The Church and The Office of The Ministry by C.F.W. Walther

By C.F.W. Walther

Matthew Harrison’s re-creation of this seminal writing via the 1st president of the LCMS restores Walther’s designated language at the doctrines of church and ministry. because the subtitle of the unique German version states, The Church and The workplace of The Ministry is “a number of tales . . . from the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and from the personal writings of orthodox academics of the same.” specialist church staff and lay contributors will discover a wealth of insights from the Bible, the Confessions, old church fathers, Luther, the orthodox Lutheran fathers, and extra at the key questions of what or who's the Church, what's and who holds the place of work of the Ministry, and what are the powers and tasks of each.

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