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Controversy in the LCMS

Controversy in the LCMS

 

An examination and analysis of the discord within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in the 1960s and 1970s with attention to doctrinal issues and church-political developments in the Synod.

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  • 01. “What does it mean to be a Lutheran Church in America?” by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    01. “What does it mean to be a Lutheran Church in America?”

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode introduce the course and give a background to the controversy in the LCMS.

  • 02a. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    02a. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode review the Americanization of the LCMS and the forces that formed it.

  • 02b. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 2 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    02b. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 2

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode continue the Americanization of the LCMS.

  • 02c. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 3 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    02c. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 3

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctor Bode continues with the Americanization of the LCMS.

  • 02d. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 4 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    02d. “What is our Identity and Purpose?”: The Americanization of the LCMS Part 4

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode finish the Americanization of the LCMS.

  • 03a. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 1 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    03a. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 1

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Bode and Herrmann follow up on the Americanization of the LCMS.

  • 03b. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 2 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    03b. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 2

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctor Herrmann explores the influence of Modernism on the Lutheran Church in the 20th century.

  • 03c. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 3 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    03c. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 3

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrman and Bode examine the influence of modernism on the LCMS.

  • 03d. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 4 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    03d. “Waking Up to Modernity?”: The Influence of German Theology Part 4

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode follow the influence of Modernism into the seminary courses.

  • 04a. “What of this ‘Divine Aeneid’?”: Scripture and History Part 1 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    04a. “What of this ‘Divine Aeneid’?”: Scripture and History Part 1

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode relate the importance of C. F. W. Walther's writings in the LCMS.

  • 04b. “What of this ‘Divine Aeneid’?”: Scripture and History Part 2 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    04b. “What of this ‘Divine Aeneid’?”: Scripture and History Part 2

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode examine the influence of fundamentalism and Pieper's Christian Dogmatics had on the LCMS.

  • 05a. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 1 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    05a. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 1

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode discuss the installation of John Tietjen as Concordia Seminary president and its implications.

  • 05b. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 2 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    05b. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 2

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode look at the influence of Bertram, Schroeder and Piepkorn in the controversy.

  • 05c. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 3 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    05c. “A Very Different Understanding of What Lutheran Is”: 1969 Part 3

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode present a video of J.O.A. Preus explaining the events that led up to the Seminex event.

  • 06a. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 1 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    06a. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 1

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode present a video of John Tietjen and answer questions about the events after the New Orleans Convention.

  • 06b. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 2 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    06b. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 2

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode take questions on the right to dissent in the LCMS.

  • 06c. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 3 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    06c. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 3

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode present a video of John Tietjen and answer questions about the events after the New Orleans Convention.

  • 06d. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 4 by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    06d. “False Doctrine…‘Cannot be Tolerated in the Church of God…’”: New Orleans, 1973 Part 4

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode present a video of the New Orleans Convention and two clops of John Tietjen responding to the results of the convention.

  • 07. “It is Concordia Seminary, but in Exile”: The Walkout by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    07. “It is Concordia Seminary, but in Exile”: The Walkout

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode present a series of videos filemd during the walkout and answer questions.

  • 08. After the “Funeral”: “Alive and well and living in Clayton” by Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    08. After the “Funeral”: “Alive and well and living in Clayton”

    Gerhard Bode and Erik Herrmann

    Doctors Herrmann and Bode briefly discuss the aftermath of the controversy and the effects it had on the seminary and the LCMS.

 
 
 

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