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I recently read that the confessional Lutheran churches are Evangelical. Are they thought of that way by most?
Most Lutherans, or most people?I recently read that the confessional Lutheran churches are Evangelical. Are they thought of that way by most?
Most what--most people or most Lutherans? I don't think we have any way of knowing what "most" (people) think about it. However, the term fits.I recently read that the confessional Lutheran churches are Evangelical. Are they thought of that way by most?
I recently read that the confessional Lutheran churches are Evangelical. Are they thought of that way by most?
No, Lutherans are evangelical in the historic sense, but not the American sense.We are not part of American Evangelicalism. Which we reject.
Are you from the LCMS?
Like I said, Pew Forum, which is kind of an authority in these matters, lists LCMS and WELS as Evangelical (in contrast to ELCA, which is classed as Mainline).
I am Calvinist Baptist, who is also Evangelical, and we Baptists have always had a hard time deciding on the Lutherans, as while not seen by us as being Catholic, still tied into Sacramentalism to a degree more that what we are used to!Pew Forum, in their surveys of religion, lists LCMS and WELS as Evangelical.
Confessional Presbyterians I know tend to think of confessional Lutherans as "brothers."
Don't know what Evangelical Baptists think.
Well, what does Evangelical mean (other than as a catch-word for the media)?All these posts are so interesting. I (from an Episcopal then RCC background) have never thought of any part of Lutheranism as evangelical.jI would love to hear more as I'm somewhat confused.
I believe European Lutherans call themselves that.....I've seen it said in other places that you could consider us Lutherans as Evangelical Catholics. Not sure I 100% buy it, but it sort of makes sense.
Many Lutherans seem to like saying that of their church, but IMHO it doesnt really hold up as true. After all, Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, and Sola Gratia go straight at the heart of Catholic theology, even if Lutherans retained more of traditional belief -- and especially practice -- than most other Protestant churches did.I've seen it said in other places that you could consider us Lutherans as Evangelical Catholics. Not sure I 100% buy it, but it sort of makes sense.
Many Lutherans seem to like saying that of their church, but IMHO it doesnt really hold up as true. After all, Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, and Sola Gratia go straight at the heart of Catholic theology, even if Lutherans retained more of traditional belief -- and especially practice -- than most other Protestant churches did.
I've hear that's what European Calvinists like to style themselves......What about "Reformed Catholic". That's how I think of the LCMS.
I am Calvinist Baptist, who is also Evangelical, and we Baptists have always had a hard time deciding on the Lutherans, as while not seen by us as being Catholic, still tied into Sacramentalism to a degree more that what we are used to!
It would amount to about the same thing, I would think, except that the word "Reformed" usually is used to refer to specifically Calvinist denominations such as the Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church of N.A. or to the Presbyterian churches.What about "Reformed Catholic". That's how I think of the LCMS.
Yes, I am LCMS. Currently a seminarian. The Pew Forum is wrong. Like most people, they get very confused by Lutherans.Are you from the LCMS?
Like I said, Pew Forum, which is kind of an authority in these matters, lists LCMS and WELS as Evangelical (in contrast to ELCA, which is classed as Mainline).