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Can you believe both of these things and be able to become a LCMS member?
Of Creation
- We teach that God has created heaven and earth, and that in the manner and in the space of time recorded in the Holy Scriptures, especially Gen. 1 and 2, namely, by His almighty creative word, and in six days. We reject every doctrine which denies or limits the work of creation as taught in Scripture. In our days it is denied or limited by those who assert, ostensibly in deference to science, that the world came into existence through a process of evolution; that is, that it has, in immense periods of time, developed more or less of itself. Since no man was present when it pleased God to create the world, we must look for a reliable account of creation to God's own record, found in God's own book, the Bible. We accept God's own record with full confidence and confess with Luther's Catechism: "I believe that God has made me and all creatures."
I don't agree with the ELCA's stance on homosexuality and women pastors.Theistic evolution might not be against their stance, but they definitely lean towards a full creation understanding. I am not necessarily promoting it, but the ELCA is a bit more flexible on those types of beliefs:
Thanks! Partial Preterism is basically the belief that most of Revelation already happened. Pretty much everything besides the second coming, resurrection of the dead, and the final judgementShort answer: yes
Long answer: (1) can you elaborate what you mean by partial preterism? (2) the LCMS teaches creationism, but allows its members to believe in evolution in most situations. (3) talk to your local LCMS pastor about all this
Ah okay. Then yes, I believe that would actually be a common belief. The LCMS tends "amillenial" which (to oversimplify) means that we believe Revelation is symbolic. If I'm not mistaken, the predominant belief in the LCMS is that Revelation is at the same time, a description of what happens in the 1st and 2nd century Church, and a description of the Church at all ages. So, for example, the seven churches described at the beginning can refer to various churches throughout all of history and all circumstances, if that makes sense.Thanks! Partial Preterism is basically the belief that most of Revelation already happened. Pretty much everything besides the second coming, resurrection of the dead, and the final judgement