The Papacy As Anti-Christ

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57] Therefore, even though the bishop of Rome had the primacy by divine right, yet since he defends godless services and doctrine conflicting with the Gospel, obedience is not due him; yea, it is necessary to resist him as Antichrist. The errors of the Pope are manifest and not trifling.

How does the World Lutheran Federation now view this in light of the Joint Declaration on Justification? My understanding is that Lutherans and Catholics have met for many decades regarding the anathemas of the 16th Century, as specifically on the doctrine of justification.

http://www.firstthings.com/article/...n-the-lutheran-catholic-joint-declaration--38

 
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I'm not Lutheran, but from what I have been able to learn, that is the main consensus. There are minorities in Lutheranism that don't hold precisely to that explanation. I know some Lutherans that are premillenial and think Rome certainly has the spirit of AntiChrist in their system but is not the literal Antichrist. Of course that would put them a odds against the confessions and even Luther's writings, but they seem to disagree peacefully about it.
 
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How does the World Lutheran Federation now view this in light of the Joint Declaration on Justification? My understanding is that Lutherans and Catholics have met for many decades regarding the anathemas of the 16th Century, as specifically on the doctrine of justification.http://www.firstthings.com/article/...n-the-lutheran-catholic-joint-declaration--38

Confessional Lutherans reject the JDDJ. It's basically a sell-out to the doctrine of justification of the RCC which Confessional Lutherans outright reject as being contrary to Scripture.
 
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In about 17 years of being Lutheran, I've never heard this doctrine taught from a pulpit or in a Sunday school class.

I don't think it belongs in a pulprit, but it is in the confessions and it is what the LCMS officially holds, it says it on lcms.org in those pdf files they provide.
 
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Which Lutherans groups accept the JDDJ and which do not?

Confessional Lutherans reject the JDDJ. It's basically a sell-out to the doctrine of justification of the RCC which Confessional Lutherans outright reject as being contrary to Scripture.
 
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