...the more I realize that I will be reading him all my days. What a depth of insight! What a grasp of theology! He's the very opposite of superficial when it comes to appropriating the Church's Symbols. He's ingested them wholly and offers such insight. Just think of the depths hidden in these words:The Evangelical Lutheran Church regards the Word of God, the canonical Scriptures, as the absolute and only law of faith and of life. Whatever is undefined by its letter or its spirit is the subject of Christian liberty, and pertains not to the sphere of conscience, but to that of order; no power may enjoin upon the Church as necessary what God has forbidden, or has passed by in silence, as none may forbid her to hold what God has enjoined upon her, or to practice what by His silence he has left to her freedom. (Conservative Reformation, p. 128)
Yes, great and tremendous insights.
ReplyDeleteHence, we should not only praise it but see to it that we follow his admonition to honor and not condemn Christian liberty.
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This is most certainly true...
ReplyDeleteAre the your citations of Krauth from the CPH edition published in 2007?
ReplyDeleteI must get that volume....I saw it at the CPH display at our recent Synod convention but I opted to purchase Zimmerman's Seminary in Crisis instead.
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