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To: marshmallow; lightman

As usual in these stories, the person described as “Lutheran” is really not. He’s ELCA.


9 posted on 10/18/2012 7:59:54 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Lutheran pastor, LCMS)
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To: Charles Henrickson
As usual in these stories, the person described as “Lutheran” is really not. He’s ELCA.

Should be obvious since only the ELCA and NALC use the term "bishop"...but we can't expect the average newspaper reader to know the intricacies of ecclesial nomenclature.

25 posted on 10/18/2012 2:05:34 PM PDT by lightman (If the Patriarchate of the East held a state like the Vatican I would apply for political asylum.)
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