tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5971096388427178604..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: A hopeful restoration. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-23732062753027824202016-06-12T14:31:49.786-05:002016-06-12T14:31:49.786-05:00How could the ELCL have been in A&P fellowship...How could the ELCL have been in A&P fellowship with the LCMS for years when the ELCL's official (contrary to Vanags' personal) position allowed pastrixes, at least up until June 3? While in fellowship with the LCMS, the ELCL has not been a member of the ILC. <br /><br />Coincidentally the LCMS's <i>2016 Today's Business</i> contains a resolution seeking to affirm Pres. Harrison's 2014 declaration of A&P fellowship with the Lutheran Church in Norway (<i>Den Lutherske Kirke i Norge</i>), despite the admission by both parties that the LCN holds only a qualified subscription to the Book of Concord of 1580. <br /><br />Yet the 2016 convention delegates are also being asked to approve the CTCR document, "A Theological Statement for Mission in the 21st Century," which states in Section 11: “Lutheran mission is defined by an unqualified (quia) subscription to The Book of Concord as the correct exposition of the Holy Scriptures.”Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63768997129353789172016-06-12T08:03:31.082-05:002016-06-12T08:03:31.082-05:00I interviewed Archbishop Vanags for Touchstone in ...I interviewed Archbishop Vanags for Touchstone in 1999:<br /><br />http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-04-031-iWilliam Tighehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634494183165592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-61926202988300541962016-06-12T07:42:57.310-05:002016-06-12T07:42:57.310-05:00Once you go where you ought not in scripture, it i...Once you go where you ought not in scripture, it is difficult and painful to return, but the journey back is worth it.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com