Walther: "We cannot err…"

      While reviewing old posts, I ran across the following that puts to shame those who would assert that Pieper's teaching was different than Walther's. From Walther, 1870 "Communion Fellowship", p. 26 [See this blog post.]

For as certain as the Bible is the Word of God and inspired by the Holy Spirit, as certain as Christ is the Son of God and the mouth of eternal truth, it is also certain that we cannot err if we hold to the letter of Holy Scripture. He who does not believe this has neither strength and victory in the temptations of the devil, nor comfort in the terrors of death, and must miserably perish.

This is the teaching of Walther that Franz Pieper followed when he said "Certainly not!" — I have read from Prof. David Scaer where he ridiculed Old Missouri on its claim of "no error". But this only proves that he does not believe that the teaching of Holy Scripture is inerrant.

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      Chemnitz also teaches like the above, see Walther's edition of Baier's Compendium, vol. 3, p. 141-142. An English translation of this book is forthcoming soon.