Some Concerns About Current Confessional Statements

Authors

Horst W. Jordan, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

1-1-1974

Document Type

Article

Keywords

doctrinal, confessional statements, missouri synod, faith, lutheran, orthodox, nicene creed, baptism

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Luther on occasion compared the world with a drunken peasant who when he was shoved into the saddle on the one side toppled out of it on the other so that it was impossible to help him, do what one would. The history of theology tempts one to use the same comparison. "What venturesome statements have men permitted themselves to make, statements that ultimately had to lead to disaster because the attempt was made to present a truth that was correct enough in itself but which was taught in a one-sided, undialectic form, with complete contempt and disapproval of its antithesis."

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Jordan, Horst W. (1974) "Some Concerns About Current Confessional Statements," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 45, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol45/iss1/5