tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8270832873141139069..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Loss of community. . and its gift in worship. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-19691019605702962472017-07-07T18:42:37.270-05:002017-07-07T18:42:37.270-05:00AC Article VII The Church
3] For the true unity of...AC Article VII The Church<br />3] For the true unity of the Church it is enough to agree about the doctrine of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments. It is not necessary that human traditions, that is, rites or ceremonies instituted by men, should be the same everywhere.<br /><br />AC Article XXI Worship of the Saints: A Review of the Various Abuses That Have Been Corrected <br />6] It can easily be judged that if the churches observed ceremonies correctly, their dignity would be maintained and reverence and piety would increase among the people.<br /><br />Excerpted from Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions-A Readers Edition of the Book of Concord - 2nd edition by McCain, Paul T, General Editor<br /><br />AC VII 3 does not lead to liturgical carte blanche.<br />AC XXI 6 tempers any idea of gross departure from catholicityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-79302057945719903462017-07-07T16:28:30.337-05:002017-07-07T16:28:30.337-05:00Your last paragraph sums up the issue for me, as I...Your last paragraph sums up the issue for me, as I have heard the same sentiments from folks who moved away from parishes I have served. Our problem is a lack of a teaching magisterium, Lutheranism, especially the LCMS, with our non-heirarchial structure makes the choice of how to do worship up to the resident Pastor.<br /><br />As an Emeritus Pastor, I do pulpit supply and vacancy work, as well as being an intentional interim certified. Going from parish to parish is like going from one denomination to another. My sermon style, length and content is the same, but whether I vest or not, whether I am asked not to wear a clerical collar or not has become something I need to ascertain in advance, so as not to cause offense to the worshippers' expectations.<br /><br />Of course, all of this depends on the Pastor of the parish. When I began serving a congregation, I brought my liturgical reverence, my chasubles, my wearing a clerical collar every day. As soon as the next Pastor came, most of what I had established for the previous 10 years of my tenure was discontinued because my successor "wasn't into liturgy" like I was. That is pretty heady stuff for a Pastor, but because there is no more "LCMS culture", or no one agrees on what that culture is, this is inevitable. When one seminary seems to produce a form of evangelical catholic Pastor, while the other seems to produce an evangelical with sacraments. How much training in the Divine Service do our seminarians receive? From what I hear, not much. So, we publish a new hymnal and everyone still does their own thing.<br /><br />As long as we have no consistent teaching authority, we will continue to have a potpourri of worship in our congregations.Padre Dave Poedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033503960196272783noreply@blogger.com