tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7661216481302644833..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: A question answeredPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-1536208452605052362011-09-16T15:42:51.881-05:002011-09-16T15:42:51.881-05:00"there are those who are not "Lutheran&q..."there are those who are not "Lutheran" in membership but are indeed Lutheran in faith"<br /><br />Ipse dixit. I just recast it to mirror the contruction of LINO.Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72736974839135093302011-09-16T14:10:24.266-05:002011-09-16T14:10:24.266-05:00Terry, what is a "Lutheran in faith only"...Terry, what is a "Lutheran in faith only"?Arielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67001905250352549292011-09-16T12:35:40.445-05:002011-09-16T12:35:40.445-05:00Yeah right, all this dialogue and commonality-rejo...Yeah right, all this dialogue and commonality-rejoicing has made us the solidly confessional Lutheran body we are to-day, where there is agreement on what Lutheranism even is and should be across the board, and you can see it in teaching and practice no matter what parish you step into.<br /><br />Really, it's news there's commonality. Judas H Priest OSB (there, I made my requisite RC snippet), the Confessions could not be more clear that what we hold is not something new, not something of our invention to introduce, that our effort is to retain, except for accretions that contradict Scripture, the pure common confession of the Christian church all along, before Mr Luther ever looked at Mrs Luther with a twinkle in his eye.<br /><br />That's why the title page says "Christian", not "Lutheran".<br /><br />How about evaluating Kirche und Amt from the perspective of Kirche und Amt? If other churches have bits and pieces of what we hold, good for them. For them.<br /><br />Maybe all the LINOs (Lutherans in name only) and LIFOS (Lutherans in faith only) can change places.Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58105756868337035942011-09-16T12:27:27.014-05:002011-09-16T12:27:27.014-05:00"As I perused The Catechism of the Calvinist ...<i>"As I perused The Catechism of the Calvinist Church for contemporary documentation of positions of the Calvinist Church which come up in Walther’s book, and are the object of Lutheran polemics, I noted a number of places where there is a remarkable convergence of Lutheran and Calvinist doctrine on the office of the ministry. While we must reject what is false, we can also joyously note what is right about Calvinist teaching on the office. It would be a worthwhile study to evaluate Kirche und Amt from the perspective of Lutheran – Calvinist dialogue."</i><br /><br />Would such a statement be similarly treated?Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-69509339792062305472011-09-16T11:56:36.111-05:002011-09-16T11:56:36.111-05:00Do you think that there is the same level of dialo...Do you think that there is the same level of dialogue between Lutherans and Protestant denominations and churches? Do you think that needs to change, and how?Arielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4752155876939467542011-09-16T11:21:05.713-05:002011-09-16T11:21:05.713-05:00Especially in the American environment where there...Especially in the American environment where there are so many interdenominational marriages (Lutheran/Catholic being one of the most prominent, as were my own parents although they were European), these issues are ones we really can't hide our heads in the sand about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com