Tag Archives: Lutheran

An Ordinariate for Lutherans?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

More hints of an Ordinariate for Lutherans. Last October, Cardinal Kurt Koch mentioned the Vatican being open to the idea. Now, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, is at it: The prefect of … Continue reading →

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Vatican Open to a Lutheran Ordinariate

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Anglican Ink: The Vatican is open to creating an ecclesial jurisdiction for Lutherans who wish to join the Roman Catholic Church but preserve aspects of their liturgical and ecclesial patrimony, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity … Continue reading →

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Lutherans Latest to Reject New NIV Bible Over Gender Language

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Good… The more the merrier. It’s a very poor translation of the Scriptures. The updated NIV Bible has gained another critic: the Lutheran  Church-Missouri Synod. In a recent report, a panel of Lutherans cautioned  against use of the new NIV over … Continue reading →

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Anglican-Lutheran Ecumenical Breakthrough

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

Dancing with Bishops: Lutheran Bishopess Sue Johnson and the Anglican Primate of Canada Fred Hiltz:   No wonder Christianity is in the state it is.  

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Namibia Mulls Relaunch of Bible Classes in Schools to Counter ‘Moral Decay’

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

Well, what better answer is there to ‘moral decy’ (sin is what they actually should be calling it but won’t) than a return to the Word of God? In Namibia, as far as I know, Lutheranism is the major denomination.  Namibia … Continue reading →

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Lutheran Anglicans?

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Over at Cranach The Blog of Veith: I met an Anglican priest the other day who, it turns out, was a big fan of Spirituality of the Cross and my other “Lutheran” books.  As I talked with him, I was … Continue reading →

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Former Lutheran Pastor, Joachim Gauck, Elected German President

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

(Reuters) – Germans resoundingly elected  Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and human rights  activist from communist East Germany, as president of the  European Union’s largest country on Sunday, posing a potential  headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the largely … Continue reading →

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