Does Good or Evil attach to physical "things", or Relics?

[Markie Boy]

In other traditions there is a concept that physical things can have good or evil attached to them. In Catholicism and Orthodoxy I think of Relics - often referred to as having some sort of "power".

Then I heard of a more Pentecostal person seeing a pagan type statue and saying something about evil being attached to it.

Where does Lutheranism land on all this "stuff"?

 

[Blade]

Well no Lutheran here but this does not fall within just some group and not others. More like a door so to speak? Hmm having say books that deal with witchcraft and the like. Known many that said they (believers) had strange things happening or keep getting sick things like. When asked do you have.. certain kind of books or the like they would say "yes right over there". So you tell them just get ride of those and watch what happens.

 

[Shane R]

Does a blessing have meaning or is at a quaint relic of a bygone era that makes people feel good?

 

[FireDragon76]

In other traditions there is a concept that physical things can have good or evil attached to them. In Catholicism and Orthodoxy I think of Relics - often referred to as having some sort of "power".

This isn't a fair representation of how Catholics or Orthodox think of relics. It's more a misunderstanding or misrepresentation.

Where does Lutheranism land on all this "stuff"?

Most Lutheran churches do not have relics. Some in Scandinavia do, if they are historic in nature.

Lutheran theology is sacramental, so Lutherans do believe God's grace is mediated through certain physical means, called sacraments, such as Baptism and Communion.