I expected this to happen after the invitation was extended to the Anglicans.
I’m sure it’s not going out to the ELCA, but to the faithful Lutherans of Missouri Synod.
Did you miss the following statement?
Five hundred years ago wars were fought over the very issues about which Lutherans and Roman Catholics have now achieved consensus," said ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton.
The faithful Lutherans of the Missouri Synod would never join with the RC until the issues in the 95 thesis are fully addressed. Otherwise, I’m looking for a new church. It would be useless to both true Lutherans and Catholics alike to pretend that the issues that lead to the reformation were suddenly not so important after all....