American Lutheranism Volume 2 The United Lutheran Church Genera

9. Actual Position of the New Union.--The Merger did not come as a surprise, for the uniting bodies, being of a common origin, had for a long period occupied essentially the nam...

115. Articles on Church Polity.--According to the second of the eleven articles of Ecclesiastical Power and Church Government, the church "has no power to bind the conscience, e...

58. Spirit of "Synodical Disclaimer."--While the first part of the Platform eliminates the distinctively Lutheran doctrines, the second part emphatically condemns them and teach...

122. Non-Lutherans Admitted Exceptionally.--Regarding the Four Points, especially the question of altar- and pulpit-fellowship, the General Council during its subsequent history...

131. Reformed Tendencies.--In the _Lutheran and Missionary_, April 13, 1876, Dr. Seiss declared that it was an arrogance to make the doctrine that unbelievers as well as believe...

109. Krauth's Manly Recantation.--During the first half of his ecclesiastical activity C.P. Krauth was a pronounced unionistic theologian. He fully endorsed the indifferentistic...

62. Krauth, Jr., and Schmucker.--The fact that the conservatives failed to take a decided stand against Schmucker and his Platform theology was due, apart from their general pol...

139. Other Symptoms of Liberalism.--As a rule, the inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures is denied in the interest of the theory of evolution, a doctrine absolutely incompatible with...

77. Dr. Benjamin Kurtz.--Shoulder to shoulder with Schmucker stood B. Kurtz (1795-1865). He studied theology under G. Lochman; was assistant pastor to his uncle, J. Daniel Kurtz...

38. "Apostolic Protestant Union."--The plan of Christian Union hatched by Schmucker and recommended by the General Synod is delineated in a report presented 1848, at New York, b...

71. York Resolution.--Granting that the York Amendment, in a measure, marked a step forward, the so-called York Resolution, quoted above, was more than a step backward. It neutr...

32. Altar-fellowship Practised and Encouraged.--At Hagerstown, 1837, after a sermon delivered by Dr. Bachmann, "the brethren, united with many followers of Christ, of our own as...

20. Exaggerated Estimates.--After what has already been said, the following evaluations of the General Synod will be received with a grain of salt. In the "Pastoral Letter" of t...

28. Krauth on "Fundamentals Substantially Correct."--The essential correctness of Schmucker's and the _Observer's_ interpretation of the General Synod's doctrinal basis was ackn...

53. Spirit of the Movement.--The true inwardness of the "American Lutheranism" with which the General Synod was infected from its very birth, and which reached its crisis in the...

147. Ignoring Intersynodical Differences.--With respect to the doctrines controverted within the Lutheran Church of America the United Synod has always maintained a neutral and...

15. Object Not Unity, But Union.--In the _Lutheran Observer_, January 2, 1863, H. Harkey wrote: "Some say that unity must precede union. But the Bible demands that we unite. Hen...

95. Remaining Contradictions.--Even apart from the actual conditions prevailing in the General Synod as to Lutheran doctrine and practise, one cannot maintain successfully that...

89. Cloud, like the Hand of a Man, in the West.--Admitting the tremendous influence of the Lutherans in the West, the _Observer_, February 19, 1864, wrote, in his usual subjecti...

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102. Encouraging Lodgery.--The General Synod has never taken a stand against Freemasonry or any other secret society. To join a lodge was always viewed as a purely private affai...

49. Reports on Revivals.--To what an extent over a long period revivals were indulged in by the congregations of the General Synod appears from its minutes. The Committee on the...

44. General Synod Involved as Such.--In spite of its noncommittal policy as to doctrine, the General Synod also as such has not been able to conceal its distinctively Reformed c...

24. Doctrinal Statements from 1829 to 1835.--The Pastoral Letter of the convention of the General Synod in Hagerstown (Haegerstadt), 1829, contains the following statements: The...

67. Admitting Melanchthon Synod.--In 1857, on the principle of "elective affinity," and for the purpose of resisting the confessional trend in the General Synod, and encouraging...

85. Conservatives Unionistic.--In their reports in the _Lutheraner_ and in _Kirchliche Mitteilungen_ on the confessional awakening within the General Synod, Walther and Sihler j...

156. Cooperation of General Bodies.--In a letter to the convention of the General Synod South, at Winchester, Va., 1870, Dr. Bachman of Charleston, four years before his death,...