Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
January 12, 2008

Lutheran orthodox catholicity

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I’m a week behind in pointing y’all t this, but Rev. Chaz Lehmann has, in his post An open letter to Orthodox commenters on Lutheran blogs, done a great job of concisely laying out why going East isn’t truly a viable and (dare I say) orthodox option for Lutherans.
On a certain level, I can understand [...]


December 8, 2006

Lutheranism Protestantism, Redux

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I’ve said it before (I’d link to it, but I’m feeling a little ornery - you can just use the nifty live search box that I’ve so generously made available for your use!), I know I’ll say it again, and I’m saying it now:
Lutherans, thank God, ain’t Protestants!
The prompt for this restatement of truth is [...]


April 19, 2006

Lutheranism Protestantism

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

One of regular entries on my list of “things-that-annoy-me” is the habit that so many folks have of calling Lutherans ‘Protestants’.
We ain’t that.
Ask The Pastor has just posted a great explanation of how & why this is the case, in the posting titled Protestant Christianity.
It can, but shouldn’t, go without saying that Pr. Snyder is [...]


March 10, 2005

Lutherans are NOT a Protestant Denomination

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

A while back, a brief discussion thread on one of the warm, friendly, and always theologically-astute CAT41 mailing lists piqued my interest, and I’m finally getting around to blogging about it.
More specifically, a response from a Pastor that I respect (and who has graciously given his permission for me to quote from his message) really [...]