tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post8522429830101113563..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: A former Lutheran does not get it right. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22870563088464331612015-12-12T09:25:48.458-06:002015-12-12T09:25:48.458-06:00"And yes - This is an LCMS congregation."...<i>"And yes - This is an LCMS congregation."</i><br /><br />But is it a Lutheran congregation and Lutheran pastor?Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-32417340901256348812015-12-11T20:24:04.949-06:002015-12-11T20:24:04.949-06:00What's this talk about the superiority of Luth...What's this talk about the superiority of Lutheran theology?<br /><br />Happy Advent!<br /><br />http://stlorenz.org/sermon/star-wars-week-1-a-new-hope/<br /><br /><br />And yes - This is an LCMS congregation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12123010134817592202015-12-11T10:25:44.475-06:002015-12-11T10:25:44.475-06:00In a Youtube video interview, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf e...In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_p8u7l2YY4" rel="nofollow">Youtube video</a> interview, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf explains how he left Lutheranism and became a Roman priest. Here's the text printed below the video with bracketed additions based on information from the video:<br /><br />"Father Zuhlsdorf was raised in a nominal Lutheran family [by his divorced mother who was a police officer]. When he was seven his [Presbyterian] grandmother gave him two albums, one of classical music and another of Shakespeare's plays. About the same time his mother decided that he should go to Sunday school at the Lutheran church. He reacted negatively to being taught that man's will is totally depraved, wanting only evil. He thought, how could beautiful art be created by depraved people? In high school and college he drifted and was basically a pagan, but he still had a deep love of beauty. One Sunday he heard Gregorian chant on the radio. He visited the parish and was so moved that he was led by God to come to the Catholic Church. Later he was guided to the vocation of the priesthood and was ordained in St. Peter's Basilica by St. John Paul II, in 1991."Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-85741856297402300232015-12-11T10:09:43.507-06:002015-12-11T10:09:43.507-06:00In another recent article Roman Fr. John Zuhlsdorf...In <a href="http://wdtprs.com/blog/2015/11/lutheran-satire/" rel="nofollow">another recent article</a> Roman Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, president of the Tridentine Mass Society in Madison, stated: <br /><br /><i>Years ago I was, for my sins, sent off to an ecumenical breakfast around Thanksgiving time. When I walked in a young man in black clerical clothing made a bee line for me. He was the pastor at the nearby Missouri Synod Lutheran church. Standing in my path, he asked me if I was the priest at the Catholic church nearby who told non-Catholics that they couldn’t come to Communion. “Yes”, I responded, “I am.” He thereupon stuck his hand out and said “Thank you! Many Catholic priests don’t know that not all Lutherans have inter-communion with each other much less with Catholics!” We wound up sitting together and having a cordial morning.</i><br /><br />BTW, from some of the comments, it seems that LCMS Pastor Hans Fiene has some Romish fans of his "Lutheran Satire" videos.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80507793893741180772015-12-11T08:25:26.377-06:002015-12-11T08:25:26.377-06:00I find it interesting - and telling - that the &qu...I find it interesting - and telling - that the "former Lutheran" doesn't really seem to be open to the sort of response provided by Pr. Peters. This sort of misinformation regarding Lutheran theology and practice is rife within Romanism. The good father should be embarrassed by his lack of honesty or lack of insight. SKPetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809201586810781979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-82120935810032872482015-12-11T07:52:22.556-06:002015-12-11T07:52:22.556-06:00IF they are FORMER Lutherans, they either didn'...IF they are FORMER Lutherans, they either didn't learn, understand or 'get it', OR they have rejected it or didn't believe it. Since they left Lutheranism, they did not embrace our Confessions nor properly understood them. I would question the validity of their expertise. I do not doubt their experiences, but I would not consider them and authoritative source.Jason Kiefernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-38282619848986272712015-12-11T07:37:27.909-06:002015-12-11T07:37:27.909-06:00"A former Lutheran does not get it right. . ....<i>"A former Lutheran does not get it right. . ."</i><br /><br />No wonder this papish prig, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, didn't get it right. As he noted in his article, "<a href="http://wdtprs.com/blog/2015/11/some-differences-between-catholics-and-lutherans-on-baptism-eucharist-priesthood/" rel="nofollow">Some differences between Catholics and Lutherans on Baptism, Eucharist, Priesthood</a>":<br /><br /><i>"Keep in mind that I am a former Lutheran convert to the Catholic Church. I was validly baptized as a Lutheran. I rejected the Lutheran catechism and instruction when I was 7 years old because I couldn’t square their message about corruption with the beauty of the music of Mozart."</i>Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com