On Doctrine and Practice
Here is the opening passage from “Our Position inn Doctrine and Practice,” delvered before the 1893 Synod of Delegates of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other States, by F. Pieper (download the full address):
I begin with our position on the Holy Scripture. Not only in Christianity outside in general, but also in some parts of the church that call themselves Lutheran, the infallible authority of the Holy Scripture is attacked nowadays. The Holy Scripture is supposedly no longer the infallible Word of God, to which all that are called human have to subject themselves in the obedience of faith, but rather a book that also contains erroneous opinions of people, as to which people can and must exercise criticism.
Such attacks on the Holy Scripture are nothing new. …
