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To: xone
"(My Bolds) As for 'Bondage of the Will', I haven't read it. To the extent that it conforms to the Lutheran Confessions I'd 'cotton' to it."

This is an interesting statement. Read it again, out loud, and notice you are not saying if Luheranism conforms to Luther, but if Luther conforms to Lutheranism, you would cotton to it. This is precisely what I am getting at. Lutheranism no longer reflects what Luther was claiming the Scripture said, but what it thinks is true, irrespective of whether Luther agreed or not.

Luther would not recognize such a position as biblical Christianity. He had the same argument against the Roman Church. Rome eclipsed Scripture in its own mind...and he said such was heresy.

83 posted on 01/21/2011 3:55:24 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88
Lutheranism no longer reflects what Luther was claiming the Scripture said, but what it thinks is true, irrespective of whether Luther agreed or not.

Luther was around for the formation of the Lutheran Confessional documents. They are in full agreement with Scripture. But nice try.

84 posted on 01/21/2011 9:58:51 PM PST by xone
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To: Dutchboy88; xone

“This is precisely what I am getting at. Lutheranism no longer reflects what Luther was claiming the Scripture said, but what it thinks is true, irrespective of whether Luther agreed or not.” —> from my interactions with other Lutherans (not xone), I can say that is an incorrect statement for the LCMS and WELS organizations.


92 posted on 01/27/2011 1:48:29 AM PST by Cronos
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