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History of Christianity

1972

Missouri synod

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Beyond The One Hundred And Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Oliver R. Harms Apr 1972

Beyond The One Hundred And Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Oliver R. Harms

Concordia Theological Monthly

These comments form a sequel to an earlier editorial which was entitled "Why Missouri?" The issue remains the same. The future of Missouri, even as its reason for existence, depends on Missouri's readiness to be the church of the Gospel.


Of Congregational And Synodical Authority, John Constable Apr 1972

Of Congregational And Synodical Authority, John Constable

Concordia Theological Monthly

It is the blessing and the bane of the church in the 20th century that it is both the inheritor and the victim of its own organization. Among people who cry for the ''good old days" of simple truths, simple faith, and simple organization there is always the specter of complex reality. Gone are the days, we are told, when a member of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod could quote a father of the first, 16th or 19th century to support a proper thesis. Yet all seem to do it to underpin a modern position. Paul, Luther, and Walther are cited …