Monday, August 13, 2007

Watered Down Lutheranism

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is in communion with:
Episcopal Church (USA)
Moravian Church in America
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Reformed Church in America
United Church of Christ [many this church the most liberal denomination]
United Methodist Church

How could this happen? These denominations have nothing to deal with Lutheranism, in fact they all see Holy Communion differently than the ELCA does. Lutherans believe that communion meal is the actual body and blood of Christ in the form of bread and wine. However, the other denominations see communion as only symbolic. When was the last time the ELCA hierarchy actually paid attention to what Luther said?

In July 2007 the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod voted to be in altar and pulpit fellowship with the Association of American Lutheran Churches (AALC). The AALC are former American Lutheran Churches (ALC) that were not in favor of the 1988 ELCA merger. The ALC was the conservative branch of the ELCA merger.

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