The LCMS Mission Affirmations of 1965–Then and Now

Edward Schroeder (The original article can be read here: https://www.crossings.org/the-lcms-mission-affirmations-of-1965-then-and-now/) Reprinted by permission of Crossings.org Colleagues, Contrary to popular perception the LCMS is not a monolithic entity. Nor was it ever. Some say they were squabbling about doctrine before they even got off the boat in 1839. And it continues today even after the sweeping purge…
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The Orders of Creation—Some Reflections on the History and Place of the Term in Systematic Theology

By Edward H. Schroeder [Printed in Concordia Theological Monthly, 43 (March, 1972), 165-178. Reprinted with permission.] When this essay was published in 1972, its author was a professor of systematic and historical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. In this article, he argues that the concept associated with the term “orders of creation” in current Missouri Synod discussions of…
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