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Posted At: 1:36am by Sandra Ostapowich
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Bloghardt saved my soul from hell by confronting me with the Gospel, making
me see that women are far too important to be pastors. But it was in my
class on the Lutheran Confessions at Luther Theological Seminary, taught by
James Nestingen and the now late Gerhard
Forde, that I began to become Lutheran again. These two men have been highly
respected among confessional Lutheran theologians across the board and
considered probably the most "Lutheran" members of the ELCA.
Heaven gained a great saint today.
Edited on: August 10th, 2005 1:38 am
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Posted On: August 10th, 2005 at 10:27am by revcwirla |
Dr. Forde was a great student and teacher of the proper distinction of the Law and the Gospel. I recall a fine lecture he gave at Concordia - St. Louis on the Law and the Gospel in pericopal preaching.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" (Rev. 14:13)
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Posted On: August 18th, 2005 at 3:22pm by The Revd Dr Jonathan C. Naumann |
Yes, but Gerhard Forde's denial of the satisfactio vicaria nature of Christ's atonement (in the Braaten and Jenson dogmatics) is a pretty serious matter, if you ask me. That would pretty much negate the man's integrity as a Lutheran scholar, wouldn't it?
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Posted On: August 20th, 2005 at 11:59am by Madre |
Did he outright deny it or focus on something else? I'm not familiar with that particular teaching in Braaten and Jenson. I seem to remember reading an essay of his in my Christology class (one that was surprisingly good too) in which he discussed 3 aspects of the atonement and that was one of them. I'd have to dig through my old class materials...
Either way, I don't deny that Forde's theology had problems, particularly when it came to the Office. But he was generally regarded and respected as a scholar on the proper distinction between Law and Gospel and was acknowleged as one of the best and most faithful theologians of the ELCA. I wouldn't negate his integrity as a scholar so quickly.
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Posted On: February 05th, 2008 at 1:14am by Steve |
He didn't deny the satisfactio vicaria nature outright he just said by it self it was not an adequate atonement theory.
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