http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/11/16/what-really-is-a-lutheran/ Devoted to authentic Lutheranism Thu, 24 May 2012 13:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/11/16/what-really-is-a-lutheran/comment-page-1/#comment-9459 jmark Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:25:46 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/?p=4042#comment-9459 This nails it. Either you subscribe (without weasel words nor qualifications) to The Book of Concord and are, therefore, Lutheran by definition, or you don't and are not. There are Lutheran churches that do not subscribe to the entire BOC, or use weasel words/phrases (example: they subscribe insofar as it is "correctly" understood, or they consider certain sections as "useful" without being necessary). Between the scriptures and the BOC, I do not see how anyone could be confused about what a Lutheran church should or should not teach. This hasn't stopped churches from going down crazy theology lane--mainly because the churches have chosen to ignore the BOC. This nails it. Either you subscribe (without weasel words nor qualifications) to The Book of Concord and are, therefore, Lutheran by definition, or you don’t and are not. There are Lutheran churches that do not subscribe to the entire BOC, or use weasel words/phrases (example: they subscribe insofar as it is “correctly” understood, or they consider certain sections as “useful” without being necessary). Between the scriptures and the BOC, I do not see how anyone could be confused about what a Lutheran church should or should not teach. This hasn’t stopped churches from going down crazy theology lane–mainly because the churches have chosen to ignore the BOC.

]]> http://cyberbrethren.com/2009/11/16/what-really-is-a-lutheran/comment-page-1/#comment-9458 Dave Lambert Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:58:50 +0000 http://cyberbrethren.com/?p=4042#comment-9458 Excellent! Thank you for posting this. Excellent! Thank you for posting this.

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