So if I'm gonna' read the Book of Concord, is there a particular edition/translation you recommend?
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So if I'm gonna' read the Book of Concord...
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Notable goal. Wish you well.
The Concordia Reader's Edition is an excellent translation/edition to use for your purposes. It is available from CPH.
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I'll second what Filo said. I LOVE my Reader's Edition.
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If you want to start easy, and work up to the bigger documents, you could begin with the ecumenical creeds, small catechism, the augsburg confession, the smalcald articles, and the treatise on the power and primacy of the pope. Then work up to the epitome of the formula of concord, the large catechism, the defense of the augsburg confession, and the solid declaration of the formula of concord.
That's pretty much the order I did the classes, when I was teaching it.
That's pretty much the order I did the classes, when I was teaching it.
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Yes, 
The Readers Edition with its notes and historical background make it the best so far for us laypeople. I got more out of one read of this edition than I did out of four reads of the Kolb and the other one (can't recall but it had a red cover).
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The Readers Edition with its notes and historical background make it the best so far for us laypeople. I got more out of one read of this edition than I did out of four reads of the Kolb and the other one (can't recall but it had a red cover).Mark
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Perhaps if you'd read it in a different order, you'd still be Lutheran.
What ever became of Proto's students I wonder??
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Perhaps if you'd read it in a different order, you'd still be Lutheran.
That's it. I read it backwards, and picked up on the subliminal messages...
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Most of them are LCMS now. Some of them stayed in the ELCA congregation.What ever became of Proto's students I wonder??
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Yes,
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That would be the Tappert. I get more from it than from the other two and I have all three.
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I really like our Reader's Editions. We got the first version when it came out, and our adult Sunday School started going through it... and then Pastor found the comments and concerns people were raising about it, so we looked at those, too. So the next year when the second edition came out, we all got new copies.
When we were considering joining the church (I was Presbyterian and Hunter was Baptist), I used the Reader's Edition extensively to better understand Lutheran soteriology (my stumbling block, coming from a Reformed backgroun) and Lutheran teachings on Baptism (Hunter's stumbling block).
He still cringes when the congregation answers the baptism question for an infant, but he understands it much better.
When we were considering joining the church (I was Presbyterian and Hunter was Baptist), I used the Reader's Edition extensively to better understand Lutheran soteriology (my stumbling block, coming from a Reformed backgroun) and Lutheran teachings on Baptism (Hunter's stumbling block).
He still cringes when the congregation answers the baptism question for an infant, but he understands it much better.
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In time he will come to accept it as the normal and proper practice that it is. Hope also had her struggles with the idea. Thankfully we were able to find Ole Halesby's book "Infant Baptism and Adult Conversion" which really helped to clear things us. I keep a copy on my computer to read from time to time as a referesher.
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Thank you all for your suggestions. I had no trouble finding it on Amazon - I just need to talk to my DH before I order it. The latest edition they have there is 2007. I'm assuming that's the most recent.
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Most of them are LCMS now.
Some of them stayed in the ELCA congregation.
Good job Proto!
We should get ya to come and teach it at our Church!
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Well, I probably wouldn't come across quite as... convinced, any more.Most of them are LCMS now.
Some of them stayed in the ELCA congregation.
Good job Proto!
We should get ya to come and teach it at our Church!
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Well, I probably wouldn't come across quite as... convinced, any more.
This has probably already been discussed ad nauseam in the past, but what made you change your mind?
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