C. F. W. Walther Quotes

Germany, Theologian
October 25, 1811 – May, 7, 1887.

Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was the first President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that church on its Calendar of Saints on May 7. He has been described as a man who sacrificed his homeland, his health, and nearly his life for the freedom to speak freely, to believe freely, and to live freely.

Inactivity is the beginning of all vice.

C. F. W. Walther
No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists

C. F. W. Walther
- Men
- Christian
- Effort

The Gospel does not require anything good that man must furnish: not a good heart, not a good disposition, no improvement of his condition, no godliness, no love either of God or men…….. It plants love into his heart and makes him capable of all good works. It demands nothing, but it gives all. Should not this fact make us leap for JOY?

C. F. W. Walther
- Good
- God
- Man
How could one comfort a disturbed person? He is already assailed with doubts about his faith. He would have to despair with such a doctrine. Rather one must seek to convince him that the Savior is there for him, has already forgiven him, and has already accepted him. As soon as one makes faith even in the least a requirement for justification, one takes from such a person all the comfort of the Gospel.

C. F. W. Walther
- Doubt
- Comfort
- Despair
A person is either a Christian or not; there is no in between state

C. F. W. Walther
- Christian
- Persons
- States
We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside of (in addition to) the general and elementary curriculum, all branches of the classical high school, which are necessary for a true Christian and scientific education, such as: Religion, the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, French and English languages; History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, natural history, Introduction to Philosophy, Music, and Drawing.

C. F. W. Walther
Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

C. F. W. Walther
- God
- Heart
- Christian