What Sets Lutheranism Apart from Other Denominations

Rev. Paul Webber explains what sets Lutheranism apart from Catholicism and Orthodoxy on one hand, and other Protestant denominations on the other hand.

[nicholasp]

This was incredibly informative! Thank you so much! 🙂

[thewordrules]

Having been Catholic for the first 19 years of my life, then trying out several prostestant faiths, (Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and non-demonitational), I am so glad I found Lutheranism. (the LCSM branch, not the liberal, non-Christrian ELCA branch). It is so scriptural and finally gave me the peace that passes all understanding.

[karenrichey]

I've been LCMS member since birth. I am saddened by some synods of Lutheranism, namely gay, trans, and female pastors. Completely not scripture.

[aireyc]

Nearly everything you describe as positive, I consider a negative, and vice-versa.

[stevekohl]

I am concerned that the videos I see about Lutheranism are too often discussed by LCMS pastors rather than ELCA pastors.

[randychurchill]

Saying that Lutheranism is set apart from other denominations has nothing to do with why Lutheranism is true. In Timothy it says "that the church is the pillar and foundation of the faith". Paul was not writing to Lutherans who believed in Sola Scriptura. When Paul wrote to the Ephesians he wrote to the Orthodox Church in Ephesus. That church is still there today. If you want to argue that Lutheranism is true, then you have to demonstrate through sound arguments that the Lutheran belief system conforms to the mindset of the church in say the first thousand years of church history.

This video is demonstrating nothing. A Presbyterian could make the same video on what sets Presbyterianism apart from other denominations. It has nothing to do with why anything in the Protestant matrix is true. If you're going to claim that your system is a reformation then by what standard is it a reformation? I can give you one example of why Protestantism is not a reformation. The doctrine of penal substitution in Protestantism is not the view of the early church. They did not teach that God had to be satisfied by some binding standard greater than God himself. That the Son of God had to pay back the Father. None of this will you find in the patristic tradition.

You need to make another video explaining why Lutheranism is consistent with the testimony of history. Do you actually possess the mindset of the church?

[carolkerfeld]

all denominations are about money and me foremost and Bible is second