Posted on 09/20/2012 4:58:09 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Very good point.
quite frankly, these guys are no longer Lutheran, not even Christian.
When you think of it, it may have sent a message to that branch of the Lutheran church as a reminder to reject sin and accept the good news of the Gospel.
That is true about the Catholic that it does accept the baptisms of the Lutherans as valid.
Opps, forgot to add the word “Church:”.
Yeah, you’re right Vlad, as much as I sympathize with the stance, I am not clear how the ROC justifies this.
Perhaps there are now defects introduced in the sacrament itself? Like the Danes will now baptize a child under the sponsorship of two men, or something? I’m not sure if even that would do it, but I would think the ROC take sacramental theology too seriously to dive headfirst into Donatism.
This is hardly the only problem the Orthodox have with the Danish Luthern church.
Exactly. Thank you for saying this.
But would the Obama Administration TRY to force them to do so? I believe dennisw is correct.
When you think of it, it may have sent a message to that branch of the Lutheran church as a reminder to reject sin and accept the good news of the Gospel.
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while i applaud the idea... since in Christian theology, homosexual acts are clearly sinful...
i believe the ROC also refuses to accept most sacraments,
even of the Roman Catholic Church.
(even though, the Catholic church accepts all ROC sacraments as valid.)
You wrote:
“This is hardly the only problem the Orthodox have with the Danish Luthern church.”
I’m sure that’s true. This is also true, however:
“This is hardly the only problem the Orthodox have.”
In other words, to return to Thesis # 1 of the 95 Theses:
The Christian life is to be one of repentance.
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