Posts by S. Wentzlaff

Ambrose on Justification: A Study in the Catholicity of Lutheran Theology

Ambrose on Justification: A Study in the Catholicity of Lutheran TheologyDAVID JAY WEBBER   The Lutherans of the sixteenth century consistently maintained that their cultus and confession were truly catholic: “…nothing has been received among us, in doctrine or in ceremonies, that is contrary to Scripture or to the church catholic”;1 “…No novelty has been introduced which did not exist in the church from ancient times…”;2 “…our churches dissent from the church catholic in no article of faith but only omit some…

Confessing the Faith in the Language of America: The Historical Context and Enduring Significance of the Henkel Translation of the Book of Concord

Confessing the Faith in the Language of America The Historical Context and Enduring Significance of the Henkel Translation of the Book of Concord DAVID JAY WEBBER    In the words of Gerhard Friedrich Bente, The Lutheran Church differs from all other churches in being essentially the Church of the pure Word and unadulterated Sacraments. Not the great number of her adherents, not her organizations, not her charitable and other institutions, not her beautiful customs and liturgical forms, etc., but the…