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August to the invitation coming from the United Lutheran Church through its President, Dr. Knubel, looking forward to greater affiliation between the various Lutheran bodies of America. I understand that your synod has already formulated its reply to this same invitation. If my information is correct, would you be so kind as to send me a copy? I am sure that you will recognize my purpose: the greatest degree of cooperation between our respective synods. Fraternally yours, Edmund C. Reim Calvary, WI 221 Beneath the letter was the hand written note, “Thank you”. This request was gratefully responded to by Lillegard just a few days later, in which he writes, Dear Brother Reim: - Your letter of the 14 th , asking if our Synod has formulated a reply to the invitation by Dr. Knubel to plan a union of all Lutherans, is at hand. I for my part appreciate very much your desire to have our Syn. Con. Synods cooperate as much as possible in answering that invitation. – and I am sure I am speaking also for our Synod as a whole in that. Our Synod has not taken official action on Dr. Knubel’s invitation, nor do I know that our officers have drafted any reply. It may be, however, that our acting President would know more about that; so I am sending him a copy of this letter and asking him to inform you if any reply has been sent. Our Synod has repeatedly warned against the unionistic movements that are being so busily agitated today, and articles have been written in our “Lutheran Sentinel” which deals more or less directly with the present move toward union, I am sending you some copies of our Luth. Sentinel in which such articles appear. The only official action which our Synod has taken was last summer in connection with the resolution on Church Unity 221 Edmund Reim to George Lillegard, letter, March 14, 1935, ELS Presidential files: 1930s. Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archives, Mankato, MN. 116
sent out by a Chicago group, I shall quote that here, as its contents may be of some interest to you. 222 Lillegard goes on to share the official reply to Knubel and the ULCA. 223 222 Lillegard to Reim, letter, March 20, 1935, ELS Presidential files: 1930s, Evangelical Lutheran Synod Archives, Mankato, MN. 223 Lillegard to Reim; The ELS resolution which was sent to the ULCA and later passed on to Edmund Reim, was as follows: President Knubel: We acknowledge the receipt of the same [ULCA] invitation with thanks and appreciate your good intentions. However, we have no reason to hope for much blessing from the contemplated move, in view of the fact that the official organs of the various Lutheran Church bodies afford sufficient evidence that they are not in all essentials one in doctrine. We enclosed a copy of resolutions passed at our last conventions in June 1934, addressed to Mr. Paulus List of Chicago. This will indicate the stand of our Synod in this Union Movement. With kind greetings, C.A. Moldstad, Acting President The resolutions on Church Unity sent to our annual convention, have been received and read before the Synod assembled. But in view of the fact that your so-called unity is not the expression of God-pleasing ‘oneness in Christ,’ but rather a man-made union which permits and fosters fellowship with those who openly flaunt the doctrines of Christ (we refer in particular to the address delivered by one of your members at the Century of Progress Hall of Religion, when it was dedicated last year) we cannot enter into any fraternal relationship with you. But we would plead with you, on the basis of God’s inviolable Word, that you give diligent heed to that Word of truth which admonishes all who would be disciples of our blessed Savior: - ‘Mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; avoid them.’ Rom.16.17. The union which alone will find pleasing favor with God is that unity which is ‘perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.’ I Corinthians 1:10. Even a casual perusal of the official organs of the various Lutheran Church bodies will afford sufficient evidence that no one can truthfully say: - ‘the different Lutheran bodies in America, in all essentials, are one in doctrine.” May God spare us from ever giving the right hand of fellowship to those who will make the words of Dr. Joshua Oden, in the Hall of Religion address, their own. ‘Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.’ Proverbs 27:6 On behalf of the Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church, in convention assembled at Mankato, MN, June 6-12. (Adopted) 117
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to gra
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Minnesota had reservations about th
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Part I: Getting to know the Scriptu
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strengthening and encouraging the f
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University of Leipzig. 18 His main
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voice, as in an ecstasy, breathed t
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unbelief, in recent times such men
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Koren sees Kierkegaard as a one who
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We acknowledge with gratitude towar
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Of the founders of the Norwegian Sy
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The Election Controversy was really
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The Norwegian Synod lived its motto
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are sitting, like ourselves, theore
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we do? Why stand aloof against a cu
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that poor, unscriptural hermeneutic
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congregation, not us listeners.”
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elieve for them, such as is the cas
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Chapter 2 The Wauwatosa Theology Th
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Hoenecke developed and passed on to
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Third, one dare not limit this auth
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For Hoenecke, the way we let Script
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It may never be forgotten, that the
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inging unity to the various Luthera
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A fuller analysis of the Wauwatosa
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One of the chief terms used by orth
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teachings of these revered teachers
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pastor’s point of view, that both
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How much of this can be attributed
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alarming rate. The water of controv
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where the one advocating them refus
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Reim: challenges Harms’ limitatio
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gave public testimony to the interc
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efusing to accept the Brief Stateme
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Yet, there does remain a present va
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ecclesiastical details or the weigh
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Books Aaberg, Theodore
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Schroeder, Morton A Time to Remembe
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Ylvisaker, S.C. “The National Lut
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Harstad, Bjug. “Sermon of Genesis
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Zimmermann, Paul. “Scripture Inte
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C.M. Gullerud to Hugo Gamber, lette
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Gervasius Fischer to C.M. Gullerud,
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John Brenner to Norman Madson, lett
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Minutes of the Meeting of The Commi
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Oscar Naumann to C.M. Gullerud, let
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Stuart Dorr to the pastors of the N
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