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It must be nice to be able to copy and paste that, instead of typing ;) I celebrate, though, with you. The Augsburg Confession was truly one of the best things to happen to the Faith. I pray that it's catholic acceptance is in the near future. -James

Is the Bible an open canon or a closed canon? Can it be added to or taken away from? (please elaborate on your answers, "no, then why"; "Yes, then why". What are your sources for your opinion?) As Lutherans, I don't recall any formal proclamation of canon that comes to mind, is there one...

Does your parish use Chrism during the Holy Rite of Confirmation? Does it recieve the Chrism from the Bishop or just pour it out of a "wesson" bottle? Do you think Chrism ought to be retained in the Rite? :liturgy: -James

"If a man seeks salvation, let him first seek the Church" -Luther What role does the Church play in our life, and what role does the church play in our life? How do you respond to these statements (some are Evangelical and some are Romish): The Sacrament of Baptism is necessary to the...

These two terms come from St Paul's concept of "dikaiasyne". Are they interdependent, co-dependent? What is accomplished by them? (This is another unfair question, as I am not unknowing of this stuff, but I want to see what is being taught/thought out there.)

When does it happen? (Heh, heh, heh, many of you can tell that this is a loaded question, and you might be asking yourself, "where is he going to lead this?" Well if I told you then both of us would know!) -James

Oh yeah, it is one more of those... Without getting into the whole homologumena/antilogumena thing, I wanted to ask some people's honest feelings. After experiencing a lot of Revelation this, apocalypse that, and having to hear so many crazy thoughts about when Jesus is coming, it got me...

I was reading some orations from St. Dr. Gregory Nazianzen and I came across an oration about the Macabees. Nazianzen cites 4th Macabees (a book that I don't think is in the deuterocanon, but I am not sure) and talks about the merits of the mother of the Macabees. He also says talks about how...

The council of Jamnia (also called Jabneh 90AD), is held as authoritative in many modern day nouveau protestant and evangelical circles as being a commanding reason why we whould have a 66 book canon. However, in that same council Christ and those who follow him are condemned. How can an...

Hello all, I am out here in Fres-yes doing my schoolin, and lately I have come to be very discontent with a class of mine called, "Biblical Interpretation". Those of you that know me you know I go to an Annabaptist College so you could only imagine how class goes!! (I haven't got kicked out...

On December 28th the Lutheran Church commemorates the slain children of Bethlehem and the miracle of the angel warning Joseph to go to Egypt to save our Lord Jesus. Many scholars suggest that this event never happened, and that the Author of St. Matthew's Gospel, a Jew, was trying to draw...

(pardon the lettering, it happened when I pasted it from this site: http://www.greekbible.com/index.php ) My question is what are the possible meanings for eginosken? (Epsilon, gamma, iota, nu, omega, sigma, kappa, epsilon, nu) I don't have a good lexicon/dictionary with me and was wondering...

I don't know if this has already been discussed, but I was wondering what y'all thought of this prayer: The Divine Mercy is to be prayed on Rosary beads with the invocation, an our father, three hail marys and then the apostles creed; after which one prays: "Eternal Father, I offer you the...

Eastern Orthodoxy doesn't believe in the imputed guilt of Adam right? If so why? What argument can be presented from Holy Scripture and/or Tradition against original sin? Thank-you for your time and consideration. The Lord Bless y'all and keep y'all! -James

Today's daily Mass on EWTN featured a guest Fr. who, I think is one of those parish to parish guys, narrowed down the liturgy to give him more time to speak. Now I have seen this done before, against "false churches", but what was new was the subject. He spent a good deal of an almost 25...

As I was going about the internet I stumbled across a radio program I didn't know existed. Lutheran Vespers, a ministry of the ELCA. You can listen to this over the internet, another rescource one can use. The latest publication, is about the Gottesdienst and is a pretty good explanation...

Do your churches have processions/recessions, and what do they consist of? Also, what are some of your favourite liturgical moments? -James

Salvation, how many prayers does it take? -James

Should one be only allowed the Eucharist only after Baptism? Does Absolution always precede any other Sacrament?

We all got them, so let's share them ! Martin Luther in his epistle on "The Secular Authority" talked quite a bit about two powers, that of the church and that of the secular/temporal sword. This thought is evident in other Lutheran Confessions. With that said, what are your views on Church...