Daniel Walther
Professor of Church History, Potomac University
Articles by Daniel Walther
How Shall We Study History?
August 1939
What is history, and what does it mean to us? History is not primarily the story of man and his achievements, but is, instead, the story of what God has wrought among men. History is at best the story of facts concerning…
Medicine and Religion
August 1949
I do not know just how much significance can be attached to…
Voltaire and the Lisbon Earthquake
October 1956
Among the numerous earthquakes that have shaken this earth, none has had such significance and publicity as the catastrophe of Lisbon. For the student of Bible prophecy it has a particular meaning, but Bible students were not the only ones…
Interviews With Ecumenical Leaders
September 1956
The World Council of Churches has secretarial offices in New York, London, and Eastern Asia. Its administration world center is in Geneva. A few months ago I called on the secretary-general of the World Council…
Religious Motivation of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims
August 1957
There is hardly another ship in modern times that has aroused as much curiosity and conjecture as the Mayflower, whose sixty-six-day crossing of the Atlantic belongs to the epic past of colonial America. The memorable voyage in…
Features-A Conversation With Karl Earth. The Infinite Resources of the Christian Worker (Part I)
May 1954
A Conversation With Karl Barth
DANIEL WALTHER Professor of Church History, S.D.A. Theological Seminary
Of the leading and most influential Protestant theologians today is admittedly Karl Barth. When the first edition of…
The Huguenots--Pioneers of Freedom
March 1958
One of the most moving chapters of the history of mankind was written by the Huguenots of France. When we realize that today only about 3 percent of the French population is Protestant, the magnitude of the contribution made by French Protestants…
Research-Waldensian Manuscripts
September 1954
Archbishop Ussher (1581-1656) had A\ in his well-furnished library some of the very scarce Waldensian manuscripts. He was known for his reverence for antiquity, his personal qualities,_and for the charm of his "marvelous" learning. He is…
Conversion Experiences of Great Leaders
April 1959
A young minister trained by Spurgeon came to see the great preacher. "I haven't had a conversion as the result of my ministry for months," he wailed. "But surely," remarked Spurgeon, "you don't expect conversions…
Rare Acquisitions to Andrews University Library
August 1962
A university is eminently a place for research. The living core of a place of learning is the library. Andrews University believes in having a building large enough for housing its increasing number of books, magazines, and collections.…
Seminary Extension School in South Africa
June 1963
The basic idea of the Extension School is to bring the Theological Seminary to those areas where conditions make it impossible for workers to attend, even for a short time, any of the courses of the Seminary…
RESEARCH: Martin Luther and the End of the World
December 1951
Martin Luther often expressed different and sometimes contradictory theological views, but he did not waver in his basic beliefs, such as justification by faith. That is true also of his ideas on the end of the world; and this phase has, curiously,…
Is There a Future in Protestant-Catholic Conversations?
February 1960
The newly discovered Gospel According to St. Thomas, said to date back to A.D 140, was published in November, 1959. It is an interesting book supposed to contain 114 sayings of Jesus, mostly unknown. Prof. Oscar Cullman, from the University…