Lutheran Theology Web Site
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...in the presence of God and of all Christendom among both our contemporaries and
our posterity, we wish to have testified that the present explanation..., and none
other, is our teaching, belief, and confession in which by God’s grace we shall
appear with intrepid hearts before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ and for which
we shall give an account. (FC SD XII:40, Tappert)
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20, NKJV)
Now they who received his word were baptized, and ... they continued steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles and in the communion of the breaking of the bread and in the prayers. (Acts 2:41-42, Confraternity)
But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:14-17, NKJV)
“Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations...” (Luke 24:46-47, NKJV)
...sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence... (1 Peter 3:15, NASB)
Hello! Thank you for visiting my Lutheran Theology Web Site. I am an ordained Lutheran minister, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. I established this site while I was serving (from 1997 to 2005) as the Rector of Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil’, Ukraine. At the present time I am the Pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The purpose of this site is to promote, extend, and defend the theology of Confessional Lutheranism, as reflected especially in the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. I am persuaded that this theology is thoroughly apostolic, catholic, orthodox, and evangelical – in the truest and deepest sense of those terms.
I do not agree with every opinion or idea that is expressed in every essay or document that can be found on or through this web site. I do believe, however, that all of them make valuable and worthwhile contributions toward the site’s purpose, and for this reason I have included them here.
If you would like to share any thoughts about this web site with me, or if you would like to contact me for any other reason, I would love to hear from you. Reports of broken or misdirected links, and suggestions for additions and improvements, are especially welcome.
An earlier version of this web page, with more links, can be found here. Note, however, that this older version is no longer maintained or updated, and many of the links on that page no longer work.
Martin Luther (author of the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Smalcald Articles) and Philip Melanchthon
(author of the Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, and the Treatise on the Power and
Primacy of the Pope)
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Revelation, Scripture, and Authority
The Lutheran Confessions
God and Creation
Grace and Election
The Person and Work of Christ
The Law and the Gospel
Holy Baptism
The Sacrament of the Altar
Justification and Sanctification
The Ministry and the Church
The Liturgy and Worship
Church Fellowship
Evangelism and Missions
The Christian and Society
Death and Resurrection
Apologetics
Multi-Topical and Miscellaneous
The Text of Holy Scripture
Recommended Lutheran Sites
Lutheran Sites with Useful Information
Non-Lutheran Sites with Useful Information
Predominantly Non-English Lutheran Sites
Predominantly Non-English Non-Lutheran Sites with Useful Information
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Revelation, Scripture, and Authority
The Doctrine of Holy Scripture in the Lutheran Confessions The Holy Scriptures: Like Christ, Divine and Human Moses and the Book of Genesis: Inspired Author, or Inspired Compiler and Editor? The Ancient Fathers on “Sola Scriptura” Saint Ambrose on the Authority of Holy Scripture A Defense of “Sola Scriptura” (James E. Kiefer) “Charismatic” Phenomena and the Lutheran Confessions Prophecies of the Reformation? (Frederick George Smith) Scripture and Tradition in the Lutheran Confessions (Holsten Fagerberg) Inspiration of the Scriptures and Question in Apologetics (C. H. Little) The Witness of History for Scripture (Homologoumena and Antilegomena) (Francis A. O. Pieper) Luther: Word, Doctrine, and Confession (Robert D. Preus) Luther and Biblical Infallibility (Robert D. Preus) [PDF] Lessons From Luther on the Inerrancy of Holy Writ (John Warwick Montgomery) On the Verbal Inspiration of Scripture (Hannu Lehtonen) The English Bible (August O. W. Pieper) The Authority of Scripture, of Tradition, and of the Church (Philip Melanchthon) [PDF] Luther and the Scriptures (J. Michael Reu) [PDF]
The Lutheran Confessions
Concordia (the Lutheran Confessions in various languages) Martin Luther’s Writings A Plea for the Augsburg Confession (William Julius Mann) An Explanation of Luther’s Small Catechism - 1935 edition (Joseph Stump) Explanation of Doctor Martin Luther’s Small Catechism (Augustana Synod) An Explanation of The Small Catechism - 1991 edition (LCMS) A Short Exposition of Dr. Martin Luther’s Small Catechism - 1912 edition (Missouri Synod) Explanation of Luther’s Small Catechism (Harold Ulrik Sverdrup) Project Wittenberg The Catholic Faith of the Lutheran Church The Ecumenical Councils and the Lutheran Confessions The Eastern Church in the Lutheran Confessions The Nicene Creed and the Filioque: A Lutheran Approach Are the Lutheran Confessions a Practical Document Today? Confessing the Faith in the Language of America Biblical Authority in the Lutheran Confessions (Robert D. Preus) [PDF] The Hermeneutics of the Lutheran Confessions and the Historical-Critical Method (Robert D. Preus) [PDF] Confessional Subscription (Robert D. Preus) [PDF] FC X and the Confession of the Gospel (William Weedon) The Confessional History of the Lutheran Church (James William Richard) The Confessional Principle and the Confessions of the Lutheran Church (Theodore Emanuel Schmauk)
David Chytraeus, Andreas Musculus, Nicolaus Selnecker, Martin Chemnitz,
Jacob Andreae, and Christoph Koerner (authors of the Formula of Concord)
God and Creation
Saint Ambrose on the Procession of the Holy Spirit Adam, Eve, and Seth: Image of the Trinity? - Quotations from St. Gregory of Nazianzus The Father as “the Source of the Godhead” and the Eternal Procession of the Holy Spirit Augustine and the “Two Gregories” on the Origin of the Holy Spirit (Kallistos Ware) Is God In Hell? Luther and Science (Donald H. Kobe) Luther on Evolution (Paul A. Bartz) The Devil’s Fraud, Lies, and Deception (Martin Luther) Bugenhagen, Luther, and Chemnitz on Demonic Possession and Exorcism Quotes from Lutheran Pastoral Handbooks on the Topic of Demon PossessionGrace and Election
An Accounting to the Congregations of the Norwegian Synod (Ulrik Vilhelm Koren) Why Are Some Saved and Others Lost?
...Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, “was put to death for our
trespasses and raised again for our justification” (Rom. 4:25).
He alone is “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the
world” (John 1:29). “God has laid upon him the iniquities
of us all” (Isa. 53:6). Moreover, “all have sinned,” and
“they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the
redemption which is in Christ Jesus, by his blood”
(Rom. 3:23-25). (SA II I:1-2, Tappert)
The Person and Work of Christ
Divine Wrath and the Suffering of Christ: Quotations From Selected Fathers and Theologians of the Eastern Church Martin Luther on “Clauso Utero” and “Semper Virgo”The Law and the Gospel
Saint Ambrose on Law and Gospel Chemnitz on Mortal & Venial Sin
It is taught among us that Baptism is necessary
and that grace is offered through it. Children,
too, should be baptized, for in Baptism they are
committed to God and become acceptable
to him. (AC IX:1-2, Tappert)
Holy Baptism
Martin Luther: A “Born Again” ChristianThe Sacrament of the Altar
Some Quotations Pertaining to the Consecration and the Sacramental Union The Consecration (Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal) The Antiquity of Infant Communion (Roger T. Beckwith) Martin Luther on the Careful and Reverent Administration of the Blood of Christ Preface to Vom Sakrament des Altars (Hermann Sasse) The Sacrament of the Altar (Tom G. A. Hardt) The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ (John W. Berg) Communion Frequency in the Lutheran Confessions Martin Chemnitz on the Frequency of Holy Communion “Pious Meditations” on the Presence of Christ in His Holy Supper (Martin Chemnitz) The Administration and Reception of the Lord’s Supper Which Churches Have the Lord’s Supper? Which Churches Do Not? Was a Common Cup Used at the Last Supper? (Joseph Abrahamson) The Self-Communion of Pastors (Peter Anton Widvey) The Self-Communion of the Clergyman (Karl Heinrich Meusel)
...when we follow his institution and command in the
Lord’s Supper and say, “This is my body,” then
it is his body, not because of our speaking or of our
efficacious word, but because of his command in which
he has told us so to speak and to do and has attached
his own command and deed to our speaking.
(FC SD VII:78, Tappert)
Justification and Sanctification
Some Quotations Pertaining to the Subject of Justification Through Whom and How the Corruptions of the Article of Justification Were Refuted (Martin Chemnitz) Chrysostom on Justification The Twofold Effect and Activity of Faith (Joseph Stump) The Mystical Union (Joseph Stump) Mystical Union (David H. Bauslin) The Mystical Union in the Lutheran Confessions Justification and Deification (D. Richard Stuckwisch) Doctrine of Justification, Predestination, and Doctrine of the Assurance of Salvation (C. H. Little) Ambrose on Justification: A Study in the Catholicity of Lutheran Theology The Justification of the World (Herman Amberg Preus) Objective Justification (Robert D. Preus) Justification and Easter: A Study in Subjective and Objective Justification (Tom G. A. Hardt) Objective Justification (Kurt E. Marquart) Confessional Clarification of the Article of Justification (Kurt E. Marquart) [PDF]The Ministry and the Church
Women Pastors in the Lutheran Church? The Lutheran Doctrine of the Ministry: Confessional and Theological Resources Martin Luther on Gender and the Ministry [PDF] Chemnitz, Chytraeus, and Andreae on Gender and the Ministry [PDF] “The Public Ministry of the Word” Restated in Thetical Format An Exercise in Parsing Understanding “The Public Ministry of the Word” Nine Theses on the Public Ministry of the Gospel Is it Proper for a Woman to be Called to Administer the Lord’s Supper to Other Women? Should Theological Students Officiate at the Administration of the Lord’s Supper in Non-Emergency Situations? [PDF] Officiating at the Lord’s Supper: Changes in the Teaching and Practice of the WELS [PDF] The Public Ministry of the Gospel: The Testimony of Luther, Chytraeus, and Chemnitz The Public Ministry of the Gospel: The Testimony of Krauth, Walther, Kaehler, and Jacobs The Doctrine of the Ministry in the Writings of Ernst Heinrich Klotsche The Doctrine of the Ministry in the Writings of Carroll Herman Little The Ministry and the Church (C. H. Little) Doctrine of the Call to the Ministry (C. H. Little) One Ministry in Two Senses: The Lutheran Doctrine of the Public Ministry of the Gospel Nineteen Articles on the Public Ministry Nineteen Articles on the Public Ministry: Testimonies A Sermon on Keeping Children in School (Martin Luther) Charles Porterfield Krauth on the Priesthood of Believers, the Ministry, etc. The Church and the Ministry (Henry Eyster Jacobs) Pastors and Deacons in the Tennessee Synod The Ministry (Joseph Stump) The Ministry (Excerpt) (John A. W. Haas) Theses concerning the Doctrine of Church and Office (Evangelical Lutheran Free Church) Church and Ministry (Adolph M. Harstad) The Relation of the Home to the Christian School (C. J. Quill) The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod on the Ministry (Thomas P. Nass) May a Layman Absolve, Baptize, or Administer Holy Communion? (Tilemann Heshusius) Jerome Kromayer on Church and Ministry Does a Congregation...have the Right...to Commit...the Holy Preaching Office to a Layman? (E. W. Kähler) Some Reflections on the Military Chaplaincy The Glory of the Gospel Ministry (Norman A. Madson) Some Thoughts on the Divine Call to the Ecclesiastical Ministry of Word and Sacrament Acts 6:1-6: An Exegetical Inquiry A Few Thoughts about the Current Debate over the Doctrine of the Ministry A Few Thoughts about the Individual Use of the Keys and the Public Use of the Keys Some Material on the Concept of the “Divine Call” Church and State, Congregation and Synod Reformations Before the Reformation [PDF] Is Ordination Necessary? (Johann Conrad Dannhauer) “Official” and “Unofficial”; “Narrow Sense” and “Wider Sense” (Kurt E. Marquart) The One Gospel Ministry and Auxiliary Offices (Kurt E. Marquart) Book Review: The Church and Her Fellowship, Ministry, and Governance (John F. Brug) Compendium of Positive Theology - On the Ecclesiastical Ministry (Johann Wilhelm Baier) Letter Concerning Lay Preaching (C. F. W. Walther) Concerning the Church (9 Theses) (C. F. W. Walther) Concerning the Holy Preaching Office or the Pastoral Office (10 Theses) (C. F. W. Walther) The Proper Form of an Evangelical Lutheran Congregation (66 Theses) (C. F. W. Walther) The Sheep Judge Their Shepherds (C. F. W. Walther) Comments on the Expulsion of a Lutheran “Deacon” (C. F. W. Walther) Mercy and the Pastoral Office (C. F. W. Walther) Congregation and the State (C. F. W. Walther) First Sermon at the Opening of the Synod (Excerpt) (C. F. W. Walther) Sermon at the Installation of Two College Professors (C. F. W. Walther) The Teaching Office (Adolf Hoenecke) Lay Preaching (George O. Lillegard) The Office of a Pastor as School Overseer (C. A. T. Selle) Wilhelm Loehe’s Teaching on the Office of the Holy Ministry The Cute, The Cool, and the Catechized (Gene Edward Veith)
...God provides for the public proclamation of his divine, eternal law and the wonderful counsel
concerning our redemption, namely, the holy and only saving Gospel of his eternal Son, our only
Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Thereby he gathers an eternal church for himself out of the
human race and works in the hearts of men true repentance and knowledge of their sins and true
faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. (FC SD II:50, Tappert)
The Liturgy and Worship
Why Is the Lutheran Church a Liturgical Church? Should Infants and Small Children Be Present in Lutheran Worship Services? Ceremonies in the Lutheran Church (Edward Traill Horn) Outlines of Liturgics (Edward Traill Horn) Worship, Liturgy, and Ceremonies in the Lutheran Confessions Worship, Liturgy, and Ceremonies in the Lutheran Church The Mature Luther on Ceremonies Martin Chemnitz on Rites and Ceremonies How Festivals Are Observed in Our Churches in the Fear of God (Martin Chemnitz) Exhortation to Communicants (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Church Order) Dutch Lutheran Worship On Lay Readers (Robert W. Schaibley) Sacramental Worship, Sacramental Preaching (Mark DeGarmeaux) Through All Generations (Gene Edward Veith) Memoirs of the Lutheran Liturgical Association Christian Art in the Place and in the Form of Lutheran Worship (Paul E. Kretzmann) [PDF] Vestments and Liturgies (J. A. O. Stub) The Proper Communion Vestments (P. Severinsen) The Musical Heritage of the Church, Vols. 1-7 Worship and Liturgical Reform at the Time of the Reformation [PDF] The Veneration of Icons: Historical Development (Kallistos Ware)Church Fellowship
Walking Together: ... Balancing Augustana VII with Augustana XV [PDF] Charles Porterfield Krauth on the Doctrine and Practice of Church Fellowship Some Quotations Pertaining to the Subject of Prayer Fellowship (and Church Fellowship in General) Question of Union Services (C. H. Little) Question of the Attitude of the Church Toward the Lodge System (C. H. Little) Theses on Open Questions (C. F. W. Walther) The Drive to Opgjør: The Years 1900-1917 in the Old Norwegian Synod (Jerome Gernander) A Brief Explanation of Our Communion Practice Communion and Confession in the History of the Church of Brandenburg The Evangelical Lutheran Church the True Visible Church of God on Earth (25 Theses) (C. F. W. Walther) The Basis for Concord (Robert D. Preus) [PDF] Why Should a Lutheran Not Join any Sectarian Church? (V. W. Richter)
In order that we may obtain this faith, the ministry of teaching the Gospel and administering
the sacraments was instituted. For through the Word and the sacraments, as through
instruments, the Holy Spirit is given, and the Holy Spirit produces faith, where and when it
pleases God, in those who hear the Gospel. (AC V:1-2, Tappert)
Evangelism and Missions
Language, Culture, and National Identity in the Mission and Ministry of the Church Wisdom from the Fathers Pertaining to the Establishment of Lutheran Home Mission Congregations Might Cicero Be Saved? Letter to Bernhard, a Converted Jew (Martin Luther)The Christian and Society
Some Comments on Citizenship and Leadership in a “Free Republic” (Polycarp Leyser) Question of the Relation Between Church and State (C. H. Little)
It is taught among us that all government
in the world and all established rule and laws
were instituted and ordained by God for the
sake of good order... (AC XVI:1, Tappert)
Death and Resurrection
The Condition of the Soul Between Death and the Resurrection (John Theodore Mueller) Doctrine of the Millennium and the Conversion of Israel (C. H. Little)Apologetics
Apologetic Lectures on the Moral Truths of Christianity (Christoph Ernst Luthardt)
...in the Lord’s Supper the body and blood of Christ are truly
and substantially present and are truly offered with those
things that are seen, bread and wine. (Ap X:4, Tappert)
Multi-Topical and Miscellaneous
The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology (Charles Porterfield Krauth) Charles Porterfield Krauth, Vol. I (Adolph Spaeth) Charles Porterfield Krauth: The American Chemnitz [PDF] Documentary History of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Solomon Erb Ochsenford) First Free Lutheran Diet in America - 1877 The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Heinrich F. E. Schmid) The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Heinrich F. E. Schmid) [second site] The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Heinrich F. E. Schmid) [third site] Outlines of Doctrinal Theology (August L. Graebner) Elements of Religion (Henry Eyster Jacobs) A Summary of the Christian Faith (Henry Eyster Jacobs) A Summary of the Christian Faith (partial) (Henry Eyster Jacobs) Biblical Dogmatics (A. G. Voigt) An Introduction to Dogmatic Theology (Revere F. Weidner) The Lutheran Manual (Junius B. Remensnyder) The Lutheran Pastor (George Henry Gerberding) The Lutheran Pastor (Select Quotations) (George Henry Gerberding) The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church (George Henry Gerberding) Why Should a Lutheran Not Join Any Sectarian Church? (V. W. Richter) The Lutheran Movement of the Sixteenth Century (David H. Bauslin) Quotable Quotes (on the Scriptures, the Confessions, and the Lutheran Church) The “Lutheran” Solas in the Fathers of the Church The Biblical and Confessional Worldview (2003) The Confessional and Biblical Worldview (2004) The Confessional and Biblical Worldview (2005) John 6:35-58 in the Lutheran Confessions Evangelical Catholics and Confessional Evangelicals (Gene Edward Veith) Cross (Crucifix) (Adolph Spaeth) Martin Luther on the Practice of Making the Sign of the Cross Conversions from Catholicism to Lutheranism Disputed Doctrines (C. H. Little) The Popular Commentary of the Bible (Paul E. Kretzmann) C. F. W. Walther: Select Sermons The Charismatic Movement in the Lutheran Church (Julius V. Kimpel) The Lutheran Movement in England During the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI - 1908 edition (Henry Eyster Jacobs) The Lutheran Movement in England During the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI - 1890 edition (Henry Eyster Jacobs) American Lutheranism, Volume I (F. Bente) American Lutheranism, Volume II (F. Bente) American Lutheranism, Volume II (F. Bente) [second site] American Lutheranism, Volume II (F. Bente) [third site] The Lutherans in America (Edmund Jacob Wolf) Churches and Sects of Christendom (Juergen Ludwig Neve) The Distinctive Doctrines of the Different Christian Confessions, in the Light of the Word of God (Karl Graul) The Orthodox Church and the Lutherans: An Ecumenical Correspondence (Morten Møbjerg) A Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri SynodThe Text of Holy Scripture
Bible Gateway New Testament Gateway - Bible Translations and Editions New Testament Gateway - Greek New Testament Gateway
...one holy Christian church will be and remain forever. This is the assembly of
all believers among whom the Gospel is preached in its purity and the holy
sacraments are administered according to the Gospel. (AC VII:1, Tappert)
Recommended Lutheran Sites
Lutheran Heritage Web Site Martin Chemnitz Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue in the Sixteenth Century Saint Ambrose of Milan Saint Epiphanius of Salamis Concordia Society Lutheran Cyclopedia - 1899 edition Concordia Cyclopedia - 1927 edition Concordia Cyclopedia (1927) [second site] Christian (Lutheran) Cyclopedia - 1975 edition Studium Excitare Mark Nispel: Nebraska Latinist A Selection of Kurt Marquart’s Writings Confessional Lutherans - Sermons and Papers Texas Confessional Lutherans - Papers and Hymns of Interest to Confessional Lutherans Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Online Essay File Issues, Etc. - Article Archive Concordia Theological Seminary Media Lutheran Electronic Archive For the Life of the World (Concordia Theological Seminary) Concordia Journal Archive Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church - Pastor’s Page (Saginaw, Michigan) Mark DeGarmeaux’s Home Page Theology and Church History Papers - Articles by Erling Teigen John T. Pless (Concordia Theological Seminary) Charles St-Onge - Writings Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (Lexington, Kentucky) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer (Peekskill, New York) Soli Deo Gloria Xrysostom Concord Lutheran Theology: An Online JournalLutheran Sites with Useful Information
Semper Reformanda Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology Lutheran Quarterly - Past Articles of Special Interest Evangelical Lutheran Synod - What We Believe Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary - Essays Lutheran Synod Quarterly Online (Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary) Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - What We Believe Theologia: The Student Journal of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church Confessional Lutherans Australia - Papers and Studies Lutheran Church–Canada - Theological Documents Lutheran Theological Review (Lutheran Church–Canada) Church of the Lutheran Confession - Online Library LCA Commission on Worship - Biblical & Theological Resources LCA Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations - Doctrinal Statements and Theological Opinions LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations Lutheranism (Suite 101) Theology of the Cross: The Faith Luther Confessed CrossTies Lutheran Ministry Resources LutheranTheology.com Orthodox Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church Evangelical Lutheran Synod Doctrine Statements Christ For Us St. Paul Lutheran Church - Pastor’s Scribblings (Hamel, Illinois) Messiah Lutheran Church - Pastor’s Papers (Seattle, Washington) Hope Lutheran Church - Pastor’s Page (Aurora, Colorado) Scholia Lutheran Wiki T. Mayes’ Home Page Lutheran Resources Lutheran (Myron Berg) Reclaiming Walther in the LCMS - Articles Lutherans Informed about Lodges Sound Witness Answers In Action - Theology Articles Discernment Ministries International (Robert S. Liichow) Gnesio: An Online Magazine of Lutheran Theology - Essays The Augustana Ministerium
We therefore declare our adherence to the first, unaltered Augsburg Confession...as our symbol in this
epoch, not because this confession was prepared by our theologians but because it is taken from the
Word of God and solidly and well grounded therein. (FC SD R&N:5, Tappert)
Non-Lutheran Sites with Useful Information
Google Book Search: “Lutheran” Project Canterbury - Lutheran Resources Beggars All: Reformation and Apologetics: Martin Luther Early Christian Writings Early Church Fathers - Additional Texts Saint Pachomius Library Patristics In English Project New Advent Christian Classics Ethereal Library Internet Christian Library The Bible Resources Center Bible Research Believe The Contenders Present Truth Magazine Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity - Archives A Puritan’s Mind Leadership University - TheologyPredominantly Non-English Lutheran Sites
Українське Лютеранське Богослов’я Lutheran Legacy Una Página de Teología Luterana en Español Congregacion “Cristo Nuestra Justicia” (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Biblicum For Bibel og Bekjennelse Martin Luther og hans skrifter Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche - Theologie Luther in Braunschweig Die evangelischen Kirchenordnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts (Emil Sehling) Kirchliche Glaubenslehre, I (Friedrich Adolph Philippi) Kirchliche Glaubenslehre, III (Friedrich Adolph Philippi) Kirchliche Glaubenslehre, VI (Friedrich Adolph Philippi) Bibel- und bekenntnistreuer evangelisch-lutherischer Glaube und Lehre Informationen zu lutherischer Theologie und Kirche Meie Kirik: Teoloogia Bibliothèque en-ligne d’oeuvres de théologie luthériennes Сайт душпастиря Павла Библиотека «Славянское лютеранство» Свет Жизни - Библиотека Свет Жизни - Библиотека
...we receive forgiveness of sin and become righteous before God
by grace, for Christ’s sake, through faith, when we believe that
Christ suffered for us and that for his sake our sin is forgiven and
righteousness and eternal life are given to us. (AC IV:1-2, Tappert)
Predominantly Non-English Non-Lutheran Sites with Useful Information
Google Book Search: “Lutherische” Glaubensstimme - Predigten und Andachten der Glaubensvaeter Святоотеческое наследие JesusChrist.ru - Христианская библиотека Путем Отцев
We do not call ourselves Lutherans, but are so styled by our enemies, and we permit it as a token of our consent with the pure teaching of the Word which Luther set forth. We suffer ourselves to bear his name, not as of one who has invented a new faith, but of one who has restored the old, and purified the Church. – Johann Gerhard
The Evangelical Catholic is a glorious Church; it holds and conforms itself chiefly to the Sacraments. The Evangelical Reformed is a glorious Church; it holds and conforms itself chiefly to the Word of God. More glorious than both is the Evangelical Lutheran Church; it holds and conforms itself both to the Sacraments and the Word of God. Into this Lutheran Church both the others are developing, even without the intentional aid of men. But the way of the ungodly shall perish, says David (Ps. 1:6). – Claus Harms
We do not claim that our Confessors were infallible. We do not say they could not fail. We only claim that they did not fail. – Charles Porterfield Krauth
...nothing is so necessary as to call upon God
incessantly and drum into his ears our prayer
that he may give, preserve, and increase in
us faith and obedience to the Ten
Commandments... (LC III:2, Tappert)
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