Talk:Lutheran Orthodoxy

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[edit] Chart needs to be fixed

The chart on this page is completely false and should be removed. I tried to remove it but it wouldn't work! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpw062588 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The chart is biased and speaks with clear POV language: "The semper virgo is at best a pious opinion" and "reverence is discouraged by creative services....and ceremonies are instituted to entertain the bored" are examples of POV terms with an obvious slant for one half of the chart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.1.42.30 (talk) 22:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I have not written the comparison, but I think it certainly is very useful to undestand differences in the whole world view, which can bee seen in religion before and after Enlightenment. It would not be right to say that it is "completely false" (especially when some statements are documented), but I agree that it is a bit polemic, which is unnecessary. However, this kind of comparison really requires knowledge and as we all know, Age of Orthodoxy is not specially well known. We should resist temptations to approach this issue ideologically from modern or old tendencies but continue to try to find historically important indicators of change. (Terot 19:01, 7 October 2007 (UTC))

The chart is unsourced and reads like a rant. I'll move it to the talk page, but I honestly don't see its value except, as you said, as a polemic. Fishal (talk) 06:25, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Lutheran Orthodoxy to Contemporary Lutheranism

Lutheran Orthodoxy: "Churches" of the Augsburg Confession refers to trans-parish entities, i.e. territorial churches.	Contemporary Lutheranism: "Churches" refers to congregations, but not to trans-parish entities.
The true body and blood of Christ are present under the bread and wine.	Grape juice is offered in many places as an alternative.
Luther excommunicates a pastor who mixes consecrated wine with unconsecrated following the service.	Plastic disposable cups are used widely, tossed out unwashed after the service.
Private confession ought to be retained. Practiced as the norm. No one is admitted to the Sacrament unless he is first examined and absolved.	Private confession scarcely exists; in most parishes, not at all, in some parishes, just barely. Open communion the norm.
Only those rightly/ritely called should administer the sacraments and preach.	Unordained laity does both.
The traditional usages of the Church *ought* to be observed, which may be observed without sin. Uniformity of liturgy within territorial churches (i.e. not merely a parish-by-parish decision).	The traditional usages of the Church *need not* be observed (NB: "ought" and "need not" are logically contradictory).
The Mass (i.e. the historic liturgy) is maintained, observed with greatest reverence, and ceremonies exist to teach the unlearned.	The Mass is not maintained, reverence is discouraged by creative services (See, for example, http://www.thefellowship.com/ow/outreachworship.html), and ceremonies are instituted to entertain the bored.
The right to excommunicate belongs by divine right (a very strong phrase!) to the pastoral office, and the people are bound by divine right to follow them. (AC 28)	The right to excommunicate belongs by divine right to the congregation, and the pastors are bound by divine right to announce such excommunications. (Blue Catechism)
Mary is and remains a virgin after Christ's birth (FCSD 8.24, added by Chemnitz to reject the Reformed Peter Martyr Vermigli's denial of the semper virgo).	The semper virgo is at best a pious opinion.
Prayers for the dead are not forbidden, and are not useless. (Apology)	We must not pray for the souls of the dead (Blue Catechism).
The Scripture principle ("The Word of God alone shall establish articles of faith") is maintained in tension with the catholic principle ("In doctrine and ceremonies, we have received nothing new against Scripture OR the catholic church"). These two principles are not, of course, two "sources" of doctrine.	The catholic principle is gone.