Rediscovering the Issues Surrounding the 1974 Concordia Seminary Walkout
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Overview
The Walkout and the creation of Christ Seminary—Seminex was the culmination of theological conflicts that had been brewing for decades. Rediscovering the Issues Surrounding the 1974 Concordia Seminary Walkout presents the important doctrinal issues that contributed to the conflict and, ultimately, the shattering of a church body.
In this book from Concordia Historical Institute, twelve theological scholars examine the causes and issues involved during this tumultuous time. Was it a battle for the Bible? Or was it primarily a contest between two men—Jacob A. O. Preus and John H. Tietjen—revolving around the historical-critical method’s approach to biblical interpretation and the understanding of what constituted unionism? Was it primarily a political institutional power struggle? Or was there more to it?
Each chapter addresses a different doctrinal issue and explores the historical and theological background of it.
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Some may think that the LCMS “Great War” in the mid-1970s was merely a contest between domineering but incompatible leaders, tragically put into play by the inescapable question of whether to accommodate secular shifts in wider society. But if we fail to acknowledge that the combat was really over truth, we miss the entire point of the fight. This book testifies that genuine Lutheran faith vigilantly holds itself accountable to truth as articulated in Scripture and the Confessions.
—Mark Mattes, Lutheran Bible Institute Chair in Theolog y
- Title: Rediscovering the Issues Surrounding the 1974 Concordia Seminary Walkout
- Author: Ken Schurb
- Series: Concordia Historical Institute Monograph Series
- Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 291
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Lutheran Church › Missouri Synod--Doctrines; Lutheran Church › Missouri Synod--History; Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis, Mo.) › History; Christ Seminary-Seminex › History
- Resource ID: LLS:CNCRDIAWLKT1974
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-09-15T00:16:59Z