Eucharistic Adoration

[DaRev]

Actually I was referring to Eucharistic Adoration outside of the Divine Service. Martin Luther agreed with this in his treatise on Eucharistic Adoration no? Seriously some of you are starting to sound like Melanchthonists...I thought we were Lutherans. And thanks for answering some of my question Protoevangel.

Don't get sarcastic. It will get you no where in a hurry.

The Lutheran teaching comes from the Confessions, namely the Formula of Concord which is in response to the Sacramentarian controversies.

 

[LutheranHawkeye]

So in this case, modern Lutheranism is in accord with the confessions but not necessarily Luther's view on Eucharistic Adoration? Didn't mean to be sarcastic...blame it on my teen angst. LOL!

 

[DaRev]

So in this case, modern Lutheranism is in accord with the confessions but not necessarily Luther's view on Eucharistic Adoration? Didn't mean to be sarcastic...blame it on my teen angst. LOL!

I don't believe that Luther actually said what you think he does. In my reading of his treatise he is speaking of adoration of the Sacrament. This is quite different that what I perceive you are asking about. The Sacrament does not exist outside of the Mass (Divine Service). This being the case, I don't see where Luther is saying anything against what Lutheranism currently holds or what we have been saying along in this thread.

Teen angst is duly noted.

 

[LilLamb219]

So in this case, modern Lutheranism is in accord with the confessions but not necessarily Luther's view on Eucharistic Adoration? Didn't mean to be sarcastic...blame it on my teen angst. LOL!

When reading anything about what Luther wrote (said), you also have to really clearly check WHEN he wrote it, who he was writing it to and what he was really referring to.

 

[RadMan]

When reading anything about what Luther wrote (said), you also have to really clearly check WHEN he wrote it, who he was writing it to and what he was really referring to.

Absolutely. In reading some of his writings in his earlier years form LW he says one thing and then as he grows with the Holy Spirit through the years he changes his tone on quite a few things. Luther would be like anyone that is forsaking his original church and finding another truth. Especially if it was the only church in existence and it's influence was so powerful that it blurred the separation of church and state. It was "state" in most cases.

 

[LutheranHawkeye]

I don't believe that Luther actually said what you think he does. In my reading of his treatise he is speaking of adoration of the Sacrament. This is quite different that what I perceive you are asking about. The Sacrament does not exist outside of the Mass (Divine Service). This being the case, I don't see where Luther is saying anything against what Lutheranism currently holds or what we have been saying along in this thread.

Teen angst is duly noted.

Yeah I was talking about Eucharistic Adoration outside of Divine Service, because I know that we already do it in the Divine Service. Thanks for clearing this up for me guys.