“It is, therefore, a stupendous folly for preachers to refuse to subscribe to the Confessions of the Christian congregation on the ground that that would unduly restrict their doctrinal freedom.  They reveal by such an attitude that they do not know the first thing about the regulations God made as to what should be preached in the Christian Church.  And the theological professors who claim “academic freedom” as their privilege are in worse condemnation.  They are to train the future teachers of the Church and do not know the prime qualifications of the Christian teacher!  He is not qualified for a theological professorship who claims “academic freedom” in the name of “theological science” contrary to Christ’s clear statement that the truth is learned and known only by continuing in His Word”  (Pieper I:136).