Valentine, Milton

Milton Valentine (1825-1906) was the most prominent theologian of the General Synod after the death of Samuel Schmucker. Unlike Schmucker, Valentine was committed to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, and argued for Lutheran unity in America based on a quia subscription to the Augustana. Unity was impossible, however, due to the remaining liberalism amongst many clergy and theologians in the General Synod.