn. aattQ.n. In thes count,

also the' oJflee of the h'.Ely N!!!tstr:.}J is .f!J>~i, but ~t in t~f!_ $~Q that wtt}wut pastor in. charge a con.gregatton cann.ot come

. ---------_ ... _--_._---._----- .---._-. - .. --- ,..'- ' .. - .. -- .... --.. __ .----._ ...... - .. --_._._._-

€~~g. If necessary it would be legitimate fer Christians variously como to faith to constitut~ a congrQgation and call on~ oJ their midst as pastor.

co/fiLl g2 7'hf2 d(ui.nLc(Jrtai~ty that (l New Testamflnt congregat ion -i-s on

~he spot resulta fro~ r:.~~.XA misgui.ded iflor of tlZegaZism"

darQ hot disparagIJ this st i.pulation.. On.e stngles<lrmon. can easily

pass by without conuerting euan one soul. But when the seed is / I.,. lt4-vvU<..£t

~~-spread {o and Jr~ ouar a field there is at least a fourth part 01

v~~ the acre yielding etgrnal fruit (Luke 81" following; Is. 55;10, '1tc.).

U Ii belfeotng ~ has eUQry right to voiCe? to others Law ~and GospeZ, tn fact must do .so. }/(1 may euen b~ chargad by God to

~ ~' ,ry out aloud for an appointed missionary 01 the Church to come,

)l#~ ~ or htm8Ql/ become a mi~stonary, perhaps doingnothtng else lor a ~, . ~ tme and th~n being cal led as pastor. Bu.t a b.Cl.l (eu'qr in. on his

~...i ,,~0!!ln £,.<!tl f'l(8uer 1d1!:!:~ally _~~) :iLpa8t~ Lint zd? 1(:..0::" x~m ~ni£ate, ~ citc. L~uQn when tho Gospel is bfling preached 7"if11ie---rtritt ime '<I

~ J ; (as during th., Apostol te Journeys whqn an Aposta! at first also

~ ~ remained tn contfPl) .thG' l_~;_al m_t~~_s_ "-~_ as_ 0 a8 .~ ) ~f\, ~tg!t!jshq~. Yff'dn \pr;;r ...." 0 the NOTA£' ~·"'CLiJ.·(· AE bed. in ~.se /

t~ ). ~ ,--\a~..!n?regat ton ttiiiifn -Q'!.-t iiiice~- as texts 1 tJtQ i tus 1 :J,4,j~ ~~'< teat 1.111'- fhe=many=;j(fn,grl;ial tons wldeh the New Testament portrayes /'

+{~ \to ua are all characUirlzed b!J the possibility 01 Christian.a coming'

~~ together and doing it rvg(.ltarly (aZthough as in. 2 Corinthians J:2!;1, / ~ 0 there may be outsider/3 attgehed who can only be serued occasionally, '/, J .\'~. or services may bfJ hQZd in tiflparate hOUSQB);"'T~ territoriaZ rang~

'~o a congregation ia mon~ or less ddcided by sharing a pastor or f.~ I ~.----~.~~----------------------------~------~~~----, '~ pastors. ;. congregat ton may also share uJ€ th other congregat ions one ~ 1 jOint fftirst fJo.8t~ C.F'.W. FalthJt. r at St. Louis, an.d so forth.

~ There aN} m9.ny POliS f.bUlt i~~- - beyond what UJ(J ar{}Q.cCUllJ tomed to. ~. ' ..... -~

I It (s, howeuQr, a deciaiu(J point of o'octrinQ that ~rtZy one min~AA~

'~J.([,'£''liQ/ftCti has C(~_dOW.'~8~ ~t(J:;}-'l~; ~~QS~.SH/. for ~ I

~,vvtu ItP,!STLE;S tlH2re to f~~ tJH'}ir g4]nQral funct(ol1.~ .

/ < ~ ~ont!-nuQ. See LUtrteran Dogmattcs on the whoZe doctrinQ of the Of/tceo

11. ~9W. 9 8 .. (({ ti{"!.{.::!ii.SJA

!U/(d T,(?{}!<l!1!9f}t tertn.1.9C £.~gJ.t~ar (J.~I)&~mbl iPig and

mora of their own.

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in itp s~SQn.d c9.nnot g118fL,9LJ.1:.f 12r.~t;tptlml . ,

!}I!1 .. 1QSS!.l_p{J~ (t JJ ,fit. Q~ J..i e~Sr5& {,mfi lor .. t!1!.£!:. acting. normaZly together with a pastor or

It must at once bq ltept tn mind t1wt the UtlA :~·ANCr.~l is reaching " dotvn from an (Jl((I.K~tion not on.llJ abo..,,, p~acq but «<.16111. b€?yond timQ

",---

(Gal. "':26&27; Heb. 12:22-24) and that th.e term uni.qult: in that

J very ,'i\€rtB(.1' ytJt locally appl tad tws r€l/erenc(ii only to the UN.4 SANC'1""

mqmo@rs, to the bel teotng ilearts i(}tn.ed ~t a place (whosf? aQALQ1~te

,/v pqrsonoJ idQrt t ity mor(Jou,'r onl II God knows) Lat'i-1.< >~J \P /

\J'·/;i N(2lJ~rth(tl6'8$ as to thf! act ion.') alJSD tJrlQ J:d(f:L£SlA Li1-I~_~cta.~ e~,.hg. ~L IJ! ,~\j'",,--3V---=*,

/

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1/ :~~!;7~~~~;;;~;.;~;t::nb~p~:~; t:dr ~:~ ~:da e~~::;t~~Q wtticll dilfflr.s from ttUI main use, n.mlH?lll to ..ll. those people who rqgularly assemble for Christ's meetings unl~ss indeed som~ are pr'-!u(lnted by infancy or 80m.Q are (l~cQm.m ntcated P"~s, perhaps

011.1y de facto - wherea.s ex majority who are in. fact heatheni~h and do not use tile iJeana oJ Grace of/ere except G& an occa.sional

cultural "tradQ-mo.r/t" do not ftt at aZl under a Church umbrella,

this btling truAI 01 % 95-9?'[Jrt tJH1J~ropean Statf! and Peoplea'.--­

"Churches';). Por the elects' saltJrOod rants to thosq regularly .;:::;::;;! _ _ L_=---:::::::=-=:;7' . __ ,~

~s~.{)"!~~-!.~, pI ~nt otent tar powflr 0 act a tho hurc __ ~

t,pgCf.t~l1d.th the looal 1I~/Hn stry. It is totally wrong to Q~t~~vJ~6;f;;;= (Orllelt lor p,,!!!...er tt' di.spq!!~(f thrt Nean$ oJ Grace) t,~~o, as ,!;gh Churc~£sm does $Jmply ap_in.g_ thQ

iO'G, an.d wrong, too, to compromise by at least making b~Zt~uer's

,.'()(G,·~c~~erZY depfll\den.t oh~~h~OJftc-;-;-~~~llY . ""1::.1.-1. ~"'--~~--",-. ./\..~~~"'/\""~_ t ought oj as s~lJ-p~rpQtuattng.

It £8 her<1 naturallu prllsupposed that su.ch Hearw of Grace actiona - - --==--~

on the part oj those regularly Qssembling do accor~~i1h gcripl~Q'S ~ G()8Pc?Z and alao that in. their outward prOcedurQ a~8 g~ 11/ fixed good ordor as t.o ae«, ~age, dtvinQ ca! 1, are being re8pectQd.

U B.9.. General Priesthood - tnciefJd a key' truth.

/lot

all

and

one syllable dare be detracted from the sacred doctrinQ that

t~~~gJlI20UiJ tn Cltr€st_<;red~~J't& Tes~t~~~ that the!! are by baptism and,thr? Hwrt'.g faith .'t!EpOJ.l.ilird lor:..

;0

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e~!!~ Sf1r:..lJ_~Jj, ~!?.t that to onac:t l~ tr~b-l igl/" J;Jf5J,!fi!:(J$ a~r(.~~nt as to the r(2pres(lnta t iue parswits. 1 t normally prfl."u.ppoaes

a mini&.terial call/or Ziff&timG', which, th.ough in (l; ciiutn.(!Z.v modf-

~ lied form, v~t mai'ntafns a c~nn.<icti~f.th Christ ca.lling lij$

A.~s. As to th<l pflrson[;!. chosiln til if;! al.ways pr(MWMiS th<l neces­

.sary ct!pti,$mgj~R m.J..!!JB~a~ __ ~3.1JYI ~xactly as LHt1f.gr {md C.F.r;'.

Wpl tho'/ t,wght. ThfJ (tfJn.era p 't{~tdhood in. due exe·rci:Hi is np,.Wn. .~

:::~~~ canc{lll~ or abridgo \ but rathQr augm~,mt@.d by the pastoral

. ,{.,_/LCf)ZZ. Clnd C?f1E:l itu.~ c~(Qf b2J!~~h fell UI1~~~!!!i.nlBt'Jr (aJ, C(n\...;(Jv-:-.:t. ~::JZ o.nd all lJiork that/ollou;s. But thfltt tn .such. c..:all it is J(>i~Qd /lL.it71;~ by Ch.ri.st's g(fneral apostolic injunction 0.8 a lurih~ir donation..'~ "

This is t!l!!.- a~ G1.ro~ j()rtfJ. oj p$Jdf~~.rJ-~t iart$mw~~~ which up to Ch.rist's return i.,,~ to' ab!df2. In its cour.sfl ~uerllwhere

~~. Jl.~ mwH bg kept in. mind by <ioery paMtor or offi.ctal in charV(J~ 1'h~ whole Rfl/ormation confidenc(j and also challen.ge, bQ it against fop. ruZ& or, on th~ other hand, agai.nst the alterno­

tiuQ State domination. ou~r conscience, ~a8 P088«d on to us (n \:..~~~~.~,-

mint"<al controctton by the ~)!!,lClZcald!lrJicl'U;J (flSp. thr.? 1):Jl.£t paro.-graphEJ 24 aM €l following, uihich 8~e). .'----.. _~

'~lU Jndl?ed 1 promised to you. on m.y p. 1 A STUDY.jor GGtUil8. But ')

figuring w( th con,,(d.rabh delall J aha! I tnterJp'eru an his tor/cal / account p(frtaining to our iSBue to fill a gap oft,ul.Ointruding-

alter C.F.it. }~'aZtl,er'~ days u.nd Uu,m touching the1./0/ii'LLS' /

- S~-~--r _______ --+-l ___ , -~-".--------..--

situation..

!is!B. JD_'!i.i!)9, t ha t up d t f ... !_h'!.rf (I!, t ~r. 4 all i oS an I NSt..RT ~ '1/M /' '" '('t:JM)ff1:;VlY fi;; '?t;L(( IV ) r v V I

Dr. Hartin Luthflr's u.n'ntQrmit~\l?l1t emphaj/,iJJ on. the A'eiirw o/-QracQ . ~~~v

and sauin.g Fa! th did nc;·t Qrtabl him to Q"d ~po~lQ congreJL~-

t~d£st...0ot from politicaZ_urlit$ to b" (JatabZislufd in Ger­

many (se(J the great TrG'atifH?8 h(? wroto from 1521 to 152J). The

X\~x./\)CP~s' War~thwa,:!(!d s~paratt: u.n.f.t$~1!:.5!!!~~~?~.3Ln, O'1cj the thrflat

/'~J QxtCnctCon through Roman-Catholic polittcaZ powQr continu~d to r~qu're 01 th~ Lutheran Prin.cQs to rtsk Quen their Gstate8 (0.1-

f . • ,jll\ though LuthErr n(JUQr a~k.Qd thQrrl. to do it). So the .~~~~~ ,1'~"\vJ-r:fiJ (KO~~d8torten) cam(f to bt( there for goo<i, follou,'ing ~~ '- ~L~nY..~!'!".~~JJ.!!...e... . ..!~_1~J9, ·tJJ1 though af)o:in. Lutltf!r at onCQ dre-

X· ClCiretll ,,;;.~t t!:5i£~~~g\~i~~M!:~gif2~s. lor wo

ar(t rto t m i'rra-C?d u.g.;:d n t G t ol ~r':J (G' t hQ f~m(z JU~-':!!J l:J as t OPiJ in. th.<; Church. /I 1'/Hf c)n.!w(,'UCt'rlce 0/ tltf! COrt::d.stori~s, gradually

I(

th~r€by subJectin.g the paators to a JLalJ-poZittca! control, ha.d ~

!/f1t another sid~. It meant that tht? t~al ct~urCh QO(J~B 15~~,-t !!i~t:!;;jiCl ,geltuul somewhat regiment<fd, focing thQtr pastor os a 8~1-po"'~fi icalfJ ~

,factor. i'E't it cannot bfiJ d(!1n.iftd Ul(~t (llon.g religious lint!$ the

1;)J~hOh'" popuZat~(m. tn th.tJse Zand$ had ra:thl.tr Garnl£atlv accG'ptQ!d the

G tft Reformation. AbOl)(? all the!: public in~dr.uctCon incltu~'ue oj the ~)y ~.~~=,=~~~~~?-~~~~

../" u}tio(?rai t tes wa.4S in. tnld now 're!orm<fd Church $ • an' lS, cni.ej'ly "VV "-------

)JY I' h~d • oUVJ~ t~~_ th~ol.og~. ~'hen ~h(} Lu.thtir~n Con/eStJionll, } tncZudlng thfi' FormuLa 0/ Concord oj 1577, wert? Jar a lon.g time

not bQ!ng challQngGd in th& ta~ds, the s(tuation as to the general

() 1 -.A-- t state oj preQchin.g WQ~ indead a~. Tiw Q,r~p~91tct~$ .~~' ,'/-- (usually callE/a tlt~ j)D) IJ,iQrG' il~t..2 the t t~J and th(? great

fi/{JfftKS LuthertJn hJI!:Ltt.:l llt~od(jd th-a country, and all 01 this c~d "t/:rouglwut the Thtrt~ar$ trar. in Ow course oj whi.ch ~ of

Cjj all Germa.n.y'.g populat ion. WQS totally crtppl fld or Jd l t(Jd. Fhen. th.e

c )l~ ~~ CClmG' about. In. 1.~ll thg E'(!Jrl in i~~~i~~~ Dynasty had

~I.i J'> "tf€rlJed ~o the R~/orm~d Conl(l$$~on in Qrder by infieri. tancQ' to acc(?dfJ

\.to a Rh'fni.sh t errt tory_ l'n. 9 t/H? tllu~ttrou8 PredrtcK W ill tam

dtilpos~d ~hfl pastor J~'tt I;UfJr 80 dear to the whole Bert in

" population because Paul Gerh.ardt would not b(lforehand prOMise

'neut?r by name to attack. Caluinisttc champions. Alter that also .. ~

~~rnrMJ!:J$, ~ L~f.~X!-!!' ~fl~!!,m,JjU b~£n.g a at (mutus, assuPu1d th~ were at)~ thq Luthqran. Confess '.!:...ns, and pg.s tors

c..... ....

(,__ . 1:erfJ tliOr€b!l. t ... urnqd tnto morlJ' Bubmissi.uWl tools. F'e·r piety's saKe 'P~1 fu? v;< ~n tru.th &J;#1f:f!m arose en ratl'u;r clo~e connect Lon w~

~nd rU,tet;JJ3 In its general COu.r8~ it r:;;aSSl2rtfld taJ,th and aub­

at,ltuted 1&~~!'J;t~s lor the ~ be! i.QU!rB' s~ort, yet , w~out ~g c~~~~~t;~. AZr~ady roughly a century aftQr

11~~~ 1666 rank I~ona~ was "n,tertng throu.gh ull gat~s,a.nd it turned

t.o.~l~ til" bf?Z iel of th~ f~nt popul~ce upsfdQ ~~n.. Fortunatelv,

'\lL1~it-Y'-; howeuflr, thQ fr;.!.!uQnt ,ft{fJz~~!,8m succcreding f!.apoZeo') by MlSt- the? ;i&{.i'G timQ of earZy' Jf(l1J!lm-d' 0 t?lle, was issu.ing also into a far-spread

- '!::!o-l;!Jtp'!!ra"nili,m. Yet all Prote8tant Germanll cont inued to be , ~

If£! t fl'reC!.-W..tth in S!,at,e __ Church conj! rH/S, and resurrec t ~ Lutheran 0-\~,(\I theology dtd not prts(}9.l)ooe th,~t l1H>St I.mj'ortunote .~, tn-"\ ~JJ.()

\.', hGrt tunc". Take into accoun,.~ tl'wt en. this resp€?ct ~_<!~t '.1\, \J ~, Lut/vircn cio(jmCt tc tans (!Jf)~jy.:.d watk~d Q path. of strange qonces~ion._ ~)./ ~ ~ -._~ __ ". / ~v1-:-L ,wvvvf\ w},~~=l~,=~?t:~cL'~~g'J[~~~ ~ccl"staGl part icularQa. (1

lv 1$10-(0..0 14JfHdd 8Ugg£fst thrlt you Cf/J."lpa.rCJ ~~~ __ .S~1[fj~,1~·';; qui te useful J8)0 l"\.. ) ~,Iv\ . /. I ~--\~ ( IvW/~' . . W (,. iff [(,(.. v {2{ Y:YII,tit J ~

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~omp(trtd, translatfC!a by Cfw.rl4?$ 1100W an.d H4inry i,;'. Jacobs, which

ti.l(lS in 1963 put'l tshfid by Augsburg Pubt'shiny JlOU8G in r<1print a8

ffThQ Doctrinal rphQoZcgy of thfl e:4/an.gvlical LutlHaran Church tt,

p<1lrttcularlv tfirt pp. 608-6J9.) All ~{)td(?nee points out that /Veo-. -----------

Luthera.ni.am/.:~ giga.ntic CHIJNCJL[)DIJA'l'~~, whi.ch went on. during thQ .,::..-:....--.-~~ ... ~

whole mtddlQ section 01 th. luat Century, nQuer examined proPQrZy

th."~ t~r,.itori(lt o .. n.d par~~~

This exp1.a.!n.8 the DfJBA'fl~'.s ~~wo Dirt;?c:'t tena. I~Qo-Lu.thl,1~ wr£ tqrs .., turn<td t.(){J.;ard ~lJI as thliY endeauorod. to rfr-€stabl ish the /

Church'i.~ lo,;,t !njlu.idnCI2 (jor around J.8GlQ ptJopl(i had to a griJat "

([xten.t cea$lt1d to attend st!!rtJicQ$, ';'lnd a! tb.tlJ schools ;:~qtlOfJJHl.iJY

I~~ taitqn thE' place of theology).

f ''fh.z. one of th~ .. ;: powerful groups (whtc::h in a $(1nS4i in.cludes al~o ~4 1, HJ.!!!!!:::~JV2) was unabafShedly I!~r""ch - s!m£ lar Jo what w"n.t

/ N """on i 1\ i~d •. ,!O QTrt -'--"',"-'c'::::::=-"-.-

;t.~~.s and God ch.arged it to b'l in ... ~olQ COA.!/iJ.o1 ooer all that gO~B on in

, , .... {thQ Chu.rch, th~ ~~1:!l hauing ontll A.1]!jGV"\ j, n~ ~lrp~ '1'0 them thtl terrific malady that the tnst !tut t~{t church W/l$, delug4?d by . patent unb€liQuees also in their days B~emed coped with if in

I 'bddi t ion to thQ Stat€t'.$ ou. tward ass tS.tan.ce only c 1 ergll rfl fgntJd, . ; ... Q .

although qufte a I~w WQre atill Rattonalt~t8.

1C In turn. the oPPolSite party, hQaded by l~uth(lran. profe$sors of

v Y ).., !i!-,.!a~ UniUflrs€ ty, 8~~d mor~ wi th thfl church m<imbfi/rs. l~olJCng to somll ext~nt til the wake 0/ {r~edrtCf!Lfi:!Jtlt!(jr~cher, til9V hcpC?d to onZ f.$tth~ lIJnol<1 ~ow morit lr~qu.~ntlil church go'J;ng populace, thu.s

bt;lnhfna on .f~cc>t{!JJ~ j'~ng tar too much. A leader 01 this .s~cond part!l~ on€J' clQ8er to thQ walls of the s;rflat Lutheran h,(ir( taJ)e

,d~rr~~'\thQn tft(l others, UIGS ~.!j;:'.S; __ JU:jB £rw. JIll a.tJ.th.or~d ",!rundatit~e I~ !u. ~4 KtrcfU!m,utlrfCJssu!}g", £r.la.;e~dYtng soon. a/ter the

~ 09;,d _e~C tJ9n. This bOOK .becalllita the £..€ntQr pt~C(i ~~­bate dUQ t6/itB histQricaZ dgpth and r~.ourCQB. It is close to '" --~. C.F.W. WaZther l totall rd uttng the eta! •• 0 the riuaZ ucl er y

~~P~bt}i~,~~re', L~th"r'.J1ndtif,,.·c'3-~:~s. Ne(;erthf}­less t t t8~ab~ ~el~.~J.tu!-=o'¥Jr-'L-!'f.fJ!LStg.t-B jnLq!:1-erflnC'i , >

C"_ ~.-

jJroperJY, only propoa(ng aQm~ pa1.l ~Q8 at thi ~d. Assuming

1

ih(i't Nollin.g li.nGUJ 01 i/aLther by 185J, he certuinly ,dt.!LQ-,~t Qgr_Jul

)C . F)' he 8~C~n.d: A(J.l/9-t.~=t:~~~ th.~.r~ tluise/? on ~~c{ ~(;11~ .Jjmt). !,,;;r thCl Jdrc}H)-,!~.rgJ i..;! L; him a produ.ct IJ.nd~r (lod

~.. ~~~'L.-/'--/~\_.-/'\.....~~~-~---

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n(~-1 t·· ,1 . J . .J

j

\ lawN (n. a sort of \~t t.ftomU~t fashion. j'1~ Holt ing book more thpn ,'~

~ FKUQ;0 othors im .. fJ. rGs$od the rww ;;,_Guwat . ...,so Seminary ,U!it(ffrtJ {,.,!""'~hZ~ \:.' (I an; i~gUa. :Slit?." started cut on. a " lwrch h. stor'/.-cal ff routtJ,_ _~/.~

1/ Il~arn~d Koehler rwt too wi$ely' subject ing t , l0f!'J1. tc ar/. q~~ \ X ~ II ! Ilhtstori.c:ally·It condit tonfl'(t in.~'ont in~mtal i~€' e. fjrh~ aJ/G-c.r;;;.,~·

.tt ,~0 t~(" B!Jf!iOY·S J2}plf.ri.;§ to ~~"P~~ later Ni"~;';ri2~Gli-/~

11i~>: f~ £ co t! OilS w,," Cq r t a in III in 80"'6 wall" 7f.,ijell m-r:=Bu r; .. I rang. t" ,.;~ say, t {(HIS carrt€ld. on. along wi. th an in81J.j'j"icifint prol:d,ng into - -_.-

, d:-'~ the lethal Church/StatlfJ con.ditions in th~ Old Country. It a~(2m8

~tft'o ;r~(!. u-;; rnu.8 t -;;-;;;; guard as i.--; t!,~j(iJS~u.wa~~\ '1'. trwertl

, into ;t'£LS

~ / history, froll, 1900 to alm.ost J916{ an.d ta e seriously how Koehler ! hi.mJ'tt)Zf d~picts it in. L!!Ji11-lr. Jordo.h~'5 posthuntfJ attd pr~fa(uJ(::J

~ I.:ngl ish fld i t ion of mr;..:h-=-Q-=H..:..i.::.s-=-t.::.o:....crl1e.<_{)~"'f'L-.:..:th::..::.e=-· _j.:.....r::..:.ts=-c=-(:.....:::I/'l..=.:a=-i=-n-=-$:....::·y~n...::..:o=-=d" lI.,h ich. had ) , «

(}1 bG'Q1t r(Jwrf.tt~n an.d concluded by j{oehl~r tor 't[~lith.-LilQt1 (S9Q the

Prot~stant Conf~rqnc~ pubZication 0/ 1970).

For two rea80na 1 cite ttda "last word H of Ko€hlf!r. You h.aCJ~ hero

\1 ',- /Yiu(1r ywhere Koehl4lr ' s ,?uerdoa(1 0/ nG€Schiahtlic~lt" .l!!tthout aaf.!..-j L~~ guards attached in.l!4t the goal w~ri(,'rnu2n, 1 . rni;t~l intended

, "\ / th~tr "histortcalf.Jp~(ndqdnqssli to JHIr,UQ. Now (~.'1i to August Pi.fl,Per, , Koehler's aloae ct::f,soctat" frOM 1902 on /0 some !lf1ars ~d the

-,', au.t1lOr 0/ tlH? 1917 mG.g.nlffcen.t learned expo8ttion of i8atah ll, --.. "J JUdfJfi that th.ere 'S no bqtter aUlMnary 01 his teaching as to

,,4,-, thfi Chu.rch'l~ Of lice, tJwt fa to say during lthl middlo f~ti,Jl,oi~~d \\'J ~ 19 career (n cont']!.dlcl.}O'LJO IH/~Quci, than on the inside columna

'I::(~ of the palJtUJ~~ t(,hich com.partl. iil1"n Franz Pieper had al-

ft tl r(iady paJ3$~d away, but his brotiler August was st £ II in. act (on /

~ I r$1"\ IIISS0URI aM ~']f;C(;fISIN agrv<>d 0/\ the ·'ft!!,~J.f!!~JfJi'''8n r"pro~ ,~J,.,,\b- "duced ira tht;, ~ on. p. 239. They are r~ rQ~l.!olut (f)n. II \\ v ~+ \1 S(tHl how thev roprqJt,(fn.t t, e Zoe . w.ntcat ion as m{lrely local ~~I j ~~ Tile debat~ had !£alJ.s.ed in C;i.'rclQs 'tround th~ I () A PlJr.se' RAE).

~ if., h''iI}tn~g~$»rt 0/ rlft?~l1tl1kt!!!Ell ou," Quer againbt the Sto.te ChurCh, ~ . tyJ- dJif icul ty had {:!!jg.j:;:!f (2&enttal aZ though KOQhler had left

.'tAJI> !hQ JidSCufI.'SlN S'"I!SlD. li,~ tn_his dQbotq UJith f!..!gh Chrzrchi~ ~. f(DTlAt !;ts.~' ~.lH:r ~~,.,t lJl ty:s~ufl~t th(te /($tli~=~~:~.n. tnS §S£Llilh,

.i (Ir~~lrjfll, ,md on the G,flj:man inhfiri ti/d ~_lios.su~ towerin.g qb.01)(1

l/ d",~',(it. in.terestCngZy, ,WJSC,NSIN's OfJ.m.7/~qplf_Jio..aneckS in thQ Lith. Vol. !~t?t/l/viAi {t r- c.~:. e!!!ll'

If

1~:.Of h.'iS PO$tiWl7:.fl "L~.-Lut/t. [Jog,,;()t i,A." is h.9 rd an both Neo-Li.Jth{1r~n

,'."oEPo.stng faction.s, exactl!I also the ~Tl predei.ection (see 'tor instan.ce pp. 175-1.77 on th~ HolM >QfJ'ic~). NOtJ.,eJdays, more than

...... -10 cen. tury aJt~r the Neo-Lutheran. c'ebute J the Ulnd€?skirchen of

..:- -~ -OermQny and the StoQtsAirchGn of Scandinavia hQU~ so d~teriorated that w!dl;; only a handfuZ flO to crJ.urch still aZl Scandinavians

and all in West Germany ~ho are not Roman-Catholics #beZong for good", and to Btl i t cll~'r. Everybody" (Lu t Iwr) vuery c l ergyrnan can /

preach and teach. practically (luerl'thing he c/tOO!)QS or tfHI PQople/

choose.

As to that grQat preuious debatQ under LuthQran na~~, may Americans ~.d1O arQ ir,terrUit((d pl~ase compare the UppsQla 19J? l.Jolum(? ttBeAenn.t­

'lis, Idrche und Amt in. der dQutsch,H'I. ifonfessionelZen Tlwologie des

19tttn Jahrhwuierts" by Holsten. FaglJrbr;rg, u:h.o shows both posit·ions .. 7

in detail and also that of JuZius Stahl. Fagerberg is onq Of the )(rare mora who have obsflrued t;;;;t'C.P.,,;:'t;a.l-thar bftlongQ.'d to n.eUhr.;r

(p. 1.11/.), but Q$ Stat" chu.rch Su.l((de he opin.es i!I.~ to be

med tat l ng • . ~

By th.e lJ;QY. 1 havt2 order(l(j at my ~xpense a copy to be sent to you., Erother Gulltxon. Th.an kindly pass it on lor good to the Aan.kato

SfJminarll. - To m" it SOT!;.e/H)W StiGma as if o~lY w/t(l'n pre.'jje~

.... ,sJ\ .~ir:a.n Luth:rart U·,eolo(;ians. tak~ all this····1.:..uropean. church d~ Jit ~~~ i!'.to con.s(~on s:"laZZ th({y be able f~l ~Y to apprEciate tho 1\e~ \:S~ ~ r;.J:ctory God's tru.t!!:... aCldeued in then prim 'I. t tuG' J.: ls:;()~' lli.orq ~

a centurv~ God brought this to pass on new soil under a gouorn­r.;~nt net i;';.t~i'll:i'in.fI u..tth th<t Church, employing for Hts purpose

th~ sor~ly castigated Saxona in Perry County and in particular I

C.F.i't. ifaZ ther' s Ii It an.burg r.r;ply and his 1852 Erl a I'1g ert boax "a£e _ _~ . .:a.c .. 1"_ -----.' ~

St f.mme" urtiI!fco-r K ire:.h~!l J!.J1r L~hN! lion ~h(? und Am t". ~ /.:. 'RC:::, ==. _.- -~ . c:::=:=:= <? -r=- ..

f l f! l~ confor;;UII wi th the Luth~ra" r{Qj;rrAa"( i;" c:r.w. Walthor has

~')j ~ "TWO parts, ztK rche'"' first aa b:J8ic, blAt then ,HA1tJt'7 th.rown in with

~{,..!,IJg Cbur~~ a B"Eci~jel0t!-~ bJl... ~o ~'!@~~ )-/ ~ a~~/-perp(Jtu.ati c q lon, lief a ':J/J[tj[ngH_O! ~t (B(lfJ tlHl ,t '11 '!irf!t~o~"!.~'y"i/'J£::.d Part these'S). "hen., in the Fir.st ~ , r pQ;:p' ob~Qrve hOlli ,IFie 7.1/fAz§A-y,,c7'A d~t~r~ 8l: l. 1I0tvEU~r as to .' th~ Church obsQru(1d }n'tim~ at placgs ~J ~arth (Qcclesla particu---- ~

laris) th'! 'ifJan.$j)1 Gr...Qf.~ wr,(ch ({stobl ish ':-----'" ...... a::

~,n.e Church ar~ pUJJhQd in t C' tho /orQf}round

1/WU/iJt (;'/JJ-tL 'L ' , -- ... ~) - \ /,:. IiI . ~:;1 /.~F(Yf-j2'j'A-i..uiL j

Iff' 1 crt~-{VIt ( ~tl'u:L~"I'~:-,doltn'l tei§ IfClrlt~. Of this fact St'.f.tQ-ChUr,~1 mn .ho.d m(Hla~fd totl1>~:.Yt((fdt£.J

~ com" 'total ly Qbt· {uious, bt .. t with Otis a JlO the new !rQ(J country's a.uA( tL~--utt~ "

indfuiciu,alism was b~i f'l'i!l mG'an$ in accor • Dominant hu.manism. mis-

~;. ~ tr:uilts boudng to a IItghor Powr;T' as Jtautn.g Q'lrgady in. adoancQ tn-

., ..- '( cOrpC1N1.tad all bel t~l)in.g indtvidu::lls net n.ow rul ing thf111i by f'!ord~

, \\~·artd ConJQsaion 1iJ~~~!tf.ng man. d c de what £$ t;;:;f~P'1~

~~. 8<,.'rtles. Pl~i.l(:UH!' ob$t}ru~ thli'? S(1ql.WI1C of tftt1 first row th~8~ l.j. to ,:-'> ~ '% 16. ThRY begi.n by 8ettin~:J forth trw Keys oj H(fQuen, which comprislJ

,~ l'all thfl lfean.s (;"/ Grace a.nd strictly repr{}{;ll2n.t thf! UNA SM~I.c'J!..~'s'pj1J , _ ljortgitt and work (J.~;#fi:,fI-L..~:1:~~!~-_~f,~..l~ .,?f~h~~_l!£!'s.~l.:'9h~;I:

\fiX I~ b~ l ~,!~rs, c!39r~~~j!L ~g and W by t&J.n. 1'JHUH1 rhQiH~S .Jll~b! 1)'- 'f fJ<l,loguo.rd thf! Keys'iUs(J if only' .? or 3 beJ iqvrU'$ art? in tlte ..

local church, and thQy str~$s aZ80 thg local duty to ke~p thQ

X Means oj at~_c{?~~_~~~~.£~~~! __ r.L~lLtl':J,JJJ,!Q l~qtJ'(g~(,)~(;f J!.,,(j . .frohZ--I p-pllution.. 1" 'ft, , I,' P -(:lA.":.. cannot ut U) ulith het alon.-

,.~~ \ J\~id(J. N(],.uarthf1tflJL~LJl1J(Jry trc.te: bf4lieoor in Cb.ri3t 'u.,jril () - 'I" dZy

~ ~--« ~we PI. tal ongJ !J-'Lj'Q.tsa..a$$o.c.i.at.t{Jll!L.r~.aiJls-.l11JJif4.J!!k!:.aC:.fL.!!1 - . . tJl'-__ W!/A~:';AllC'J!.A., artd.._t.hfL.JLe-Y1L_o.! }fQaf.H?1'I. rema in in thus l W Ij!J

f(..f(~trV1h~Httntt.?d c:hurr:l;.es if Chri.'2t' $ Voice .:!It! II gfJts through a-;;'d bi::

\' / lteuer3 among tJHI l11islQad cl ing to Christ's profltises. Dr. Dau'" ,

ti'anslatf?d th~ Th(Jsf<]$ tog(jth~r wi th the ScripturQ and Concorcita

~~ t~xt8. Strange to say, Nis~ourt ~Quqr continu~d beuona Dau's ~, tranlJlation to pr~.s(ln.t al.~o thq f/!{aje8t to documentat ion from past

J£1'/~~-~writ(}rs, abovb' all LuUwr. The hugQ apparatus 0/ cttations would 1\ _jftl.~ }~ }~ao~ d~m.and(id suparb 8choZ,.rsh.!p, knowing all the Ancifimt and

\~£l.J.roPt?an historical conn(fctiens and frankly passing on. thqm

t * and in li,.8 i-c l ass foot n.o t f}$ adro ttl y (m.gog ing today' 8 pas tor. -'7h·-. - ~~ J go (",n!. l.I;;!th U,e n.arrative of confltct. Earlier recourse t'k~'~1

V' Iv'althrrr might /laue preo(Uttfld th~ lat~r &6?fllt-etomfJat'o~ bJJ~?dfl!:;//" II i ~8CHJ.r t an8, to wit t ch fJJl.5:'C~~"'SJN correc t 1 ~ objllc t {lei and $ r fl t opJecrts. ~'{ til the t ~rn 01 th{1 CtU't.t ury some in tho grflat Synod 'T?

Slil/~"Iea: to <)S,SU.lmQ thClt thfire wQ8 no such thing. os (in act tng f

ujat~~ orthodox Church bqvond thot prtmaru unit dgj£nitely (B[olJen to b(t 011 J].lft s;.(()t~rf!gl.tlar I.J.Bti oj' the RtHl.rt8 of qrace. This hc:.;:,pfirH?d ul tJwug/l i'ig{JlJ)Y;' fI 1j;ltdsi§,.11 :3pllaAs Of the

orthodox uiilbULSh.Mf5l1 as on I?artit c;r!fAl't~Pt I,t}tlic~£J qr,(J

P~OJl/d!i1S, l'AlLtellu~enn. Thia procfidu.re oJ ,'/alt/!er euidQ-ntLy ::= ~ - ". accords J YdJ 1'1 l/ a l ther' IS ino, i 6 t "neG ,J"ld Lu t her' 8 t dji'L)oo t from

L!Li/~~@D /6

- 17 -

- 1ft -

U As 1 g(lt buck to the l$treo.m. line, to my alphQb(Jiical POINTS, th.e followCn.g refars to a. s€l!euidfrlnt by-cflfrct of NC;T/~£ PURAS r- ----'~'~

gj.(jdte~.

If the worK of Christ's PriQstly OfflcC} and oj His f:'J<KLl;'SIA £s ------=---- ~--corporately, Jointly acceptQd by b~I£Gu'rs as th9 highest good ~~-.------.--~"->

therQ la, a~l th~ tt -g(ui,tg 80UreE.? a.nd th(J iointly 8uPPCJrted

Christ work, tf~~n t is experiQnc(I re~;b~lck--iin:fo:~Hl~h~~ I!i l -- ~ ~ c:::::::::. __ .---- --,---".----

1.i brt! .CLl1Q J)E? !':lI .. ·lw.l i.ctly b i nda the $(1 _hc,}1L aou l B t oQe.1!!!!.!~ '" Lt ~~~)Q=I'i;f--onMbtp ~l1J,J?tritu~1PJjlt!P.--1.~'/)erJJWh(!re in this ~st ~~ /~trnLl Z()c~..J,Q,r-c1ti-ng-~Js._alld_J1Je thG> t2tal /eLZow1!htp pre--:I.p . // dicate~ that e~o~qi/t and (J}!!fJLbodyt$~rismo. iSrm~,",de ~h- 1.18e' of to th(J utmost, withou.t tnt? loast uniformnQ'slf) of allflged

,~ ;;;;i:'~~c.nial taw".--rhts basic oneness in spiritual aspoct.s quinces /~ ~ . .. \~ ~ how genuine it fa by the continual ft<llp which Christian.s r<iJnder

~~ each other in outward 1 tf@e Tho "lirothfJrly LOtUi" or 8 imply "k~~ ~ (which St. John' 8 First C:ptstlQ {,walles as liel tel's other fJt!JtlUJd

,,,!}] tr~nd$~"",an~ttl!1L--A"CJiPii8 .t~ .. fikl -lj ;:;;;:rOod's I.ln~ cz'!!!' <ltqrnal Lou~ is eUQr tn~Qmo~Gllll'" lit)'

)/~~ ?>toYJa.rd all u;;;;eli~'~ n~tghbOr8,andJ(tfQ'CfJ(U't 8ec;etly"7~r_ ~ ~ girds beZiotJers·_aattvttt~s to K€ep all th'2 outtdde tJ..,orld a-Roin.g

........... ----------'uJjhtn. chan~s 01 thct lifer Iii-III) K(ngdC!..m. That the I'r'UTA~ (PU8.AL'~= thus ~-(!'4i~llflQt tt£~ L,ight tB - according to the preuious

--............. _ C::..-.o;:;z

let ttlr 12.) - t~r(]at i:nL£~ a?JJ..~.L) i~(/'~J::!o£jJJ~ C~I1". O:tnd you, this is th.e {;/{KL/;;SIA uerity presant, howbqit

'\\ h ld un.der cou",r an.d in api t tJ oJ all the thrfH~~ gr(}(l. t foes I rQ­

Distance, of Deuil, World, and Old Adam-w'hich do not C(UlBe ~I grossly delacini God's holU congrQgattons, but ar~ rQpelled all the time by the BoldC~rs of God.)

!AA Vi. i5 ~ ~ '!,.~t/, 1M,,, - ~J, flb;:Jh :;:/Lcf::t;:?/!!~'" p1 f;IJf't(h", fh1~" r ! 3, 'Jro"l < ~'A ~ . If' }<; ';jil

n J/ .'::tL ph -;} " f~,d~ ~M,/j~[~& (f~u

/&

~l1-- 19 - 00l~j9

L.-Cont in.uat ion of thp. Jg.n.. 16th 1978 let tfJr, ra.th..(j~r "h'£'IiJO IJ

tiM N./{. Oqaoh, f).D., to fi!iW. 0120. (hd lixon of Lawler, 10wo._7

:)ome a.dd it iorwl po t rt t ~!rJ3 conc{.?rn {ng }o in t fa i thful n.ess towards

({t) the N(.)Tf,I./ l~ij:'\~r'lt~ ObjHlrl)~\d ut (J·(lch placiJ - h,lJr(s prtifced ing the 'two

~ F ifta l ['rob l ,<"n$ l i.s t (ld uncier(/5; and)lt CV7-vtl /171,_ ~ : f...::. -i --t-(A"-t.·m ' ~ ~; mp'l~i infier(ln.t tc dG'JAf..' P{?f' Lit;,' PUHAk' is th~l dtstinction. bfltW(Jfen

'1 .. 1 ~ GpcJi$ ~~2-K~-;~~:~;<, His $~J.oing onQ tc thH idgll.i Hemei and lhfl ~~g­.:] ~XX L~>c;u.J.(l1' o~ tp th£.1 1.R.,ft (na~~ kfJ(1p tnt) world 0/ unb~rl~t)flr$ );1,~ :S o.~a. tHi'l i~JUf£!'s a-g~oing wi. thin C!.,QS1' s ,ruWL.5l.r orcz'Q'r3.). This firm. contra­

~, ~.I1..J diat tnct ion Glxr:lwiG'.i'.i (tuiei<Ul.t M~orld; in-gL\ from th~ CWlcapt of trU(i' , J/~ . cc;ngr"gut ions OpCfcat tng un(iW'.r' jUght Han.d dirqct iut1a.

Thus th~ manifold manhandZ'ngs uhich in aubaQquent ttmQs in £urop~ls

l?, ',,' :1.:~1() /II' Ntdc1lfi' a.n.d North!?rn States the Lutlwran Church(2,s tt.'lt ling from. the

RfI/CI"TfHltion (txpGrioncfJd alr€adll trwolu&1d disobedience and ~uen

0\1' C2s::wult. ThE? friondly rwlp 01 FTin.c€.fJ (trw "fiotbi8tum fP requested rJ;\f',V~ q[t{fl' thi P(!JQNonts' ~:'flr) was uru:lgr no circum.;t;;~co8 s:lnctionV?d bv

\\'1 f i the N(""TA£' to de(J(2rtera~(! ,into Af2(?ping aZ.$O tho 6uid(Jn.t ~Jorlcil inga, 'il~t . 90'· ..... "'=;:,,· ... ::> -=::> c::=-

e~-llJJ ,:l::-'·:i"f:-i(~Ht!r ranA • £nJ:tk-congregatto.,,\a until latQron

~ coarSGr al1"rchilr:;rMdth~$e j[;; about II1to pettee",.",' s patrol '\~~ precin.cts (5~: P5?Z~~I:?). fI,'!!' tio the t~;r1~~' in the Z"t1.s!t ~O~'~~ p~mit 8ect~1c-lr~4!Ts or the? ~~~J0_!l~r~f? Churc,h. J~.st ~ Mfl, 6Z~~ littl({ do God' .... F'ure Na.rKa in our daIJ8 condonG' that any oj the

,---.. -- "'-- - - - - - - - ~ -- ""--

au t tes tOWQ~@ &JilT (wh i ct~ God '8 Fl R;,:rr M,r 1 eLi,' fa. Lthj'u.l n(n~s e_ 1 ~ ;:::O::::=i __.--- tJo::::::::'"

keeps a-goin.g lor all maI'lJdn..Q'l;; tf;<lf-IJ- and fvr which Ood has pro-

(!X'f.~il1(Jd cq.rtc.dn. Q~ward Ug!::r:e __ 11i;li..r:Lirr(i$pqctiui( 0l-.!a~th) ~~ en.­

J'olrUild and imf.'ica~d on th" HoZu Ctlt.~rch_.of God a,.d .fl.ut/rL,dl./..tljuZZy ...- ----- - - ..--- ,.- /' ~ ~ ... <tiUv~ tv( d::M-1M~ ~ ok.ZAl..if.-4. acJt"o~,ledgft}d by th.e congr(?gation. ~s SfiCh. ~uit" near at hand, this

, r.ita 'lwl i lEtS the or! in.r::. I;' ti 0 Mart in Lu.t A'r~' m '

~( 4 Vf\!-" fS~!l AffJrmat 'I ~ _ 12~}l:: ," ,- 0 the 1971 ~':';~octa 7 ~) XXf~~'!.lBtrG411Jqp.a..t V¢ns" (part icu.larly toward ttw 4?Tld). To u.se them

in part is TlC,it wise. FinaL ly , Clpprou.chtng t~iJ oery i.'i.tdde .~-{J ui , cb loyal congreg~)t tonal 1 (fe, tlw BpirttlJ.ol dOmPlQrtCG oj th<t, A.Jitaos. cj

'</ I /yTfI-. C' Q r ,'"" , ." • "f' ". , " I ;. ) db' f t 1) f ~1'-t~Pl ";;'""'4 J, " , / /\ ~ (u> "e/,>u .. , J Ii l'(r'll:~ 1:1<i; !. ,hi !.;T..J.n (J4H c e j (t'C /5~) GTl.ab "'9 ;>~ __ ~ !tE'rLdU~~. Tht:i '!..<;''Ingr+Jg'lt ion is thw~ (j,';t,).l.)l i;:)hati (J,,') con~iist trig

ul[;(iU~,u«~ tbouQh /lin iJQti!..-...Yita" (AUO~;lY .. ;,/W ViIi an.d IdvLuGt' Vii,]) {-_. , ~ --= - ---hype-cri UtlJ always hOPPitn to run oZong. Tfl!....!'(?/,Jrv it is at onp. wi itl

Ie;

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(i3 char' f?d to l (ur.;? and act itt C' tat' /;) Kin\~dom to ih thu.s also CO ~ cia!! (Vl(j~~{ght His mi8siorH.Jry o-;;;y./f

and

PrecisQZy for that reason thQ trUQ Christian congrQgation cannot ----~

put up with op9n godless lifw in ita midut. HLebunazucht U, eUGn

'>~ -=~ (l.,!colG,mt.(tlicat '£!}t whi if.? .£]uor and an.on i.'iu.lf~ring t~b.~.druc't ions,

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/4'2!:-2.-'~~Y iii r_.J21cp~ __ (~[£_~n~ __ ru.l~~~_gy.J, Q rld much. l (f8~ darQ Chr i [-.I t, ' f) / IOllal pqopl" eu~r I e"ue <!.~ct 'inKL hen, Hill und. t~()JlateJ:ar

t d)S£..J..12l.L.~e in. thH lurcn.. I~rror canned t>(} pernd ttea to woZit aZ<mg-

$ tde tv i th Truth.

"- Fer &af(?ty'a lH'lKe 1 add to (?xtollino jr<J>€dom.:

~~iraculous SC~D ~ God'a BD' ual rt~st$ - ,...~

appear aa though God's congregation CQ~ei~ to

~a would deny thQ

if Wti' made it DQ w/t(ln, forced by

otJ.ttf.;,or<i circu1li$tancvS to l iiH? undf.?r ~~+-!o!: cfu!.e~. f~ i thin th.;

~Jmbrac", 01 lat~·r ~dut(l Chu.rchisffi and 'its ~iiimultc:m(((IUa atull pa.rish --...,...::: --

" w~_ct..ur(f$ Lu~hqr~ c~~t~~~~~~r~pa8io~'l:' rnai.llGd at work. li'e- olrqady .!Baid that ~uen. in #'ecclo$ii.s fal~J£:JH, :~ ----....,r-- ~

tn f'('tj!formlild an.d c:dh.{{r ,S:f:icts or in. itom~'s .%tbdtuisions, ttlljrG abides tJw acti.ng ChriJ>tiaT't Church ,as oOitJic sQuing truth comes through..-­

'''H~ rr~.~ thQ j'ull !!:Utf~ is hi~rE. Go ing b<1yon.<j all thCd.

ott must bQ atat~d that in the lace oj athaistic persecution without a singl& trainBd pastor for far moro than a million oj German speakin.g Christians Iwlt in the ~aatGrrt, Southea~t~rn parta oj' ttl\; .~~olJi{(t Un.ion. th4'Jr(? are many, m.Utl.y tholJ.~un..d8 - oj'tft7'l. ivJ.uin.(I

distant reZatiuwB in scores of Missouri Synod congr&Qattona -, ~ho meet in bettJ;<"ttrt, thl,ln ciltJo in quitlJ a num.b~r of "n.on r,'gi.;Jt(2n,:d 'l

congrqgat,ions. To say that, ttW/I lack C~h' s t\Jl:kl~i and d d !~'!j, (J~e and the h~(~ly O/J'ic(!if they Ch()O~H~ s~le\ eZderslJ.;ithcHlt

any higlViir education. /G·r th~ sf1:.r.·nLRI work. of preaching, teuchtng, ~,.

consoling, admonishing goin.g on in a ~·t wa~! l./,ouLd run. , . .,([,;xY~ count iI'r to Nt. 18:20 und thr,;, t en()r 01 clll Lou. th" r Co e;.:...; ions ~!-----. ~ (o.g.AH,)LOOr Vii). NI?I)(~rthf}lii$3 the Con./p.ssiOT'tB strQi.ls jr{)m

scriptur~GdOm 0/ the Chu.rch and i.ta con.gregations as God's L )

~.

!!:L As to ttHf Zost emphusi.lH 11f}[r(~!. can'l~t lJ; .. a~J\ (1lof'lQf!l!iJL.w:4--t.lt

)~~h'~ - u,hich. in t;Qrticular Ood i)rohibits ',;.L:w wiwn c()flur(}g(~tlon.s

arQ Jotnf(d up in s1'noda - l'itt rt;Q !H.ire simply citl? th~' 0Vu"SLAJ

words (proofs aO>;iQ-d in. Uw origin.,JU tc/tfln from F/;"LLv~)'iin iN ~~~ .. ~::-":" ___ 5

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'!:lwsts,6 at en.d: ".c'l"er~ th,., swuy (.~f thfJ purQ mark$ 0/ tJw church0[,)

i$ rflj<Jct&d th.e /<illOLlJship ts broken. A ruptl..£r.(J cd ,fG'l'Zou;ship ,d-\ (Utlv U.J (!Jt ttl'lL. )

•. for anll ot/Htr r(Jw];on is impfirr~isBf,bl{{. 1~h.,;} ~$tO}'U1f) 01 a lJrof;.Qrt ~) MXf~'llOLLt.jjh(P Tr'<.M:8t b,,? brought about 011 UHf US,) 6f the pl1ca--f!l.{l£lts of

the church GIS th, c~~(Jn.s({ {)u,C_tl!g ~jU1'..Liy. it is und'-frstood d) tlw t th(;' chu.rch raAQ$ act ton. thr(,;ugh trw OJJi.c,;· of th(,' fiQlIs com­

ntitte::i to it by Chriat." /.,-rhfJ l'erm ftQlficJj Of thg Jr.'t?jJs" is hare

WHJd in the wi.deJ:»t possible liH9nSQ jor al l ha1tcil !ng of ~j ONi, (.H.H2n ..... (-~.--- - '-- - - --- ~----.

-f-aw_ and ~-'J.~am(i)l1tf».:.7 T1l£kt..iL4Q!.. "In. that CQ&~ Cl (i,Cst lnctJon ~) r,;'lUst be tr;::.tcx@. t'etwQ(Jrt s.pgradic ccmtrcullc:;tton. and p!£!:.sistttr'l:t

~z ~ti.on 'of ~or. in. tht2 lattvr C(UHll th(? official~) ccnfldssion., no llW t ter iww "xc({llent, is nU·{lated. II r!JJ1§.i~ JJ. at

the endl HObsQrU9 that 0/ th~ qbounding €~lemlcs in thQ ~oQk a[

~:'mc9.fd rr'B-~@ J Jy.an oni? J:GlJMj is d ir~ct "a' ua.aJ,ns t ~o-LuJ1tru;.p.n iJEm. tI

T..lJ.!i.$i{J.8 lwei irrefutably (?stabltshe'fl uT §' ")ur t ' of t

~ '-> rJ-12JJ-'!5!'1d2~Ls.· " ~1rIJLIM~- ~ (r~;Z~l'r/ ~ 7 Not~n A$ int,imatl3d, we from /arawGV by J961 by no ftHrQllS kn.(?w all

thfl .sch~mes oj official LC-NS pOUter centers, for insta.nce the /~,J:.[ti,t/->d~~lc'1 Commiast on I ~na t ton.s, which wC?rti mJ 1£ tat ing fV ~C;::-\OO7V' c:;:;'C:7C7C7 t:;:::> c;:;:-=--- <:: 'ag9.lnst the lE.!"€Qoing prins-'44es, and in add it ion Uif.? 2 South ;!,morican LC-iiS Dlatrlcts Wfirft rf:pres9.mted in ty-U:~r- midst. in con­

sl!}qu<!nce th(; final ~tatGm(}nt8 appoar optimiJ.Oli,c as to A'lsscuru, a l though i n tlwm~(t l U(J8 they w~'re co II ed lor by th@ gOlJiirni ng

NI../'r/lE' conccrrll..

rlw§!iJ 1?!.. " •• • In what~uQr way the jftlllowship crPlut(ld by h;'ord and

.)'acrQm~rds Sh(;W8 itself, a:Zl uistbt~· mantfeata.tion must bf! tru.thful

and in accordance wi th th~~;;;;;r;;'; d((Ma::d~ OJ'''':'u{! mar:: oj the .~ cPtt chu.rch. 7't3,o 'ap.crf:ld~htnfLs' '~act::~cq 0£t;~alh'l o-f ~ce, :J.nd <f.-

" ' q~lSl bM.:'f!B.!LJ!.L!b!!!!!-i~~hir", aJ_3~ '~UCCEfL1l3irw:..: (sacrum)." g,) '. ~ X\y VXThQ1}lfLili "PrayG'r is rwt OrlQ 0 tho marAs 0 th~ chur.' \ 1\h~ ~JN'tXY\1 should not b~_Co';jrd£nate(J-lJililL}/(lrand Sacram,(Jrtts,--Of$ thQu~h tt~Aj\\

. ..c:;:::: ,

~ro 1ii'.t18ent ian~',-,;)! the )Same nQ£}A.re __ JJ.s~~ .. A~ a ~sp0fM.g to tlH'?

diuimf ;.rord t it is an. f{xpr"ssion. Of f;J·ith and a fruit 0/ faith,

CLnci wh~n SP0K,C:Ul, b'I:/{}re ;;t hc\'rs.. a pro/;'f:3f.d on. oj f \J it h. II JJ GJi_r_o'- ~) j~~ljj8f.~~JJL_j.L .. .!'USt b(l in h:r:'c,FtJ/ an.<:t ,under th\,' c;;t;.-'>Lv.! ,fr) th& maritI/; of tJH1 c/,urch.'~ 'l1J&~ilS!d§.. at' it~ en .. ,: 2fJi;i@S '~~

00lf;;2

"Th@ statQment beara ~tthin it

oJ trw irnpl leat ion. that thG m.fl(.<;bl?r c/,urChCliJ {if Ow SlIrwdical

./'" Con!iJrance .ho.uf? not (mun.c i cd (lei .. vid (;:( .. rr ted t hrolJ.gh t h~ l'Jrinc'(.pl{?:::> ou.ll in.fffd in tl,l[}ir documf;:'nts of fed lOlJ,iship wi.th·~ the 111£ C(2,,;j,j·ar!,l C l Q r it!l Ql?1 ~ ~or..:i.d ,'s t (;·n.c Jj, and

'-'<t(jJ" ~L.p b) tllei' liiUOa€et ion tha.t the/goaZ"«}'trw SyrwriicGl Conj'er<Jnc&'

d i /Sa uSB i o~ is to b. r~acl1."t b): ~ (" _ ~;::.~ Itc t!}-~f!1J;I! t~~1 Doctr~.ru; of the {:hurgJ:. ,)UlC{l :'f'G!17rattJ.rf: turrttng . in.to th,,? byway ~!llowshlp hi),!} U;d t(; a dead (?nd, it would /

;;;"1 b':;,'it j'irst 01 oIL to !'(t'tLi.rn to thoff highway and th.(}r(f.~ moue forward togGther guided o~ly bV the marAa of th. church. tI

r.J3Q.~.i,§.-1J., in. tfl~ £E!lcl J.£§. {S~l_fKldeg, deman.d~ major {l t t I1.nt ion. HelL i l (t

'l t d € d not come t (..~I gr( pa vA t h Ow compl e t Q t1 ecum<in i c~~ Z n turnQu{U'

which the i».~r(.'t ru.l€rs at St. LOl.d;;; tMJrft in the prOC(NfUJ of ~g on thQ Lutheran C'hurcfl-Nisfiouri 5'ynod i.t yet did dtr(lct

{larn.est att~'ntion to ,tpro.yer j''i,'lloU!sfiip't. Tit\? ()VtJ\'S~;.A3 whilQ in­cZuding tlHl POin.t3 g to 9. [j),2) oj' th« ilY.§.tr:,p.,lta!]; "1'hu'!Lf($ '!./o/0/

j('/VV f~,prqflment" Bugg(1sted that tlw ir qual t/icat ions could b(J Judg~d as

--- "flowin.g dir'2ctlll from thft' princ!pl\i$ ({rtunaiat({d". lou dear fj,'L,S

~ theologian.s perhaps may help U8. Back tn 1961 you WfJrQ auerse to going Leyond cZQur NOTAL' ctQmand8, n.ot i~ any way tJ~~t...tr.!iL!9.9

mucl't fa i II. roo fifr neeS! 'or the \'J\''l'itfi. NQ15/ f OU :j4?(tmqd t () S(Ul.fJfi the ----:"""'~ -~~~

dang.;r in too simpl'.! 'ormuZat ion.s 0/ r l~~ __ .

,.'Pf7ru feZ Oll),)"! " li)Ir,brac€ tow I'd Chrt t' Q1t.';J ~~-!u~:LWJ~

~. "uls~.f:;ome. otl1t~ -m r .. () crgwn!zfid B b 10 • tou maIJ j.iorhaps _

,r·'stud!,J' an~'w /tests 13.'8 close to 8(Ul /J)hG'th~r th(l UNA. ... \AiICrA~ XX:x . ..4' =, .-

J...;X~ l,Iio..~tF.4 ~ {14." but aLtlo the I.>n" Church's utter rflLfiction 0/ alJ . fli':$, iFcr~ '8=== eceit, Ilaucc bQlln glu~m J'ust dues, or wheth<fr pfOirhaps/

'< n: th(f presen.C(l of the Utorld-wiGe phren't 1.3 an.d d",l irtum wi tlL

'~~Jj,,~litu(~tlelil~ svncretiat l.e(lerdfll1!cir~lYOU ought to proposQ a /urth0/t'/J

)J XI.'! clouse _ pt;'rhap$ to "Hi' ami Dr. i~oen8ch or to your tlJ,·o-synod ~ \ FURUJ;i. 1 pgrsonallll always cor18idored the 8<l'ntunCQ.s Four and

\ -' Flue of ",1 l-<eaj/irma.tjs.m" prcnHJn.t&;,d to J.;r. fJehn}i.f1n as Prflsidf2nt

c

en February .?S, IJtlt9 with many an.d ill Uii t rous nam.Y$ at tach(!d, (Hj - . 0f jRr in.g appropr i(J t q t;c.1(?Quard.s.:

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~: u'l'llat tht? L-preuiou.sly (~u(}il pOBfJ,agi.:'S oj God's .~(}{'(i which

prohtbit church-j(Jllows/tip {{lith thlli h(.Jterodox f.-all l ifJted pra-t.--::-- -----------

uiously_7 compt;l us to tall eUi;1ryon..;r who cha.,npiotls a diJj'lJrCJnt

doctrin" 'Wo can no lonQ~r walk togethqr. HgncQ we can no lotlQQr

~JQJ~,pra!l tOf/€'iher (Proceadtn.gs oJ Hi~soll.d Synod, ~ 131) a/nco pe-rsist r,mt Qdh~f,'im.ce t~ ,fplstl toaching or to a s ir~fu.l l ijIJ form

\' l' -tL ~,j:t l~ , a l>arrier agairt~t Jolnt"prof.jf!r O'roc"!I?ciin.g.'J oj C'Al(;.homa Dt.strict

193?). "~'~mans 16:1'1; ;: Thas:s • .3: 6 •. :' f/!j' == -" - rLLA)-U~

t:.l~: (IT/wt all church-!&llowsl! 'ip by part icipat ion. tl1 N(,>int r(]-

I igious. u)orA (Htd IPor$hip with tlW5<f tbjw aciuocato and :fJuj:.if;,ort fOloe

doc t rt rtf! i s ~§J!}" 1 Cor. 1: lQ; Hom. 16: 1?, {llhm though th((r{"

be no d(1).iJ,lZ J'.f thQ truth or approuaZ of (lrror in (ilxpr(;s,,) wordsx." (' ',.n ~ ~'&rtLUhL ').. .

Here PLF.:ASE f~·W:.."·£' a.nd e-nt er i nte. your copy ~tH1 0V,,:.\SLAS aQ l €­

gatlii's' 1962 CCRRf:.IT10N/;i o[ their 1961 prf.'~;?ntation., thus n.ot at

han.d for Prof. Kurt Narquart I ~ reprint oJ the th{UNS, b(Jcau~:Ht.1

lacldn.g in. th,(i 1961 tfS yn • ConI. PJ'cUCL-'£D1NGsa; to wi t:

iH flU. t eiii, t:J::.1.<j9u.I..-.IJ{!JJ.-1 J.I. ... 19§.~

Th~ aearotary was asked to rvcord the corracttona made by the OtH~r.sf1a8 Br(;JU,rftln in thfiir TfuUHlS in. tit(l minutW'8 01 thfJ conjrtrerlce.

The corructions arQI

1 n. thg rQ!fJrIJnCl28 u.rwe r paragraph J t h(J words II Lph. 5:25,27 11 should

rf1ad "fElJ.l. 2:2~-2'1".

The last two linos of rg/erQncea undwr paragraph 5 aho~ld ba pl ac€ci .£mmed ir;.t QJ!L.Sll.,t 9r -i2g!.l.l;;,raph fi. before thv 0 th(fr r&jlJr,mces.

In. thtf< same po.ragraph "Uw jtllloIJJship is 6rOK€n" should rf'ad "1.l1.£J! Ie ~ 1 owsh tpN, fit c. In. th"l L-,urthO:J.:7 rfJj lJ'rftfl.CG/3 un.der paraQraph 6

f'AS Part 1'1 11:10" lJhou.ld rGad l'l;.S Part II IV:10tto "!'ractatuB , - ....... , .. J8, 41, 42, ?1t1 should rtlad "Tractatus 38, 41, 42, Z11.", and

"ApOZOfllJ IV:231 (110)" sh.ould rl}!.1d "ilpology lV:2J,1 (1101.1.)".

In Paragraph .2. ttw words Itj,Q •• .(i£.r.,~p1.urG'.g!}fLlo.J1Q£lJ:.J.!lsL" o.hould b~'

1a~f?t;'!9d f5i.t tJ r "f}/?B.roach" i~ .ltn<l_l.·'

By the way, obs(frlJ(J the strO!l£l ef./c.rt 0/ ,·I,LL.:; to cOl1t£n.ue rwgo­

tiatino I.dth U~ OV ... ~,:SL',..iS reprf?Bt;niutitJt.1'8 as plain from ttu?ir paw'ing

cur 1962 trip to ThieruwilllJ. Thlir~ OH1 Doctrifl.cd ",initll Comm,ltul'(J

members ~f ~1~~0U;U at first w~re sil~~t obaeru~rs, till we

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a/tfirWCl.rcia hac} a priuat(i' corw6r.sutte·n LilLth them. i{Ii:' all th.en.

plGad~d that both il£LS ar~d the }~'i",.'S.' should &ertd <:j'./tcial Ob8ftrUerS

to Cambridge in th~ following year. in this case again, WQ Germans did net )i. now that NISSOUFt.l's count(Jr-liGntur{? ll}oul.d cancel our

"-per&'orJ.(J' probings iTL S't. Louis as promi8tJd and thot N1S'SOUF!J's

/

Chi(.i!j ropresqnta.tiue' at C~:anbri.dg~ UJo(.ild b~ the unionist Dr. carl'l ,,' A. G\~flrtl1p.r pleading for joinlnf/ thV? L.w.F. '

Ttl<] ~~i(,: iR()flLLi·:':"I' ri'2sert,HJd j'<;Jr tha Gnd of my ALAC did not dir(fctZy

~ concern {)(~r ,/Vl,;~S::;AS' to.sh. (utfi pap'ifr. 'i'/Hi on.& ()QC(lI,»,V (}vidI.Jf'l..tlrG'I.)(}r 1 ) ,;

a/teJr the (it2neraZ ~~'t;lte or F'(wpl~'~ chu.rchdom'~\ c'Qu1nlc.ll) on. n(il..;"

loca.l teuti'lwo fhQ other follow(:rct £uit wnf1n the Xa~th6'l'ian ccmgre­

[,Jatt()ns opproQc/t(1d thr.s ql.Hiwtion of sunod8, today €UQ'f!. Buper­

synods.

Lqt us approach No.1. ,\~

~t~~ !i1!:fUl £b.c.igtians, an.d aLao stray orthodox Ch.ristians for u.s POS(J ~\J" ~'~, the probl~m of how th€y ill into the pictur4~ 01 reciprocal int(lr-

'"~, " twined );;(~~ ~~ ()6~ as ~onilregat lonal form. ii'xa/r.ples K ) may clarify, 'I.t. aUJO u.su.rp apac€.

Taite a puat NiBaouri 3.ufwd misutortary a.oprcactd.n.g a strictly heathen population. H~ had been sQnt acroaa by a church composQd of many c0ngr~9attona. ~/twn a numbQr of people had b&comQ con­u~rts, ha, ihe missionary. acted G$ a paator lent to them, and thi?Y for .sCrtle t £m,'d' r'lprfUHintG'd a sort_oj (lHlr'-i .su.bsidiary congrG'------ ~---~----... -.--~-~ gat ion utto.chlfrd l<.'i thl'J mi~8ionQrjJ's home Church (thi.s proaedu.r~ _

w?isnot~~q;]i!.Vj--~<;g-;;ITQgg8,~e m{HH~ /ortuar:d). V This arr\lngem.ent continuad unttl the missionary':;} £{}mi~parishion.i?rll

could fulZy atund en thoir own Qround and formally call, as thoir pastor lor good, "tOwr him or anothl2r - details oj courS4i uaryin.g.

In your laat century's ~mQr'caJZanguugQ and thg damands of orthodoxy

trtggerQd simtlar d~ueloiWQnt$ prior to full congr~gational 8tatu~.

When, say around one hundrad years ago, PQopl~ from A'ddl~ and Northern EuroPQ Qmigrat&d in surprising numb8ra chiefly to the U3A'81 ilidci.l€, ")~18t and i~est, it W(L~ tutheJrdn SYl'1.ods l bound~n duty

to offer thc;m div(n6? serUiCf.'8 (n Ul<J,'J.r;.: r.(N~pecttue langJ..tag~. '...... ," \ ~ '. . "

Approaching th.(NS(f n€WCOmQN~, as to 06bLS~ aZr(wdy c ~~

church l>~)ck'Jr .>u~ welt-) in. act (on. l'hQ one W(l.'.> tJl·:~t c.f ttU? it il']uro.nt ~.----

')r.:: - c:.:> -

pr~ach{!r'J:J Synod. 'fhe oth.iu' wo.s th(~t oj thft: €lrstuhil<1 church

body, euen if ,~t hom.e ct St(~tG Ch.urch, which h~ld Va.;:,.t iZlld an.d in.­

structed thr.? lam! t ill.?s. Jrudu,all.v theJ.;' Ij)fJ'.'re being gCJthvrgd i.nto Q

congregutton which callQd its own postor. Usua hQr l "as

r. ,} A ,r.i1,'";t;.tir'Vl!1imul tan'l'\H!Nlll in oll./iKr-;~-t.'<ji()n iJ8 to OUNi;' dqctr'if1.G'. 1 rl?,j(fr ,,fJ{ C'Jvv ',-- '" ~

to ~v own fathQr JO$Qph Oesch, a Bavarian who graduated at Spring-~,-----.~ ~-:-~~~--; -:-:=--;:.:::::;:.--"--~

ji<i:,'ld in 1880. He W(U' the1"fili.pon. caU(!d ami ordalnotd by th<l iUa:!;ou,ri

Syn()<i as ;li~~~e£\1d~~r'(, then .'Hmt to t/..l.m.'~$ Colorado; orcifJred to

t(Jk{( Guer Q tu.ige territory (!xtun.ding way into Naor(J.BAa and }(r;ut~as.

His itingrant call, ~RQ'aQpredig9rb8ruf" had bound him, as QUQr '\--. --

more Germans sottled, not to get tied up to anv of the many con-gregations tho.! m.ight develop, but ratiH'Jr to prei'JQr(J Ow way lor other candidates to be called, his ~orA thu& going on for 8 Y9ara.

1

.. !th~iBt lc or $f1ctarian or /?(Jjorrrted immigrcm.ts Lt€rq not approachftd

to Join Q truly Luth~ran congregation except by conversion or chang" of "BGJ'.tll'lntnis H

, Ccmfg.ssion.. ili~ duti(:UJ; inuolua2d not only

",,-prfJoChin.g J br),ptiztng, and confirm.ing children, blJl aLso J?,!operlll

instructin.g thfJ adult~~ t.HI/ore Holy Communion W0tdd De- adminil$tJET€d -

{hfiiQlong5tde oj all that ~onstant trcwilZ ing on tiOr~HlbacA vr in a sleigh. A nucl€ua congregation would graduaZly (ncrQaae as to regularly attQndCng adults until it could call ita local shQphurd. < I ".f.l "

. i • .s to the /\){A.lV i ~ an.a. d c!~! (,j re 1 a t i~~""i~!£1. t~~iryC~$8 ~

'I, 'ci..~U((~!!!.-~QW1.£n. 2~nlor!{;~~e(]f;fiy~~/c':~~i.I1~ F\fjJf1D re Zatj._QlC­

ship. 8Q it added that in 1894 my Juther WQ~ Hr0ZeQsed" from '-.-itinerancy to bQcomQ "UrtBpostor" at WGstcZiJje, Colo., a congre-gation tucked away high up in th€ Rocktes.

7l his Cent ury' oS ur!Jt? of l?~ano",l ism cr€at i.n ,)rthodox Lu.theran. CO(1.­

grElgation.::; j,vitl1.in indijJvr(]nt city pOl.lulation..I;; joltoi,iJ(icl thQ same -------- - - -.. ~ pattern in the U.S.A. cities and tn othGr co~itn~nt8, ou~n in our i'r(!.(J Cill.J.rch work here. (J tukQ t t for gran.ted that C .f'.f~. (lal thftr'.iii

n&xt book "Die rQcht& a~stalt etn9r uom Staat unabh~ngtgen 6uan-..... <,J gl?tisch-Lu.th€rtsclHm OrtsS)omQ(nde H would at th~' bGginning havfl

~ mor(J dtstin.ctlll' (ilmp1ta~izQd thfl N("TAE in. doubl(; action had the '- --------~-~

intQrQstQd pastors aZZowQd thu byay author a ZittlQ more ttmQ

for gotng intc print.)

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This holds goocl in. principle, Glbstractly, although in / C(lncreto I.H!ry littlfi' ia smooth. i:::uen with today's m';Qns . ..

o commurdcat ion not all cart propGlrly An.ow of each otiHfr. "

NOr(ffo'U4?r, Y'<?o.lly Zarg(J! bodi'1s are o/tcm ,iiJficul t to s{!lQ

up, and they eQstZu de/Qct in hidden ways. So then, bqvcnd ~~

th~ inuiaible apiritual Fallowahip that binds tOQQth~r bejorp. God <?(.ech urtd <Jl .. H?rrV s(',ul oj' trul? bal iQj wi tit aZ Z bG-

£1'.JN-w ~ l f. ((l),,?rs no rna t t r:r where;/ <lit t ,u~(id, the ro i $ no t a lwa.y~, hu t '}r:iV

JX../~ in. b~{l'd ero.s of church hislory, OI.Nr ao"inst the ClSE!::'<Utt3

of Babylon c.i.lso appr<?i'tvrtdabl(.) l.!rto. esia large ciicta ---.~

comp<~8ttQ. Tfw ur 'f: i.s t imel(nns. £Uf!r· knOttJt(fdgf2ClbZi$ b{]-.~~ , -------l Quur yaarns fo~ !QZZowship not tutntQd by false doctrin~)

r ~, blLEyrc!Jlt fbI g ,i:;'<lL8CP}gl c.onl~~ __ 9~_~Ct Nq1Y1fLI'lJJ~.-~

i\ r(),,&tut~ \~. 'this fl;cJin&pring of action maiH2S itg)J(,flj'f'<Jlt "V.,·,,)( \?'~ \VJt\n Q~fJO t~ tlw largtJr j(fld along countl€.9s ways oj IJtdlo.Clel-j/"X2:\(\

\i-- f\ ~'J p~.~--!:.!!:~!)J oj ~ Cite. As ZOllO (;(8 Ulrdre

\J~'\ .(1), QrG' fed thfu.l COrt~]rflg(Lt ions Kn.owing lio.ch Ot/H.t'i thQy try to

, \p ob~"eruing pro:dl'fd,tiea. ifhiZ{( the prtJsG'nt Cor.,munist ruth-) .

,'\iJf . lessnC!.:Mj in. and outl!Jide- oj Chino. as a rule ma}UU3 uisible

~~" Christian cooperation impossible a~d whiZe in 80mQ pro-

nounced ca8e~ t9rritorial isolation prouea insuperable, vet I in. all normal ,';Q;:Jt<;'rn cirpu.mijto.l},c~1> coftgregation~ ~olidly

I bounci to tltl.? full Truth Jotn, up into Zarg<?r but st Cll

tQ/'-ritof'ial c!;urchdoTl'i.s. in cou.ntries bl~6sed by full Sf/pa-

I rat ion oj Church an.d :jtate thestJ orQ u8ually cal Z{Jd $yrtod·s,

I rtj:'(~lkin.g Togeth,'r Unit.st1.

4) In. addition. to {j1C(.. LouiJ {'md Truth uar(l.H.uJ outward stimuli

gttne-rally majH~ ()r'gCH1(Zfold 0yft(jds urgt:!nt. How cart. the.)$olated

congr(!g:.:<tton k1£S>utdg for the prop(Jr "au-cation Qi.pastorlJ

to come (I.Ji!ilch 2 rim. 2:2z1f,dI;f(f\(~ unda not-loci.Jlly-boun.d "-----"" ---.. .

emt.tJorJJ ol St. Paul iTL thut caSQ suppl tad)? How can a partah, rGmoin,ing bW £tsulj, do ita full duty to th~ many heathen in jar-a~ay countri9S and to neglected populations n(i'c.r home without ti.lr\t'~Q r#tcou.rSf/ to Join.t mi~sion<2ries

(lnd rr;orIJ {d(.I.(?l,~ org·.miz€d support for tlwmr in thG lon,Q'~ run thG JollowinU is the Qu~n ~orQ aZl-decis£uQ que8tion:

"f-~OIJ, can orthodox t~uch(n!.:;· in the ,}on.;:;(! oj \',ur preuious --.-~---~--

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lQtt(?~g bemail1t(l.i.rwdan.d.in (J.ddit ion,rMlat12d bodifi:ti (t,laY

~ofllinal Lu.therans) (i;~wn towards it? S'Qcr6~"\r1Ct iD our duty ~ (~- '---

as Jar ('liS in us l i,'.!i tp ha<:ip the l.iJlwl,~! c,,:;ncourS(t oj --

Christiana a-mooing in thQ right direction.

5) ,;;;CfJ(f2 Dft:nmlin.g crUX(?$ (.iQmcmd ,.Jj;,ec(.(d att;;ntion. it i$J Just Q

lived cur~Qd Con$tunt~~l; li(J/th-.:~t ull r.hf:.: c(.lnt~'r(d·Qatf.o,w within Q; political terf'itory must c(;n.:;,ditl.d,' one to.,rgllr l '

c (){\.klU1J,,;'t.wJl.~C l·y.J.iG.(-'''~<'';f church body. How9uer, tecau~e of the craving Jorq~~Qr, t

-~____ --\..--'1-""",-~"

moreov~r ou,,(,n.g to thCJ lW3 outl.i..'arsiJ!OIJ..I(:'r (Dhich dirmi-~~' ~

tari9B uuuaZly aoon coup Q with it, not only tho atilZ ~ t?xtcmt State Churches in S'candinaria ar(i d{d'dicat('ld to ,tth,(I

. bigger tho bGtter principle H , but thi~ ia equallu the cas~

./ ~n t!lf2 L()n.de.gkirchf(;?fl of a(?rm(l~lL!l2_JSWger dfr(Jc~lY s~ . co~Jlgd. To<i.G.lI'$ r~_j,lnioni8m or gl_obf,d ,syncr(,;tismXX>Z

propGZs these, on~ might say practic9lly all other main ling

churches, n.otably thtt Ri?!onru;d and Angl. iqan on.ea, in thG\j dire'ction. of somehow be;;;;;;;;g 0-n~ National, if pOt3siblfl f'-...

,#"fJ/Hm. One ;\t'or lei C/wrchdgm. It 3' theutrt;}-<;,re heo,jUifl. Gn.d $CiH?mG~ ~

~ "t6 ~ q the world a bett~r place fo liue inN ~schatoloQical~

b &:,.v...QJ,( Y!XX i~bYZontc d(merusions ~_ .. ~fJ, b9 it, ~'S1d(t V f{~~e or _~Ogf}~~1I1r /1

tA(n~ %-~~(0 lJj~tl-cI.~~f:i'. unci. i!1 <~~r\;;iJ!JJ!gew. Pi t tl7d ug(2inst t~ Xl-, (

C!211!2JHltrut icm !'?ORr in. (lct (rm u.~8Bar!kl£':.gmQr;;ai io~ ?1 r ru t h-co~'!!l1~~~I(J. t t 011.$ .!.HH?l'(13 let ha l. l:ne rg fi! tic ,'" -- -z: = c::-==-=----C=----z-"" ~ J(;LZowship G'xl'lrci~Ci (lxten.ding to Joi.nt ~TldoalJor$ appiwrs

as God's ~ill, especially b~tweQn orthodox Luth&run. con­gregations (J(if'hup;:; pr(Wfit'1.t in grGat nt...ur.t'~rci Qnd tlituatfJd

---­not too far from. (Joeh (>thl;r. Ana yet. That i\?och ccngr(~gQtion

f.s 000'8 f,,'KKU,SJfl as to b@lteuersYo.r~d" pu tC acirnin.i.stra-

ifion~~e ~~.arI:J OJ ~f.jC"i~=d~ 8ttif§~, ~T;c~ lli/Hlrfl the /(:"TAt.,. in. cQmmQn~_~~martlJj dGmonatrabZq ,.and

,~hfi!re '-L.is W~8~ oro lmme·~t{t!~_a~d ~. lo.st."his

a.xi.om ~·i{(ld~ the strict c . .:o~r=0::ll_liii:..Q:;.:.r!j C.F.ii. i~'al th<ifr 'n8i~t{i'a ~ .........

on tiwt th(? S!!achm(tn~~ SJ{!19-~ - t'KillAinQ' Tog(Jth(}r Un.it" -

is b~'7.lre,,: (i"c~ so thq.t eUfn ajter COri,f;'rttQ:Jt ions hao(?

JoinQd no popish subordination under it ~xiata or persists,

[or £!,ibL!i!:-!la~ a'flcrtKed no un. i (; wrJ.wll V efnp£wer<:Jd $,-~cct?~s - - e .. _~~. ---= _ ...

~,tlJ.\; iJ;lc~tl~. Chrif&t according to thi8 al~o permit8 othh"r c_-- --_.:->-...

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orthodox Synods to operate in the Bene t~rr'tory if only th~ doctrinal attachment to lach othRr issues in a just

.. -----=.

t~of ~pi?rati!ln (cw in tiHJtI SJ.!BJ2JCAL C(:Wf'~'.i~L'tICE). lind

wit i l Q. Ood f t;; con.grt1ga t. i ona l ;~\ ~;I', J) f,' III / /, I ( retrlp:,:)ru.d b il it y . I. \'f ,/ (})J tv J """ - ==;-~

i JUi~1Ul[itzaf ({<H'?S n.ot pf"rr'~r(J' .suborgordzat t/)na' to "\ldrnD-dster Holy

0111; qA£L~.c.fi-e C_omm.~niont th(Jrn..'H?ZU08 to call pastul'fJ for Uwlr pecul tart

(rl.iJJ.'., Ih. a ~g),L; J' ob - tH? t t @.r wa t en ant his - I t j'Hi' re 1'1lC.11I tJ.}(j II (~& spec f. a l

t!}vap.J~:, r- :/, 8ubdivf.aions for youth, for radio') Clnd tel(?vi8iQrt, lot' ,( J Ll/~L/J)ll (lflIJ :::\ '?1' , Ji!t.l:.ilJ m n i tary p"rSOfl11.W' Z:t? t c. rNw c~n. ite(?p t.ra~A. oj mu Z t iPl~ ing I C ~f( rQZationahips? C.f.n. ~QlthQr tn Qccora wLth th~ Churcn of

'. / all. t itn(J-s l't1ttpho.t;,iz(}s tiH,1 t~aptri tual C~.!J!!:p;~1W an.d f'J~'X V V U:Y l.!, or Doctrintl an.d ~. ) '£.' ,~,. t~. (Jjr~~e '1¥ormf?r ,

4ft- /c en i e{lor vo Ices Q1!c"-bss,z':'_t LEI V ~U ana:: ae J£1I Ii. wh. Nas ~ h~ q fJrJ,J C~~ yfff"f l ~ €?r can. Ule.:: o:,::::;~/.~.!!45l@Ct1JL~':~~~~b'~0I:$d:l:ng (J

c.!~es. i<ftGp in. trdnq, howQu€r, that ~~ ........ or¥!!-.n!.zat~(/c:..!!i..llt-.SH!e Stat~l t~ {lE.wer. Nith or u.,·tthQut

SJnodsor Super8ynods tho U!flTJ (If' f:HTiI and LDV£'~ /oll9wing

dut f.lull~' i,..!!. its wa~e ~s. th'(l d,tM}ng'fYComrr,s,!q.€d thin.g,

nQtb.}.no ·:W"~ \7

6) God bQ bl'ilU:Hld for thQ en.ormous help which~tr.L.Jr«4.!.1J.L.QJJn.tu.rt.~s

Nfl ha$ crfHzt~d or the /lr:'iJt catiJ o~_ the-.fi!t!:,pcc,=-nt rI[idfS

~u;;e: (faith \to 0/ b~lt«ufld). Th(nHl ~}tiaU?n$ and at;?;­

/::;J!J!-S hOUf} be"" gutitt2r€d in.to our ~oh of CClQSglj9. 1/ (toctrtnw must tiu~ up to the insptrGd SCT'f.;.;U~r02 in th(Jil'

sC5l129 from prQphQ~G its a1l-su.opont iUeC()n~3Ummot ion in

~hr_i~t as UQ.uchQVor ~ ifi8..AJLrurt.LflS, an.d if thus GJiuinst

und .!:luff.m.ari tv t

r~/)r,u:HintlS u.s, WQ r(;'czl ize eo much mora rt£ad i l~' tho t all th~

reueo:Zed I~ is (l UNiT in. acti.Q.n.. This i.'l the outstandi~g \ .

help for Una ~ccZ&~ta large dicta orthodoxgA Y~t it may b~ God's will that with. r{l/r;rqnce to the t.~rn

undermin.ing of Scrtptu.rfR and 11'HHd ing tile ,':itance 01 E.'IOiL/;.':31A .----Zatl? dicta both in the countrtes not inter/firing with

churches und (~ thoBQ subjected to CO~Muniat 8uppr~$sion . ,-/fJ t1'f-

r-~ of r(l'l fgion, (j. t ihiemSj iherv ought to b€ final i;~(.,'d in. rh{t

(-").,/,\)/ /' /Iyears to CGn:~ ~lUi/f&N to the t1.)RkUL.-l : .. J C, .. ,fd,,,\{(;). 1f by (' /')\£V~, L-~lUt\rl, ~ . == .- , \.J! m(lru~ llous 0rCC(?1 a. .. ~I}!!f~rl "~I!!.\.i£J~'?n~~.~ .21 tl,~"

.30 00170

y ,L/ ~~Ui can lll2CotrH? a fact in tiw eig!!JjJ?.s, this ought to (\ b~ s work and its bond. 1'0 my m, i nd an AIJDi,'NDUJIi would haue

to set forth primariZy the inBpired revelatory charactor 1/1 a~~v ;, all Scripture a$ our first Z ~!!e~---; ,k:~~t>~r~( and a~(ftt{}r h rfJj'er(trtcfJ indicated 1 and alao ~uflicient

~JJrd~ai ls crt Churcb.~d N inl§.,try to cla.rify the CO~G , ('J,n~~~. This r(?quires truly

tt spiritually orthodox t!;j0logical /acuJ,J;L4?c8 of profound

learning, and also brothQrly and organizationally abZe

f'

c!!f1:ch le(Ja''1..rJ!~~-=ad(2mo.n,t indoctrine, !.lPnest as to

order, an.d YQt unal-ifi'rably S!Jfdico.t(J~rist' s dirGet ion,S

i~ Nat. 2~2'i-=21l par. For all spiritual prf,Qsts PQrt1:cipa~te. ~~= .

As aZrQady puinted out by our historical lett.r ---=::-

Nis80uri claim that alar ~~~~~~~~~~--"

t/1(J rt(?O­~

ithjul-

~~ine,-~~m;and true aZ ZeQiance t~_.1!!5'-_~'3-!:ma

no~ t~k Of Concord, predicated as bindir~g in

Ntssouri Synod's Constitution and all pastors' ordination uows, is laughable. All eO'!J!..regationa arfl in essen.:tJ..a..l.tL /!.!{A .s'All~urd tS,I and if these combtnG as to I;£AIIS OF GRAC/; /

",Iork, they ore tber"by Jointly OpfJrating in the sphere pI ,/" ~1111, nowhQre "Zse (",uert though tho NOTA£' d(ndgnatfl with final certainty only that among those coming to church

'A or heao/the Voice reQularly belieu9rs must be prQsent for ChriJi;t's work). To r(jPG,().t~ through,.Lthe "primu.ru l,fnits", tllfi

r 'jill- te.-rt:: ;t1'I'i-lU/1A:f/V'lA congrego.tions who joi'1j:: 8uch a Syn.od \.ls ttselJ')primarily a unit for the UnQ Soneta purpOSQ ot spreading Christ's ~ord und must indaod lix who can beZong or not, otherwise it

ineuitably will slrue Unionism and Satan - Q~ happened and

is stell har' ino in Hmoderatg" BQctions.

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CONCLUSION OF TH£' LE'TT/i.'R (which was addressed to Rev. Geo. Gullixon at Lawler, Iowa, ever with copies to Mankato on Jan. 16th 1978, then continued with p. l~-)O on Feb. 13th, and con­cluded on April 9th 1978)

This epistle (rather M&UO) to you in the ELS requires of me yet lbree summatio~~ before I add my final signature.

First (or ALPHA), in order to sweep away the constructs of never-

'

V, , dying C~nism, now Liberal ism !!!:d Ecumenis.!!lJ there must be !~for my main concerns additional substantiation. .

This must above all undergird the elementgry aspects of the Lutheran (oe ~ew ~estpmgn1.)_vle~ ~f the EKKLESIA, These are the following as you know, here separated by hyphensl the UNA SANCTA of all believers - as ZocaZly ascertainable by the NEDIA SALUTIS in funct ion - of course f9!:. the eye mer~", ~1J. however "stricte tl demanding to inhale and exhale, spiri tually, -.... - "'--- '

the MEANS OF GRACE within such congregations and their (normally) ~-~---

divinely called pastors - these local concepts moreover divide up into ~ecclesiae particulares simplices", and then indeed also "compositae" - all such visible wtitsfurthermore either correspond to the NOTAE per se PURAE or being variously confused and thus "non orthodoxae, sed heterodoxae~ suffering Babylon to participat~ through its stratagem.}<:~ '------

Thus the first summarizatio;;-;W of necessity have to cast light

--1?- on the d~rangem~~~nd collapse which characterized,~,!he E_~~!J , X19th Century Neo-Lutheranism in spite of its legacy Of many

~. .--== z_-:- ::=C:e.~

, spiritual blessings, and at the same time mark the area where .-¥ C.F.W. Walther's seu~experience came in quite miraculously. -(\ In consequence it will become plain how the consonant clarity

and truth of the _once Synodical Con£~rence ~g,~~oc:ay a~'1f; mandate to help Christendom in the est and Semi:Wes"'-Cas troubled e!"Gi#iii £> --__ _--- ----------- __________ . ____ --.. ,.... .. --___ .~, ____ .. ____ ._

by the pos(-Constantine and pseudo-'L'cumenic Maelstrom all around, and pghQ~ a~o ~_~~_'!.!2 __ ~i~~ in the terrific real iJ.,'ast.

~----.p,-~.....- ----'--------

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Secondl:Ji. (BETA) there must follow for this very reason a careful acknowledgement of the basic situations within the still struggling~LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD.

Thirdly (GAMMA) a look also at the brave, yet since Wauwaatoosa involved, WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH cannot be dis­pensed with before I send my farewell.

First (or ALPHA)

As evident from Gen. 3 Satan's masterplan is ever to put man , ... ~~---~

in the place of God. His ways are round about, having long reached perfection in inventiveness. He can gain his end very \ ~

q ~!~ ,l\); /well also by foisting "f!emocracJJ", or perhaps a return to \#~~\. W~~ r:..ietjstic--,.way~ 0t escap~, on the "Lutheran" units in which ~'~\

Christ's Body operates, even as the patterns "m.~" and JJ "aristocracy" particularly since Constantine had served him ~ L ______ -----

~l. Note also the fact that to copy the God-ordained outJeard ~~~tQ2ocra£y Of ancient Israel is destructive Of church l~,

after the shadow is gone and Christ ha~ come.

American Lutheranism having come late must ever see what went on before. It must consider it essential to heed the lesson presented by the deca!L of EuroPJL'JLQrtc~(i __ ULu:strious Lutheranism,

~"_-=--- _'~~_'~~"r_,~ ___ ~_~~__ \

~ though there are of course also terrific lessons to be derived from further downfall of Romanism and Calvinism, etc. To its awesome hurt Lutheranism past 1700 began to play around with God's Word and then lost authoottative Scriptures altogether. Christ has an acquired, mystical Body on earth. He ever anew ~ brings it into being in added souls and sustains and reigns it. He imparts salvation by His unique, tot~lly c~reQJ, totaZly salvation oriented R~~ATION, the one instrument of the~ HOLY SPIRIT. Aside from certain happenings, it wears a humble look both as originally written for us and at any rate as prQQched or taught from Scriptures. Yet while employing our human way of speaking, Scripture as Revelation is never and at no place, not even where the Old Testament sounds rather this-worldly, on 2nf level with all other speech, or wisdom,

~ or truth etc. L~er in~ contends against Parist~~~ that it is just not true that there is in practice only

IV~ /\."I/\;'-' OT1e basic concept of truth and of its verification. Por r \_/,--",-,/",-,~,-./,-/'V""---,,,~v"

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REVELATION is different in kind, though using our words (I Cor. 1 Qnd 2). Our dear Dr. Robert Preus has fortunately pointed

out (this he did in "The Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheran-"--- --------~

~L--1~2,J1.Si.§.P.!:!.-::13.1) t ha t the g rea t or t hodox Lu t kg rall " dogmat icia~or DD wgre as unyielding--indist inct i£.n No.1 as

.. ---------w~!!:ims~. They insisted that indeed "nova vo~ula" from God came into history and that the continuing Word from

hgaven was cast into form by humble, inadequate men, yet through verbal INSPIRATION. In spite of their intricate and perhaps in.~

part over-wrought Latin vocabulary, the DD, too, categorically

~ther'8 fa~n science, phf.lo~y, reaso!]. as p ,co-mistresses in divinity. W~~pertains to i:2}JfluOJl,e, ~,istOr:JJI ~tc., is be made use Of with unheard 0 . diligence. But all

such other factors are mere servants. R. Preus even cites the places where DD kept on directly to refer ~ said great Dtspu-

--=-=== ,tat ion of Dr. Luther in 1~» (not 1540) about -'c~ OrA .3S4--11, 6; Ge!;m~ S}... e.ui.s eEn. 3- 116~). There Luther finally demands of theology "new tongues" whenever it comes to the key vocables· in ChristoZogy, etc. All preaching is connected wi. th

these new vocables, thus of necessi.ty relying for any saving . ::::;;;: understanding on the Holy Ghost. (By the way, a learned non-

theological tome by Walter Sparn in Ge~y last year demonstrated at length historically that all the o;thodox DD ever wrote must

... -----be aclmowledged as having remained, in all the issues lor whi.ch they were later accused, fully in line with Luther himself -as C.F.W. Walther took them -, patently distinguishable from

~~ subseqw1nt C}s;t(s'3 and ~totazz;-az ien to t~~a~e , X~pprO~h!O the R~,tio ali. t~ that followed alter. Yet

l~ss careful Piet sm and even arse Liberalism, t Z today,

___ -;:;r.;.mi voce ~la~ the_!?D i,!:J!.~r~_~!!!!.!:!- the ir own~ys. /' Here please compare furthermore the maJest i.e Nart in Lu.ther's v

pass-word: EXTRA NOS ("OI:!:JJ!J~~~sdtctLon"). His Lat i.nJ\~;~J' sentence Nta~/f,Q~em ad~ If-apt (amy.s, Sacrament~al taris, ~/\

n~rbum...,.De~, (mo St!.!ist~s sunt ;:~~)51±-ifi-.~ i~fl qU0Iue i~ti~ia It tUQ extra te est posita" (lsa",seholta, Aland Nr. ,306, WA 25, _____ - ____ ~·-7

368). Fr,an~er being ever straight in his "Christliche Dogmatik" cites Luther (Vol. II on p. 641) on jaith ttself. 'It

I.~ ~-~ . is ever b<2yond us as fallen humans sin.ce: "ex auditu Christi

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nobis per Spiritum Sanctum injunditur, E. val' IV, 391;bermQ~] St. Louis XIV, 1952". Satan's stratagem entered hereJbY claiming

il for ~t educated~nhis total competency to Judge fully

'~'%~tL'vJt also ~ fa"tff:.. As~ybody knows this started as ~m in

£'ngland there foisting its i:?ff~~sm r(Ylv everything,~ch then on its way via Descarte~hers, even R~J finally

~ ~

undid the hitherto conservative ~blrman intellectu~. Anti-

~ tJ;;LutA8 Piritual, l2~man ar~e b-!J..e~~~(jd for good' i~ of ~A)J.Nv their ~State universiti~:~al,so their incorporate Th~C?gicc:,l

Pacult fes, and7t has side-tracked most graduates whom they "'---offered to all Peoples' church work to this very day. (See the

.(' h.ist9ricaZ- l met d as dissected unsurpa~~!1e

I'! V J /No ernist Ernst Troeltsch in his "Der Historismus und seine

\' Uberwindung", {:i~ posthum .. ) In America through Erlangen in-

. fluence already earlier the 20th Century ~C/LCA seminaries ~----~--~--~~./ mostly went that way. Aftblr the Second War also Luther Seminary

at St. Paul and all ALC schools Joined - see Clifford Nelson in ~ ~ ~

"Lutheranism in North America 1914--1976" on ~ages 96 onward, ~ ~~

especially 160-185, ao~~ for dishonest make-believG over against

~ jassouRl on the part of what became the ALC, and especially! as

to the p~~tens~of Frederick Schiotz, furthermore compare WutD rnf'';1

"Lutheran .[e-tt--Nttll" 1977, pages 150-166. St. Louis in what's now

SSMINE'X followed suit as you all know in detail. All connived (" -wi.th ,the "o~~J~~lJA!Jtgll which by this its "first principle" (no matter what's added) excludes miracles, Christ, and an

authoritative Bible. I!'/s suryassing grace that ev':.!!: toward the /- end oj' the last half-century W£LS and ELS neuer capitulated to P~ - _____ ..--: ___ --~

~-.;7-he cre.!~ "A~..9I:.~d" of all cult~ed ~ciety _ across the Globe, that they neuer threw over board the uerbal ~ inspiration of God's Scriptures written in part by unsoPhistic-~ ated, but God-obedient men. Christ held them fast. Yet it may

V > V pp2-ue atmogt--!!:.. greater-!,iracle if more numerou~OURI t~s /~~~ c~ b51ck to childl ike fait}]. in G/od's revealed truth ~ tac!!}. , /v~- /IV' ( I '

\ :-10- 1,-" (~ ~ can be effected only by al l consequences embracing 7~~ (j~ Christ, and then from Hi§. pqrspect"ive viewing all Scripture.

{/:''I,il{(-~~.{.' So far the now dominant LC-~~,,~eadership is adamant in main-

taining that the whole of Scripture is God's ~ord, carefully

distinguishing Law and GospeZ andjwith respect to both/the

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Old and the New Testament dispensations. Let me add that whoever makes simple, forward~moving faith decisive, must also be intent on tremendous diligence and in ..... depth work for love's sake to remove patent obstacles out of the way. Especially the great St. Louis and Fort ~~yne Concordia Seminaries ought to demon­strate this and not suffer themselves to be diverted by side Jobs. Sh"'A'IJVE'X is stilt operating, and the eager top studiosi

~~:-.--. ----,

everywhere rush to universities and too Often attempt a middle course, not going all the way with the absolute logic of the historical-critical method, yet adopting many conclusions thus reached, as things went on in SENINEX. What's left of real Lutheranism outside of the USA no less needs help from the

larger quarter. For instance our~~~..iI~iri.:tbrethren in 1975 published uTheoZog~a Crucis" in honor of the deceased Dr.Sasse. The dogmat i~;-excel Zent (espec tally Hamann on ~the T~o Realms), but the first two articles show an exegesis which in part goes back to hunches Of our German universities, in the sepond ~rticle making Luke a sort of this-wordly writer ibhose iEi!t~l-~~ ~ aims detern{~mat~rialr;, hebr!!!:.gs ~ they happened or not). Let all straight Seminaries, especially ----St. Louis compare. If the H~l Spirit's power within some time

L(-f4G. wnl move the whole public mtnistry, officially to submit to Revelation, even if some Zeave, then since Reoelation is a

unit this must needs include allegiance to the BOOK OF CONCORDf! Then, only then, the first part of Lutheranism's New World battle ------ ---- ----shalZ have been won.

;~en Qlsofi~e o~e~ half of Christ's theology victory ought to --~, --===, -- ~

be plainly in reach. It must include EKKLESIA, as I stressed .,... '7

before. Also here the boon grantgd you Of Synodical Conference antecendents is great since you acknowledge C.F.W. Walther as a most distinguished father in Christ. You furthermore hit the clJ..eap ecumen tg.Q..~ hopes ~godles~s in the face~ and you have

.. ~ ------~~ . -~~-~-:::;::::--~-~-

another advantage over against aZl European STATE' training insti-..---/~~ ~/,- rv/--'-./

tut ions (often even semi-red ones), <and arso {?L'p~¥nce "'to (\,--,\~

the LCA and ALe seminaries. You not only have at your disposal yo~-;;;;n--eliei::,:;ons~;U;;'ii;e oJ/ now for years straightened out

Seminaries, but beyond that you possess very ofte~ your own

'----------------­schools all the way down to the elementary level, and are even ~~--J

' ..

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blessed by surprising hosts of lay people fighting your battles in closed ranks with your best pastors. May God no abat ing, no premature blowing off of confl ict.

.' ~"':!.-~1,~-, ~--,~-".,-----:,,,:,: '/

spiritual pe rm t t ..----

~ Now at Zast I shaLl turn in particular to the j;'XKji;SI concepts.

1"-0- •. '

You as the once Synodical Conference pGople have been the only larger historically affiliated section spared the doom after a hopeful start of going down at least in part with poor European last century Neo-Lutheranism. You are cherishing nothing sectarian, but as ;·Yalther emphasized in his tremendous way from

/~>x 1840 on Jjou are l~ to tr~holeJ!1.VA_SA!i.QJ'A as spiritually extending from on high down to the last saved soul. Of course, / this UNA SANCTA is funct ioning today at all places of bel ievery and it is ascertained in the infallible way only by the NOTAE.

c- = "The WORD shall not unto ME: return void". Being virtually refuge.es from the fully ridiculous STATE or the hypocritical

~vl -~~ry~PEOPLES'. churchdoms and also being not yet sold to "=9.!'51CK.~~ ~~ ,~ ~~~~~~all around you can follow the New Testament way of

church procedure and build up consciously from the very ~ )

~. ,tow communion and thus in a sane manner proceed to .,lurther c~ion dnd organiz~tion, in spite of new difficulties to cope with as mere machinery grows bigger, easily too bigl Europe's Peoples Churches, and whateuer depends in the wide world on the Old Contin~nt's "Luther slo1/ans", though they

dlt />J~ ~felt ~_~~~t:E~;~~!!i-~t;~=~~h~~'"~~:t:/:;_;:er I that churches must be structured In work ike nt ou e ts,

)(Xf thereby detachi.ng )s~4~ai th £!:..om t~e process n t 'vhere speak of the top notch secular performances of Rome, Geneua,

~~fJ Canterbury, Moscow, and of the whoZe Pseudo-Ecumene right now). fJ.:;:,-,tf"i~ In addition in the Easte~n half of the world p~w s~J:LJ.f!.,gJs VJOr )i,XXaJ:.~ __ of._-Ch.ur_c.ll_t._~_~the ism. You however through God's d irect­

ing were free from the European extra deceits, but for your Ireedom you'ne facing final decisions since some time. Here on

\ the Continent only occasionally oourageous minds~ ike the late . Sasse Just about getting it and Hans Liermann soon after the

~ ... ,:..~~~,:.....,.~ •. -<, '::.. ·.:,.,..-...v ..... ~'''!,~· .. ·'·--'~~ .. _~ ..... ,-.~ • .;,z.; .. :,::::.::::::-:-~..::.:.k'~

, last World War QPproach.~9 0< speak out on the s~eju!.~ut_ c~~~~le d~Eg~ on~owers enslaving for good all Conti.nen­tal churchdoms, this in euer new phases, almost since Paul

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,~Gerhardt was deposed in 1666. rOU U){drcr born scot freud .Lutf~(.rcms,d'

cmd happily al tens to this long l inldage of sub~.~.r.J!j .. ~ncJt. •. ,.ven' ~ -------- .j

that phlnom9nal excQption to ~hQ ou~rall German system, Ur.Hermann

~e (to wh.om 1 shat l rfwert), thotJ.gh drawin.g ever n.earer to

.--t---- us from dC?cadf1s to decades Clnd gn.ining n(~w insights in Australia,

~ Ifl( t n~u:!:'~J!~~1o=:~4;:~;;~-~~;3~!!l~~C,~{}:~~l)1.~.c!Y e.r _-E!l,C!:JJ? 5?SL.~.t~.~~~ ~ t ~1~n.ngli-.-.~tJ.'i is 80 ur.t~l .. _.;iQ.XJL!J~=i:I.i.~.nQ.L!j~~~ .';! ~ii.J:£ t ()-..5!.!l~-~!!,?,~ e..!? t UL(£ ....

~cv~~~~;;;:-:;~~~~-!~~:;~!::;~~~b~R~, AVl- bY1 It ... . ~ I ifv"Y'Ij'v(/J-J: . been fr.;lly cured of the l~~ig~~~ aJ:J..!!..rI'!:2.J:..~lo~ ___ . .... " . ~rl ~~(Ch mg.M_th~.~~.~,!:~s .. t~r_~.~ll .f!!-~~r~~~~~~d~-X'fYJ

~I\"I.. \ .. ~_aqL_QEL~~§.e_ifi !'3gJ._&!1-ql3::~g (Juerywhere)

W~ Joirwd tn thi~, but ri8OTutefijretusei£t()rJo to thQ other

~ - 1I1,..{ltir;t1~ (Jxtreme of rtlG.kin!i pastors iust obeu the Christ ians. feu of the itW-vv _ ~~~ '--/'-/"-./'-./~~'\....~ /}WLfdtqt 1872 background haue been hI ~'sSG~d as far as congrega t lonal and

pgstoral rf1latiorts go by a st{:..9-J[l.!JJ p~igr"e amo~ thOSQ who

cherish Luther's~ormation. In God's strength continue to ~ '---'- ----.-_. -~ act out your prlullege de i:;XKL£'SIA. Dr. C.F'.W. Wal-tllfL!: i.n~~.th.is

~....------------....-~ ------<.-~.--- ------------- -~~=::,:: ....... ~ .. .-~,.---rf/sp(fct "added nothjr'}.g'~_Jg~_.qod'8 directiona, as little as he attach;d---~jfhts own "to Scrip·t~;~~·:--~t-;~~-L~lJ.;~"~ln.d Gespe Z I or to

i .-----!£!.E...lJergistn in Conuersion and Etect-.i.gn as pitted against the ~ \1\'\1 -~----- ----

//\.A)~V!.!g£gs,,!. _m~.~i?U.J9_~ .. ~.~~fL9-r;~}Jf}?.Q:,~_lI:t~t;;Lr.9!JJ.~'!!,_~ He ro the r sna tched the f(ejormatf.tSil's rediscouery Of the dtuinq verities about the

7 .tH" /j't-t1 _CJ1urch 53fld _thti church'!..s and t?!e._hollj Qj/icQ out oj the u.pper an.d "'{~'·tA-<lY-I' lower Jaws cf the GrQat Ficm.tJ. The dQpil, ~J!!9.. Rorr!Jl-,}'J. f}mperor~

\) \)i"~) ~_f~!!-,!!s,-.tt~'!!lJ:[!!;;!:!!!~!!.I_St a t ~~ ___ ~!!!!-!to t est~n.t "tj.:·fCt.!.!I?~._hUct \. \ J·S~~~Ji~ .. _tJ.l.Q_1('lUL'!._._~~J.9-"1"nt.appr.OCl.C.Il_p.J!Y-~.Jg.Y...~n.fL 'pgl.J_~_(g$.", by I

8upj.)lJJf.n.g dg7tln,q.ble __ JlJ:i~=worldl!i "prefix.fis,ll .w,!;it [(Cn euer Zarg~r.~

Th€l one great Church R(Jform(1r and his pupils, the 1)[;, as well as • t~e strange State Of Ntssouri pupil Of them all, defeat carnal

\ /J~'~Jnguen£..1L by aga f. n aUach ing aJ.!:!:t-u.u;p.l1.9.£~. ((J'1-t;;:0:.:e:ri.!1.NS~'--··-·­~I:; :/~ OF' GRACE or NOTA E;. In.;;!~ thQ so mu.ch Cate~ 1 ther could

! >+- c:::==:: sa 6_ ~-

euen projit;?!or in his statl'.? Of being utterly dismayed h(t

illJnot tced that now the STArt. (etc.) had to {Hi kept (rom qett.i.n.g

~ill finfL~-r8 Into cl1urcif"deals eoen maN reclo~utelY than old ,.orthodox Lutherahism Quer had succeeded in doing. And froe

'~-",- . .-~---------~~--"-- . ..,-----..

AmGrica madG it rgalizable. ,

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Dear Brother Oullixon~ 1 recall what I prOmi8Qd. In this first

oj the concluding rounds therQ was to be a ro/erence to thesQs Gnd proof from ;i'cr ipt u.r~ Q.n.d the Con/<£fji;$ ions (2(E ide oJ the

CW.,:iv'Si.;;;SI liOcUm~ttt. 1 ha.ve; olliked Pro!. Dr. F. ;~;Qmu.ft}l Jan20w

at rdll(rjr Forest Who tIJori\Qd tog(dlwr with T!l.4? during my years

at London. ~ngland 19j~ to 1939, jar a gr90t kindness. Our

two ma i n Lu thercm Frl?ff Churcht18 in (}(irmflny mouQd toward Qach.

ot/Hn' c!Lt(}r 1{'+5. Tho oZdQst an.(t lorgest, caUfJd [)u~}dan. QJ' ~resZau, had loat half oj its m~mbur$hip through the Russiana u~ ttL Commun.ist and ~or~g(1l .s(.w(1ge~a.!.~ thQJj cam~ acr088 the

boraer in 1944/45 and took Duur !or good, all~gedly Jor the

Poles, Gl?rman.y's t/1.(m. J:.;'astorn part. Also oU.r Saxon Free? Chu.rch ~.. ---

was ~xposed irrm'i(ildiGihdy in l:..ost P'ru3.':Jia. (ThOStt \w(!re, pe'rhaps,

tlw mo:d t(irl'ibll!' days Of aZ'L_Jci$tftJ:Jl. Ttlt? USA. and £'ngl ish top

intQr~~'a hauQ 9ucce~d9d i~ pr(iuenttng knowlQdg& about the most

.- atrocious facts un.t tl abi)ut now. it fJ6'(!mb thf1 ei/orts Of a

!lounger acadom.ician not liu~m sym,pothQtic to German.y but to facts

may reach. mof'~ PQopZrt: Alj'r(ld A. d{? Zayas' 1977 boo! It/V(CfIi.(NJis", -' at Pot8do.m. The ilnglc\-Amt;rican.s and tJtft J,,:xpu.la'!.on Of the QQrrlw.ns ff

,

'( Routl~dO(j{ and l(e'Jan. PCIUZ, trrcrjutably documented.) ()f thos~ at ill \ ,-----------------------thGre at first practically nobody r.mainQd aZiuQ, and whiZ, the - ---

OCcup~ltion 1.t)i1'nt on. p;Qny hundred thousands of the female sex

'rom chlldh,(;oci to old age were s~xual Zy exploited continually,

)ften them shot. Soon. terror struclt tho main population in

dVCAnce- and mill ions upon mOL iens them tried to tlff\? J't(f'st ,-td(e,~

(at thf' Gnd some 12-14 mill. i onij r;sca.pfild tn' t hen til Ci Glilrman

ZanguugG' rQmainr.Jd). 'fhG ahcciLJphich our church(?t$, e.li$r';\icialli /' B,.t£.s~, <?xPG_r{~n.C;'i?d,~(1s .ao pr,ojound th~ ~!!!!!'2QdiatQlY ~ctrinal n~i~giLo~'Jgan i~\rd(fr_ tc,--cgul)r gr(fo.t~lst irt(LJ'([J.t:i ~- t ~?~~~-Luth(/rsmism. This a/tar tv'o JjQars Zed to the dQ­

claraticn oj church Cellowsh!p (proclaimGd in January 1948).

in. 1972 a U Luthfiran 'FreQ Clw chat; (two more acceded, onQ -- .:::;-'----

lrlrger aGon. in.clud.ed in llogotio.tions, altlo on(J' small a/filiated ~ <---- -

with i'r':-L~O coaZ(NJiced inlc the l!!dop"n.de~uanC)!i!l teaZ ~tht?ra!!--__ '-----~

_--=-C=h~'ch (;jJ/W. '''(lll, the w:)rfi from 1945-1947 IJH18 a ma.Jor ejfort

oj Q,z,~,O&t' count ZQ38 /iestern and berl in l()rg~ con/erf1ncQs and

8p"cial coneultatiof!.s ... rath(}r compl((tely rlJQchiflg (Jut at what /

hod li(lCn allllo (n Ami/rica tiw 19th an.d 20th c@ntur!l o/)Btacl~8.

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1"/Hl final izing documf?nt is callGd E'INIGUNGSS!;;!:1.L' (TiH? 8 tU; of c" _.~' __ --'

AgreemeDJ). Th(lf.:W ThG[;H}S bear the s ign.a t Uri?:;; 0/ t he ell i fl/ nlgotiators, f~Btor Gurhard Hetnzelmann and mysel~and are

officially att{N.~ti'Jd as binding the Fri'J($ Churches, now 3LLK

("Salbst<.Yndig(,/' "" ind£?{JGndent). All textti oj' ScripLuro Qnd the

Confe):s:aions a.rt] printr.:sd Gut in the "Vol Zau.sgabe tf• 113 po.g(JS of

jolio size. Her& now as soon as Dr. Jan~ow is through you will hauf2 al80 at £L8 disposal a fairly compltirifl doctrirwl hon.dl in.g

of aZl the Church aspects in si¢pZe clear L~glish language Wit/I proofs and exegesis. ruu can of course haue the Ciermcm

Vollausgabe, but <I~p({ci(Jlly trw G~rman Brief Edition Q.s 800n

as li'OU ask j\"Jr them .• Chapt(.)r:.; lIlii ~'!;}J.Y:.gh, IIlB O/1.JJ2-tJ aNd----­

here th(2 sections in p~int. (But £}.~\? !I!holci' Scriptural or

Formal PrincipZfI, or Chapt{(r I, then C()rttwrsion/,;Z,ecti'c)n, or ~ . ~

Chapt er IIA and B, fi noll y L~cha to l0J..lh or Ciiapt er l'V, are

likewise detailGd.)

In th~ interest of further facilitating insights in.to thQ

historical declinQ of LuthQrani~m in tn& lon.g Qraa referred

to until now I shall rath(?r soon sl;nd you an ADIJ/i'NDUNJreferring

tJaCK to the aboue let ter ALPHA. and coupZQd wi th a BOOK LIST

on ~ome a orman wr it i71gs an.d wr t t ers. -----.----------~~-,---~-----~--,-

Secon.cilij (or Q- concludin.g r<1marks on. the LUTHERAN CHURCH-NISScURI SYNOD)

~------------.-- ----------~----------~~ ----_.--"

i'ou rf2call, Brothgr Gull ixon, what I remarked on my u(Jry long letter to Fr'fsidrmt Bqhnken in 1936. It dfw.lt with tit€! df2clining ggn((ra~ ~tt!.J.ation. of his J;'ynod, esp{lcially in the ii.,'ast (Q~ re­

fleet~d by the "American Lutheran"). 1 al80 referred to my 1938 ~ --------

and 19..39 (No.3) 'pubZ leat (on for all :3ynodie~ll Conference pastors, ~

tt~Q" s~t 1.rom Lonc0!J., ,:;ngl(.md, which exposed tho then

A4C's double-tongued dealing ~ith Scripture at Pittaburg (Penna.) ~-" .-" ,,,,,,,,,-'0--,,,,, "--'''''''_-. ,,'-----""--"''''''''~ __ , __ ,," "" ""'" , ' '

where they, Quen Nartin Reu, fflQt with thQ ULC scholars and undid ~--'--- -"--~ ~- =s;:;;'" ".- --"', '-.. ",,, __ "" --,,"--""" ,,' ,

the 1938 assum.pt ions of A1S,iOUi~1, signing th{' AGfhEA .• NT,_J[I. 1940. ~-----....---------,.....------- ~ -- -------_.- .-------. ,---------+--------..... ~.--.-- -----..

~in spiti) of Oil/Yr' 'b<lst m(Jrt'~J dr(.Nd oJULC Li6er(llism clOSQ to

aerm~ny, tak~ for oxample thf2 ~rQsidents Huin end Schuh, the

dom.inant airr. in all thfi negot((Jtions. after th", I)orld !,ar I

X and until the larger ALe, was to untt{( them all to tlla right and /' to the ZeIt. The a~~ffoat ive NIJiSOj!!!.E. 1 eadera who were .// o~tc were t.~bljJ.td to the ~ion.ist inner commf. tm.ent (; x:

" on the other side, e~hanced Qy Europe. My colleague of many years, also once Saxon Free Church PresidlJnt, Dr. Hans Kirst€pn,

Just flew to the USA. He will underscore what shocked us here when aft (fr the ~[io.r, from Oc tober 1945 on. for years, the Missouri Synod repres~ntatf.uea, also professors, came to us and

~. 0 tilers. The tr(1mendOU8 }J'1SS0UR.~~O~!!!~} 1€[. __ £t.P.~.a..T.-h'!_o._~ed __ ~_f.r pre~e, Q God-sent to us and to all, also making possible the

"------~-' ',JOint Oberurse~_ Bem (nary of o~'ree Ch~_rch and Bres lau, the W~ --.J ' ::2X!.x= =Aj"b.'. - ~.-----= ---====-=c.~ )\1':'A/, ... E.!!!!!!J!..NG~SA'Tffhaotng--.!!~~.~-,ted. But Dr. Ki.rsten wi 1 Z reZate

- that as to the posstbtZities of real Lutheranism in Germany, --------~ --------------.--------.----~

,al~.s~inaotd, the ~inc((r!st M~~u~"~~n.~'".,c.c:~uJ~t."i~~~,((

t 'airy day d~s, ])~;J?;}eJ~'3{A~~outing the ~!.~~~",," 8~al orthodoxy beyond the 1 cal parish. So the prime , ' - - -- - . --" - --. -~~~

uenture of the many ,~~~meet£nQ8, from 1948 on, in order to st.imehow come to te ntS with the best of Lu.theran PeopZes' Church

theologians and enders Ch~stened by the nation's breakdown,

was na(~~_at at. Of what went on in the USA from ~(the "411' on we heard quite a little, also somewhat latt'?r tn-con-~

ikrtciCt ion with the ~cold recept ~cr:.ordQf!._~o--t!Jg-Q.~~L~,<J8o.t ___ .

. .~~as8e ~lL~!: LOUIS J~J!I becau.se they de-X ' 1.f.b(}ratgZy /lad _ oP.tG_~ tor lOo~"_·Pan-~~theran!M1...alJ.sLJ ts scholar-

. .~htp, pe~ t!!stortcQ.-cr.LtJcal. Cl (fford Nf1lson's detal Z8 on the drama t Hl the L969 m6sai.!-iance wi th !lYl 1960~ I had referred to.

Howeu~r, almost all has been said, and this LC-MS summation is merely to serue you people as a Jactle reminder and accordingly is best number~d.

1) The uery 8~~~1~ since ~2Q~, the in dead earnest initiated and som.ehow continaed r((turn oj the LC-I1S to its C.F.W. Walther origin and leg(lcy (which. nowherQ obtruded anJlthtn~~----~~------------ .- ---------.-------.-----~--- --_._---- .--- -- <- -----.------------.~~------ --~- -------..

upon. the basic New TestamQnt an.d Luther/Book oj Concord "testa-

v~ fA K ,~~;-~-SQ-~t ~-;U~~-· a'~~dJor bi ~!!! ____ t~. ~~ {~~ t fia t 11~ tL t"i. l .- Jor

\);fc0;' ;:Y- years an.d years, 1 Qa~e noth i.'1:E! undon"g ago! n to undo t t. With

ltG~t,~ apostaS!l..,and pSCiudO';"'i:,.cuT1t<?ni::f'1bQing tops everywhere in. today's

&t / outward Chr£'sUmdom., only almost 'mparalleled ongoing mercy oj .cvV\

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God can bring th.a Wal th(fr Church jut ly back. 1'/ltJrejore nothing

is 8~Qnt on you in th~ ELC~rr~8 all than to perse-

, o€re in prayer, both oj grateful praise for the miracle that

~ happengd and oj i~dQfatigabl~ E~adin~~~~ against

the fiend. ThOUgh~as 1]'.2I1Lher(1}-r ~- ({d t~tth<:!re Wwlll always ~remain on ear-.1h an. "ccZ~Bf.a large dicta oomposita, IiI Y(?G etJen simplex, which is fully orthodox. and althou.gh our

\~;;. r.;v"er firs t prayer i~ //I,t~~_~~_!!'_J [$ _~~-.~<'!~~-~'- : __ ~_~-!I1.--~_!.-~-_!!a~J'-_~?~lan 0j~ J;. ~~nt~OP"dr'iTY ~~:ttaChQd to the-m-, !J~ the_~~ly G/LOst

\Jl ,1)0 1 {hf d?'H3 a}l..!! i £I.IJ.I0~J5. __ b JJ _ ~h~( £.'ANS OFGRI!9 ~ _i_'3:. ___ t!!:!rr!..f!~ t f)~ ~_st ra t gh t 1/ Jrom God and a unit, 80 we all as deeply rep~ntent believers

mu.st implore God day and night to bring about a grand repent~nce co~l~teZy to restore th~ great ortho~ox ~h.

2) The CONSTITUTION of thQ SYN()D Of' NISSOURI AND OTHER STATES

pledged the whole body unequouocaZ 1y to the SCRIPTURE.:S as tIthe written Word of God" and all doctrine in the BOOK OF CONCOI?D so tJuU no deMiR' tog cQn.gregat-,wn.:::{)I'---·PQ$-t-or---gouU~~re-

X~X)\ mj}~n, thi2 obI £g~t ion (Jxt(}rldi.ng~,lso to.-El..~...E2-,]~5!-'!:!?:!'J. __ g._C!.ctr.J!t'2,i",Yfl as showed the early synodical stand on Church and Office and

then on Conuersion and £'Zectton, sharod by the whole Synodical

ConJerenc(} for long. Dr. August SU<llfloW in last year's

"Concordia Journal" (NolJembftr) has shown thQ u~lnerabtlity sindl], __ _

1920 perhaps in part due to St. Louis' oarly scru~s, and the

~ :; ~~!:::!:-~:;~;:~~::~~:;e~;.:. ;:r:~=::::;: t:n O;d::: e~ t ~;~;. !":;:iM-/ ~(tc.teILJ.l'."and-.. -V.1-._.b.f?Jr.tfL~~rt.J.Qr._c.,g....lMla in, though Quer cons t i­

tut£onaZly so intended. No great compostt~ church can euer

remain orthodox Qxcept by an eJlect£uQ Constitution, though ... ~~-.--~

congregations cannot be absolutely bound to remain an.d public !qllowahip extends to all churches orthodox by such binding comm£ tments. So thQ '(Jhole ,!oct~ th~~ch._must com.q-------

_~ __ -Pa~k. Here t~~:3J'-~(l~~J(!!-~r-8, ~ay by a Task Force, darQ not 5?kcumu(/1}t what God demands also 01 a trUQ composite church -

ma~whoetJer is praying for final help, watch this and what

follows.

Permit me now for brrJuity',s sak{? and in view of addressing you

of like conviction. to muki,? use oj a few "musts".

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3) What 1 choose to call V9hseism and ~44"-ism and top-loose --- ---------"Graebnerism" must totally go by the board. ~---.....

4) No less the never honest and "sell-out" ALC m~salliance must . ""~,l:Le~oJj. Before that happens honestf-Y --;;;th~'d~~ Lut-he~~~;:b";d"i-;;;-~'

I in the USA cannot renew publ tc fellowship, and those far away rr,' who, Zike our free churches in France and Ger~any, have st~er

k~ :r £1.[ icially' decZared the S1;3tg!l.S'!.nt.e!!!!'~9!Ji;~ (,see WISC"ONSIN, ~.~ LUTHERAN QUARTERl.Y 1978, I, p. 38-W) cflnno(~f ~12.1tt" __ ~'!--'!HI?,I;!~.

/ -----3J3J_~ .. J?,9::"~.i.9~-Pl!:!?, ~, .. ~_<? _,[~,!,!:~l!!_~~l?:Jp-,_J.t-.ti1@.£~.,_j_$_1J,9~,£~C:~_~ .. ~ • If t he /""<~.~" ALC is to be Of the fold, then actually the LCA, yea the LWF/ and the i'VCC are "in", too. What a perversion. Honesty steeringl ... #

the CTCR must put a stop, too, to the LCUSA connection ever ~::"" w"\ r'->"-.. ,.";·~'\ __ ....... -\,""" ___ , ..... -~'~ .. --,,·t_. going beyond strictly limited "cooperati6 in'~xternis" in the, future, and in addition rQstrict MISSOURI visitors at the ------ ---,-.~~.-.. -~--,--.-.--~--,,~.---.. -.--,.,.

_~!li~nJ.$.t __ d.i a l-ogue.s-lr:o.Tll~3lllYTlltLqJ:~~~~i-}!:Jl .. .!!1Q!: e .j.l]--qr:!:,_!!_f.f!.,L~!:!.!2 sat a few affairs taking notes - and Q€.'!.~J~J1.JJer. ... QfficJqJjIW,,~._ ... , .. , ..

· .. ---toge-ther_.,wi.th.~he-Ler:.o .. dox.~n.amesakflii __ q.{J_a ... Luth.e,r.an.,-c.Ol1tJ[lSI~llt ..... ·,·-· __ Jj'"/1.1BJiOJ/JlI_LgrJlJ9!l..l!j.§JtiQB.,,.Chur-ChQs ... mUSJ ___ .. b_e .. r-edeemed",_tr.P.rrL .. Jh~" .. .. ' , .. ,j.~LWE .. uin,"de.G.,tQ,r.,'l.C£,jIe..torTtJJiJi and w..~el lowshi.p. Let us all thank

God on our knees for the constant vicious attacks of false Lutherans (for instance taking the AELC into LCUSA) and the NLC dignitary of long standing, Dr. Nodean, defaming Dr.Preus' MISSOURI in a long article in thQ February issue of the "LUTH~'RISCHE NONATSHEFTE" here). They he Ip weak eyes to become focussed.

5) It goes without saying that the above makes sense only if Gpd-demanded discipline returns and also official papers take a new turn.

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etc.

9) This so-called LIST, for my friends' conven.ience, borders on the ridiculous unless jaith that has the promise to moue mountains seizes its items by persevering PRAYER everywhere.

~ELUIAH, KYRIE.

1-1 Thtrdlu (or GANNA, concluding all with WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL

LUTHERAN SYNOD, therefore on account oj the preceding using a few more numbered counts than lirst intended)

1) It's supremely important to place Prayer ahead also here,

happy thanksgivings to God for ~t~l:'~~~ss i!}._g.s..£9.s1!iJL..2L . .2J;.9,f?,gJs, also for the inward and outward expansion God granted WELS

since.

2) The only base Of WELS has been that consonant with the SYNODICItL CONF'E'R£'NCE of C.F'.W. Walther's and Adolph Hoenecke's

XI days. The major aim 01 W£'LS must accord ingZy, be finally to see the LUTHERAN CflURCH-JJISSOURI SYNO/);t rescued out of all fangs of unionism and Of de-spiritualization, as th~ senior 8ist~_-.-· ,XXXXX tn the prayed for s.@§iifCii:CCirtt:iiiNcE OF' THE W(;;'LC.Toti.ts

outcome wh i ch only d s~~m~e Of (L~ .. '!J __ ~!! __ £!l:.Le!..H'().~1}J_tQ_,!~>~c.P ,­can. bring about the WELS courage (I n.ame also the Doctors ~n and ~J- contributed more than we, the OV;::'i-?Sf.,AS. in

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1961, could guage. Let's)as we comprehend)ever thank them and

the ELS.

3) While it is und{{rstandable that WELS, in a sense long hid in the shadow of NISSOURI, should after 1961 experience a

~ desire now to e~~~~~,0,/.J!3.~,!~~,!}S .o~and ""-~~, while indeed after Georg Stoeckhardt's death in 19T3 August

--~J)ieper's "JESAIAS II" had been the major exegetical contribu­

tion within our confines, it would endanger our joint luture

't j')1' the not iceable undercurrent present - to reia in a place lor

t/V 9 ;h~a~~~:4*q~=~;¥~7R,~~~;C;~b;:r:e~;m~~:g:;;~· fessor published and am impressed by hundreds 01 presentations and evaluations especially in his 1917 "Lehrbuch der Kirchen-

.<11.... """ ,.". '. , ~.............._.J_ ...... ..A,.,. ___ .. _ .......... -........ ...._O·.q'_ .. '"~~-·

_,:.f!e~}i!1iq.Mell. They extended also to an uncanny forekn.owledge as to whi ther the ReLC!..!:.meqLc;9.th.ol1 c "RolJ.iizat.1{)-fI," of churchdoms

/ would continu<~ to push the Anglo-American hegemony. Yet Koehler

: /,(/ / V/was ousted!r!:a_~_<:NSEf!I" B unn~tural :p~'-thume tMumph over ~.E !/ t,/ would cance l the hope of UNA CQ/lJPOSITA ORTHODOXA adumbrat ed. rJ," /

.-----. Koehler's_readf...rJ.JJ-and po~!.ng was in the "cultural" (KuZtur) .. ~~

(1 \JtG-~e_~e.~t s _~ a ~ca ~9huC'?h_!t ~or.£,?-; a.!.~~~~ ~ext ~n.~f. v~:- I

But in reference. to tho deuelopment Of later Lutheranl8m~~~ Church an~.fi~a!!f: tnj1!]!'-any his breath was decidedly too s o't,,;1 as in Germ~it~ture. The consequence is evident. Though Koehler was no doubt affected by MISSOURI helplessness as to the larger ecclesia compostta (Cincinnati case) and chagrinned by current "congregationalist" simplifications, he shortsightedly

.---.~·';.:Ug€t~~~~i:~$m~.e .It,.t,Q,~.~rl.g!1g~ n t It i_'2.~~ ng_~ i th ~_:~_l e i e ~~~~h~r:-hra~:'+ .-/ in the rear. You remember my above passage on the last mid­century High Church vs. Low (Erlangen) DE'BATE of German Lutheran

, . { Theologians. /ioell ing_{ 9;c,~9!.de,!:~~~Jlonor.,~~fiYLl£.,9l~-' .l.. ~\fQr.u.ed. .. ut.o.~gO".J,O,_ t.he8ou..pc..g-,of.. ... .u;hat.~.n.euec._~_t9-PP.J?!i~!YJ£,o i ~g tlut,," // i '.. ~ ___ .r..Go.l~_congp4ga tional."ta,(Jhfu 1 ne s§,,,.Jl'J.._l1~/Ll:LQrrL~.Jf),tJ.rI.._ancL4hu.a-tound--.. ,, ... ----,

..... .' ........ -. .. ..r.." •. " .. "'-~~'"

"" __ ~. ___ his·".s..9J.y.ti.?.':~. f.r~r.J!.lft."gJr.ectiD!Lof .. m~-LJCt~<![;ae~tj~"J)r, Zet's say, the ever ineffective "K lle iaZRrinzi "., but accept-

/) ,~\ in the_.H,13it of the "terr tor .. tat~church' s . e/ '~·rm.q!},,~ ·i~-~.--.;';· ... ~.:il'\see;r 'rcheng'~-;ch'ich"t'e~~ by Koehi~;w'~~H'_}Jll:' Thi~ ~';t i!.-~~.~_i_:9l VV' . "tow.church" prgcZiuity flattened out the divine call of

-~ ....... ' .. . ......... - .................. -.-.......... ' ....... • .......... - ......... ,~ ......... __ ............. .or' ......... )

pastors, contrary to AUGSBl!R.g .CGNfESSION XIV and XXVI~, and 1;; .. ......-

APOLOGY Xllll10,11, with st. Paul in Corinthians and E'phesians

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in back thereof. As 1 outlined, we must toach that thQrG ts indeed a gcm,{9ral oll:£cfl (Am t I ofJ:..~? f._~m.), th.ou.gh __ e~ss!d (in blL

~ thQ ca l t ~ pr€suppp~(/8th.! NO!.Aif.:L/~!JL~]pat--ft, in u.l ider ,~H?_'l~_€?_.J. "\- -,,~.-.~.--,--~- ".. . = ; ," .. , ... -...... - ... ,-,-.--...... ----. .,----~-.-."" .. ---~ .

.. was form.a l Z~!ls J..:~.lAf,..Q(L.(q~r~~fJLv!,'~~ttift e.~t")w~enCJttJ~,,~_.~~.ztEL~

~~."._ ~£~ al!.g;.~~if!,f!.-:.r T~ was. in th~~!.!~_.5![11.?e-_0:'!._,~'!:go lnfL_!~_~'!!..~ __ .. -"" ~~N V, Luther (}1J~r) ~ __ ~ th~ .n~tH?~. __ ~nder8tood< ~ .. _r..,!.~~!.._ h'a~!hf1!:c..~~. tP ~ __ C!JE--.eh-Slrut Of[iQ~f!' Note his gibe ("Lehrbu.ch dQr Ktrchenge8cht.chtfl"

.~~~} p~, ~: "Sf.Q (dta lowaqr) kam€n GUS cien. rnal'tr Q(J/esti.gten V~r-" 1'< haltnis.$en. dgr Lan.desk£rchQ, hatt(2n deshatb nicht den. Partiku-

r.:::l.,.. d' <b <-.o=J,

/"laris~~ V(tr~~.~~.JLgJ*-fbf!.F'" /V"te furthf:lrfnor€' his ~n. t t ~sr~ad ina ~~f.r~J!jJJJ_gp._L_Q.<jJJr.._t:t.ar:..r.g.Jr:tt-~~-.. tn-~ ..

r-- . ----.----

"f!.,~~ .. §JJmm(L-~n$(f..r-q.t.j~J-r:g!Jt?-.oi.~,._q~.C._1::~_~lJr..9 ___ .u.p'f. .... iSir.c/1.Q ... urvi .. A.mJ!:.. ;fj}t!;.~r is,;:;,lnot .Limitirw crJi,!!Jgt?mt b~ PJ,ar:;;.lJl'(tJ, but Qs it werq

s ~~~AL-Lns i.!.tJ,!'!.!L_Jl!~ t._ .. 9. ggne,r.51~ .. ".12~c!t i ng Off! e.G .b~ QAgs l~rut~t&Sfl:,!..~,.TUygJ.~st5 (later he aver wrota 1 Pet. 2:9

""unde=;:=ptctLt}.<9 ~~stgnature), b!:lt hQ teaches that ,tJle

p~b '1 c _lunc t , on_,£t~J.~.g~_£.gJ.!.~,"~-.!!~r..~g!!J.JLJJLJlfl., j fl.tf!..g!:~!.gd~-,Js..J!14 .

/ v,~~-to3-~ri~t;~J!"Q!!z;~·~~~1<>=~!l!;:'::;r ~f!rJE~_ o/e ~:; ~; ::!5~rJL . l ~~~ ___ ~ __ -~~~.~."lld. - .. tHt._~,_.~"_ .. _,.c"t, .. J;).,_QrJt.«._.=~" .... ",~., .•.. " .. ,," ,~n""'-' -<~

~;;:t~{~:~:5~!~~f'--~"···:(2·~~~"i:~~~/hgn!~:;r:~t~Y:~i;~fgY<J' l,1b.e to -ag r l.!_~_3k· £ t ~JLorq_ a YJ~§s!g,.rJ~rrLQll.t_.aJQiilla.'!l~ ~ ! n. _ r {jJ-

1{a_~L9_'!.<!.ll~::/~!!E5?!}-~.tP.J_e. T]~C?l.J.gA~!3Q rt t!!-c! ord(7[at rol'L.!!!.€rely c9.-'!tJ!:r/J~Lg!1(L~E~~i~.!_~!!.-tl1Q_-Q.qJJ_9nd __ t h<dre __ f s _!';~ t ths,_::~.e,!,/} t-

. ~H8g:~~§~J)_, ~§{!~U aE-4jf2pjJliJ.r~!L,C.qJ.ZBd3r.~ __ ~raJJJn(lcL..tQu:> ,_. I ~ ,,' _' "",'" .,... .-

~ncll!Jfl.r. .. ~.~~!S.trq1~Q __ ~n~,~7T}J~'".}. J ,,.tlH?d f3 _._§) , cg.!:~,?, m~!!. be exerc~~e..~ . ~.,,~ .-, ~ ... '~"~""' ---. -!!~t _~_plac(? th!.!!ot JL~ caJL(!d i~i~ a_Eo8(~1Q.n aJL th.?~'fJ~hSJ~reqgJl

V, tb ? c~.ll g~ , i ~J~E..e 1,_~~~dlTl £'!~ s t \J r .0g_..!L'!JJLf.9!..~~~u.n..f&.rLj..i.tn{LJJ].~J:~~Y ~ c...Qsponsibt! __ t'?r:~'!.!}.'?._~~'!!!.~,'!'!:.~~a..~. 1 fear there wi II b~ trou.ble

in SUH2dfin. where the sma I, Z Confess ton.al Church jacas bo til High Chu.rch and a sort of Hduge l~y preQcherdom if student uicars

\

' .. -.. --".--.-----~-.---.--~--------+. - .<,._-.",

nc:>t called may officiate in til is wisQ but w( thout ouerruL Lng .·,Y /' 1 ''-''

u. t t cr neC(lSS i ty. ~u-' f (( -1>1. "V :.}f \f:>,

Koehl er through £';r Zanger!. al so n.~y"'r _J!.nclerjiS t ood Iii'al thllr' ;j~D_ .. c..

(;Y~!!.:~_~.JAe _1J.t,r5!.!:!2~~~~~!::.o ~ __ a t_,9J .. _~ __ J?.~.l~n.~_.C!12!tg w~.JhqJJ

-- ----,.-----

,.

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4) P~rmit QQrman quotations from KOQhler'u HLehrbuch der Kirchen­giu.ichicht€"1 which r(?!Zect GxactlV the pO.9;itfDn Holl tng mcdntairted.

Th l s (the d(J'ar and Quangcel i ca.l ~!li:LS prOfQ8~lOr$ wO 1 rQcogn. ize

QS Of Q m.istak{~n stclg{,.1 long pass6. ffould it be 81?rudble if W(il

at l Q.sk.@d all~m jratGrnally, Jdn.dl!J· to begin to worit along wi th

all Ot.lr b(~st com.protwn13iIHI thi.nki/1.g~ fJ.t80 r~al dogmaticaZ work

in ltve union with OXQgQttcaZ work whereuer auailable so that / Jotntl.v tiUt u~ry Za:Iit t{Nl.drils 01 th.e once 8emi-impaB5..~._C!t_~)1~L __

;X\--:_.::~=,-;~2?:1}:l6€ sJf_n",g~=c:.9!,!"'rJIllQ~:-;~y_~~:.u.'E.£-;1~r.~;~_d?· . it B

/ ?,/JSCONSIN THEOLOGICAL QUARTL'/?Lt, .Jart. 1978 also points out, the

i7'E'LS Z(?ad{2rs in that !ormo.l mQet Cng wi th our SELl< repr'HHmtat iU{fs

at M<ifquon. in no wise der;;anded for /qllowship on. thQ part of

,)l~'LK tho t they adopt a Wl'LS ill!ll!l0~Q!llJ. on Church, Offtce, and

f'iIIl ZQwship, (?uen as thtJro hOUQ fJO(1'r be"n an.d arf!.l WlSCGNSlN 3j'NOD thGologians eu~n obj~cttng potnt blank to anything sounding likQ thQ WAUWA'f0YSA l'NS£ .. 'Jer. Comparfil in particu.lar the 1960 careful

GJuanOQt'leal pag'UiJ of Prof. }S'endland, nou' at the W£"LS seminary tn. ~ .,

LUSAKil, $amb (a.

liere follow th.e quotes: "Gegi?n ate (dt(! h'cchldrchler) stan.den

(He mQiaten. Lutheraner andQr~r KreisCt, bas. Quell. die £'rlangftr.

/// G~z f r!J u nd k0r:!.~!:,~ t ,:r::~~r:.~,:'_!i,~lJ.J'J.;L~~!.,~_~!£,~TJJR~~~"f?,,~~(L~J!! fUr' .---- (p. 659). f::specially p. 712: "Jf,,'alth~\r (dlin.tifiziert Pfarro.mt

~ mit Pr('·dtf;to,mt und z{lichnetl? die l.,ox.(J.Zg(trrt~£nde !Jor ancierf!n. kirch-

l ie!l.flt'l. KC5rpern. au&, ind(lm fJr /fir s!e wift Jiir das Pj'arramt dt(f

Sip(!Izielle g6'ttliche Stiftu.rLf) tn Artapruah n.ohm. Dt<? f;,.'Quwa?to!aa­

faku l t tit hei Z t dafu'r, d~~~J:l9J:J::'!!!!:J.~.~JJl9.,.!'!,!':~t.-J') .Jie,rn.dfJuJ~crtJ]!t

1 \, \)' c'l'\ Ij~Jtt(,!,l.al,uu:·., .. ~!),~~,~~·~5!..!~~,m~~~~.t~,~,.,.~,~,~"E~.!.~ '-~!.~_~,~.8, ""ld eb(?n '! te_ 't;\'\' ~0\ ·~\~.~JJL<!.!B.§l11tdQ ~L~~ies des BUQrJi .. 1..fLA.J"r..,ahiLjat, und h(jl~

,:\' \ <L I '!J:-..QJllSi!lIL£1ilJ.xn...JiatJ1r , d3R./~~'\._~£~_'!J'I\~_£-~!.·tY·f ~r: ~~,e_~~~,rt 1':<':::' ¢~ s~J:_L~r:g·"\.q9i-ttJi.~.~fi'\~J/~C!~!,\.~P\~.:.i,~~~.,.q.~t~~,".~.~,!o,\~ere \~er~rci-,~~n,~,

<'.1 ~:_~. ausgQze'lchn,f:t t hab~ geo""flbfll' an.deren tihnl (chQn a"b iZdGn dQ& ".,\ :". ,. ,\.. .. / \..~.".'-, .. \ .... , ... \ ... /\. •.. -"\. ... ' ,.',.,., ,\.~ .... , \"",."" ...... \., .. /.,.\ ....... , '.". /"··L,,' \,,/ \... .. , ... '1.... ..... l,· ' \. \, t.·!

-.~~;. \;TI' ~. ~~~~.~!!·tl.t\:~l}~ __ li.t\.~., .. ~~~,(.~~·t~~!~~l'1r~'~.~.(!,~s, die aU~h liom L'uanQ"Z ium ~;- :;::' {Jescho.ffQn sind, Bondern S~t un~~!'-~!~~.,~~~,.g~,~.~~J.g~~,~,~r .~:~~{\!n F' ~ '~) dar Formen (Plar,.am~, LOkaZrJ~m;)·n.d(2J Synoda, Schulm(Ji.J . ..tQram~t, ~C:'; (. _'" f;rof(t's:1~~(l;;~'m·f·~':·Q~5"aur~hd'i:e·;:{~k~6.mJt.~'~i t ties"Ra ilig,,~\'-'ae'8 {tiS \" ,\._",.r\ .... ~. ~., ""'\.. -,.~t

~':>., :~,': in 'der Chr'£ste·n.ll'Q{t, dCl d€.? Christen. in. ei1rLstlich€r Frai.hQCt

: :~ den liuflQren VQrhliZtnisben )Qmao diQs~ Dingo el~richten~ -'~:........ '(.; . . ~.~ 'f... X-Did not KOflhl(l~) th,eI1.TP.f!:i,qtJc.~~_LlM-r;2J?JI an tllib lrorfi., iW/li'}p?

{~\ Th{;J qUl:;-St ion 01 Mowing which is Q, Chrt5t ian cOYl.gr<Jlgat ion by the

/1fJ P \ /J'L tqJ!tt~t:) c/l:l\ /'fU I ( t I-- I 00187

'.k~L't 4\ \' J - 47 .v ~'!~ «-~1d~ ...

, .. "OTAE £s n.ot ~l)t:n. aZ Zud((d to .. he<rctly t/!q.t",~~_~QL.J!h.e ~ ~ ,~-'~-- ~

i;!f1MSl./~ d~-~ ff}!?,~11,~ ~

5) inciden.ta.lly, th,€l non.-ratificcuton oj' thlif fellowship a.lr\ii'ady

practiced in}if(1quon by ~f£·L') an~ :";i/LK l'(Jpr{u.iH:nttatiu(N3 if;j by nQ

mtJu..l1.t~ simrlly to lHf CJ.ttribu.t~d I.Wlfily to 1/1..'L3, as ha~ betiln

att~mpt~ci. How<tw.cr, us to th~ timing uj a br{(Q.k u.ith the LC ... JIS

orf. UH' part f,''}f long Nl::.;'[jf.,:uru.' o,s4wc:i(ltctS, i{~LS ttattlf iH?$(tatl'dd

lor y(?~~rd, QHd tr(tm(JndolJ.s fla.rthly an.d Jlcultur<lltl dia.tanc(ts mahl3

~i.t ~xtrli!m(ily di.fficult j'01' th({ membtirship, btl i.t in J:..'u.rope or

~~ $ou.th A/rica, to got at th4f clliiCl.atU(} locts. 1 tlH;r~forti rf?cqntty

~ ~ad8 bold to big the W~LS lQaders not no~ to try to force

anythin.g goinQ b~Jjon.d the (lxist£ng STATU~' C'v!IFi.SSl:.tJi)..5' on ou.r _ ....... _.".-,6'l.4rop(t-o.n bodtQt; who 'lo.s to GGrm.Qrty,) ti~'em.sGll.lt28 ar(( yet in a /

prOC<itiHJ oj' maturin.g ~ (which. for fIIZSCCN.SlI'i ti.,>oA t lmi? (1round the . ~ ). ___ ... , .-.. _ ... ;x;:;so_~~

lS'lOt if):)), an.d tiwrgj'ore '-,vt yot to (In.forc~~ final honl}st logic.

All know what aston'~hing effort at r~turrt is a-moving tn thQ I,C-NS itsC?lf.

6) As in J.:lSSCUfa' 8 COfi.f!' the !tiLS' brauq post t ion JJet dfimands

abou", all Pro..Yf.lr, Prayer, Prayqr, to wh. tell you in the gU', 010$0

a!fect~d, no doubt all Bay Yes and Amen.

CLWCUIDI NO TH£" COtlCLUSJ(,W

Dear Brother Gullixon, 1 trust this tong answer more than

Buffices, also that the many pages do not both&r you too much. Do not resont that in. those docwrwnt.s you !tad $ent me J piclwd

out nothing for dirQct rGfer~nce, but you yours~lf no doubt hauf! mi.ssod 0"11' nt."ttc~ Clccordtrd to th<? NO'fA£' (per IH! P{JRA£).

fhis is most obuious in. thq long~r onp Of th@ two statements. S irtCl? we mu,8 t mov(I t award a formal ADDENDUM at tached tfl the

would be wis~ for your two highly BOO/( OF CONCORD Ir judgg f t J-e I

rosPQctp.d and ~~ orthodox Synods to mou~ on in re8€ruing for study all that pertains to such consummation, how~uer not to go lntc f(nal izat ten unt il tk(! fflortl:5 oJ others. de C7KKLIi;'SIA

are more profusqly at hand.

No doubt !Iou Ol)$ilrtH~d in /.;.(?tI:J\;.'lln that 1 1i)I'dl, writing to .\Iou

at the SQ~~ tiM~ luid down fer r~cord many matt~rs, aLoue all

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If,,lhat otlr OVJ.'RSA'AS activttll in 1960-1962 was all about. On

page 2R had alr~adJj stat41d (lUr irHmlt ion to prelJent t/Hl

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t801attng a "rfvJclo(l!l-21~ r(J_~.1~0l!!32iJ...tp". Ttf€' whole divin.e con.text_ concli?rn t }l Ef{f(i.J£S A mua b~._J?!,ouif(t to biar on~LlI.,:!~ .. ,ZJI.f,!._=Q:iid. ~.. ___ ~ .... _.~ __ '_"~_'''''_''''_'_'''''_''~ . -.,··n· .... ··.• .., .... _ .... :~ . ~

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engagad in. a not simple but higt,ly important auxi l Cary po­

aitton betwQen the two greatQr American Synods. Above atl

1 thank you for you.r con.jidf?11.Cil, Broth'ir GUll ixon, !'I.opin.g

that this lfJttti'r in Ol-re12 dlstant\'parts is as Q whole not

totally late.

Nay aOd~8 Holy Spirit be with you and th<; r)ankato recipients

for Qur dear Rf.IJ..' .. '[''Hi;r-elJ sake. NIP all, ignorant as to outcome '\ -----.... ~---"~ ... ""'~~~~--... "' ... ,-,

but committ~ t~~g~d, utt~rly depend on Hia directions. ~

Fat thlv.lly Yours/,

(kpUiJ N?I'l~·

P.S.: 1 promised you A STUDY, but i.t will comQ mu.ch ldqr.

8ej'or<l that 1 in.tend to send in corm<i'ct£on. !I,·t wi.th this letter aftor some t (mq that IlDDkNDU){ to J.LP/fA COU.i'lt ed Ii.lt th that

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