The entire idea of sacraments is God using normal people and matter in order to bring His Power into the world. To believe God can work through a man in order to change bread into flesh, but not that He works through man to change man into priest seems inconsistent. IMO.
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In the Lutheran tradition, the clergy is empowered to administer the Sacraments directly by the power of the holy Spirit and not through a belief in the authority of a magisterium.
The entire idea of sacraments is God using normal people and matter in order to bring His Power into the world. To believe God can work through a man in order to change bread into flesh, but not that He works through man to change man into priest seems inconsistent. IMO.
God works as He will ... sometimes through men, angels, donkeys, fire, water, etc. ...
We accept that God does choose to work through men, at times ... but, at other times, He chooses not to.
We believe that the Holy Spirit can communicate directly to Christians without the intervention of man.