Decepto-Meter

Satanic Quote: Trinitarian

Wierwille deceptively leaves the impression that according to Storr, Luther was a closet anti-trinitarian!

How anti-Trinitarians quoted the source

What they left out to deliberately misrepresent the source and deceive you:

"Among the advocates for their expulsion were a number of the first divines of the age, not excepting Munnis and even Luther himself.--Yet, to prevent the charge of Arianism or Socinianism, which he (Luther) knew his enemies would eagerly seize the least pretext to prefer against them, Luther yielded to Melanchthon's wishes, and in the Augsburg Confession, the doctrine of the trinity is couched in the old Scholastic terms. " (G. C. Storr & Flatt's , Biblical Theology. S. S. Schmucker, trans., p. 301, as quoted by: The Way International, Victor Paul Wierwille)

Luther was uneasy with the term trinity, not the idea of Trinity, for Luther most certainly always was a trinitarian: "On the words persona, (etc. ). . . . Much has been said, about the time of the Reformation, concerning the tendency of these terms to lead to tritheism; and among the advocates for their expulsion from theological disquisition, might be mentioned a number of the first divines of the age, not excepting Minnius and even Luther himself.--Yet, to prevent the charge of Arianism or Socinianism, which he knew his enemies would eagerly seize the least pretext to prefer against them, Luther yielded to Melanchthon's wishes, and in the Augsburg Confession, the doctrine of the Trinity is couched in the old scholastic terms. (G. C. Storr & Flatt's , Biblical Theology. S. S. Schmucker, trans., p. 301)

Wierwille comments: "This indicates clearly that Luther and other men of the Reformation period did not put the trinity into the creed because they believed it to be true, but in order to escape the charge of heresy which was labeled against Arius and Socinius. I'm surprised by the great man's actions, but that is man." (Victor Paul Wierwille, The Way International, " Forgers of the Word," Bibliography--Jesus Christ is not God (New Knoxville, Ohio: American Christian Press, n.d., p. 23.)

1. Our comment: A closer look at Storr's words reveals that Luther did not disagree with the Trinity, but was afraid of the words, or theological terminology such as the Latin word "person" (persona), which might imply tritheism instead of trinity.
2. Luther's hesitation is exactly that of many who signed the Nicene creed. It was not that they questioned if Jesus was a creature, but that they felt the words used to convey the ontological relationship between God and Jesus were inadequate.

Deception Exposed:

Wierwille deceptively leaves the impression that Luther was a closet anti-trinitarian!