tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3225742453174867881..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Neither anomaly defines it...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-37791530563053362072012-10-27T09:38:36.918-05:002012-10-27T09:38:36.918-05:00While I do not presume to speak for Fr Peters, Rom...While I do not presume to speak for Fr Peters, Rome and the Orthodox practice closed communion as well, as, Werner Elert in Eucharist & Fellowship 1st 4 Centuries, has demonstrated was the practice of the early church. The issue here is not the condemnation or exclusion of others as much as it is the promotion of full doctrinal unity. Besides which many of the LCMS congregations practicing open communion do not even speak to the communicants before welcoming but issue a blanket invitation not unlike the folks in the ELCA. A Lutheran LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17172771025700922062012-10-27T09:10:42.039-05:002012-10-27T09:10:42.039-05:00Why do you consider the LCMS practice of closed co...Why do you consider the LCMS practice of closed communion (closed even to believers in other catholic churches) catholic? <br /><br />Does LCMS see themselves as the one, true Church, rather than as a <i>way</i> of being the Church? Wouldn't that involve denying the catholicity of, for example, the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican confessions, to say nothing of their fellow Lutherans?Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17830078141470144972012-10-27T07:05:59.773-05:002012-10-27T07:05:59.773-05:00Charity and patience with error, yes. We all embr...Charity and patience with error, yes. We all embrace errors to one extent or another. Mea culpa. Where and how do we draw the line between error and heresy? We have such a fractured catholicity. No ability to hold councils and come to conclusions or consensus remains with us, seemingly. Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com