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In the early years of the LCMS-the late 1800s-the issue of predestination was debated extensively. Still today, predestination remains a confusing and often misunderstood concept: Does God predestine some to salvation and others to damnation?
C. F. W. Walther believed that the doctrine of predestination was meant to be a great comfort to the children of God. He held fast that predestination was intricately related to other doctrines such as faith, justification, conversion, and the Means of Grace, and it was key for the Christian confession of the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit on behalf of sinners.
Any christian will appreciate Walther's commentary on this tricky subject, helping them answer the same question Lutheran theologians debated in the 1800s and still discuss today.
Table of ContentsDogmatic History of the Teaching on the Relation of Faith to Election
Translated by Nathaniel Jensen
Proceedings of the General Pastoral Conference of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States on the Doctrine of Election
Translated by Ed Suelflow
Thirteen Theses on Election
Adopted 1881 by the Missouri Synod
Proceedings of the Second General Pastoral Conference of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States on the Doctrine of Election
Translated by Nathaniel Jensen
Review of Prof. Stellhorn's Tract on the Controversy Concerning Predestination
Translated by August Crull
The Controversy Concerning Predestination
Translated by August Crull
The Doctrine Concerning Election
Translated by J. Humberger
Sermon on Predestination
Translated by Henry J. Eggold
About the author
One of the most significant Lutheran theologians in North America, C. F. W. Walther (1811-87) dominated the theological landscape of the mid-1800s. A leader in the Saxon immigration to Missouri in 1839, Walther helped to found the college that would become Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, as well as to organize The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. In addition to serving as a pastor, Walther was the synod's first president and the president of the seminary and its leading teacher. A prolific author, Walther wrote on a variety of topics, corresponded with numerous religious leaders, edited the theological journal Der Lutheraner, and helped start Concordia Publishing House.
