The Lutheran church knows that the Lord gives his Holy Spirit only through his Word and sacraments, and therefore it recognizes no other effective means than Word and sacrament... The church has various activities ... even though the means through which it performs them and encourages all good things are the same -- Word, sacrament, the holy office of the ministry.
Wilhelm Loehe, Three Books on the Church
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Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "No Wonder Walther Fought with Loehe":
Ichabod -
Pastor Wilhelm Loehe is one of my spiritual forebears. I thank the good and gracious Lord for the heritage he left upon America with his Frankenmuth, Michigan venture. He was of confessional and missionary stock, something that C.F. Walther was sorely lacking.
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
Ichabod -
Pastor Wilhelm Loehe is one of my spiritual forebears. I thank the good and gracious Lord for the heritage he left upon America with his Frankenmuth, Michigan venture. He was of confessional and missionary stock, something that C.F. Walther was sorely lacking.
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
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GJ - The Walther groupies simply hate Loehe - that says a lot.