Vatican office of “justice and peace” issues document calling for one world government. Vatican secretary of state disowns document. Vatican newspaper rips it to shreds. Read more here.
Golden Oldies 4 – Because Christ did it all, we are free
As Bernard Lohse wrote: our “Reformation understanding [is] that there is basically no difference between the offices of bishop and pastor.” Read more here.
Golden Oldies 3 – CCM: A Hong Kong Lease
Back in 1997, 37 ELCA bishops wrote that under CCM, the ELCA is not bound to the Episcopal episcopate, and Martin Marty said the opposite. Remember it here.
Golden Oldies 2 – Rome has not budged
Why does the breach of the Sixteenth Century remain? Has the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) made a difference? See here.
Golden Oldies 1 – German Lutherans Break Free
As Reformation 2011 approaches, it is sobering to recall Dominus Jesus (2000), in which Rome does not recognize Protestant churches as “sister churches”; rather, they are “ecclesial communities.” In 2001 German Lutherans issued “An Evangelical Understanding of Church Fellowship,” which Cardinal Walter Kasper found “abrasive.” Professor Dr. Dorothea Wendebourg responded: The Roman Catholic Church is […]