tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post5557292019985406362..comments2023-08-19T23:23:19.849+10:00Comments on Sentire cum Ecclesia: Walther on why the Lutheran Church should not try to claim to be CatholicSchützhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-73485809936196173092008-05-06T02:04:00.000+10:002008-05-06T02:04:00.000+10:00FWIW, Sasse is very helpful in getting the best ou...FWIW, Sasse is very helpful in getting the best out of either man. Walther has achieved a stature in the LCMS that at times borders on the absurd. Don't get me wrong: he was truly a great man, but he was not infallible and shouldn't be treated as such (nor was he a theologian of the stature, say, of Krauth or even of Henry Jacobs, in my opinion). I also agree with David that Loehe is undervalued in English, no doubt through not having as much of his stuff put into English.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-14390706122772088292008-05-04T21:15:00.000+10:002008-05-04T21:15:00.000+10:00Yes, even as a Lutheran I was fairly dark on Walth...Yes, even as a Lutheran I was fairly dark on Walther. I was more of a Loehe man, Walther's German contemporary. It reflects, I dare say, the origins of the Lutheran Church in Australia. Despite the fact that I was born in the year of the union, my family was UELCA, not ELCA. Walther was, in my opinion, to fixated on various sectarian "Lutheran principles", and not conscious enough of catholic issues such as ecclesiology and liturgy.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, there is far more Walther around in English than there is of Loehe.Schützhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-51113118800880055342008-05-04T16:47:00.000+10:002008-05-04T16:47:00.000+10:00Shuetzy,I got a personal question, in your LCA daz...Shuetzy,<BR/><BR/>I got a personal question, in your LCA daze have you always felt this way towards Walther, i.e. semi-crtical?<BR/><BR/>I ask this because when it comes to American Lutheranism, Walther is similar in stature with Warfield of the Reformed. What I mean is that they are considered holy men and it is taboo to disagree with them. What people do is not to openly disagree with them but disregard simply something what they have said on a matter.<BR/><BR/>I treat them like I treat any church father, i.e. the best of men are, at their best, just men.<BR/><BR/>However, in this case, I agree with Walther's admonition to his readers on catholic/Catholic labelling.<BR/><BR/>But you know that anyway.<BR/><BR/>LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.com