thanks
you do see the difference between us
the chasm is wide and deep
my first taste of the protestant idea of “fellowship” happened when I donated blood at a Lutheran Church on a Sunday morning.
it was a long wait and essential sat through an entire Lutheran service while waiting.
I was surprised at how many things that Lutherans had that were quite close to a Catholic Mass, until the announcements started after their service was through.
the lector? spent more time announcing room numbers and changes to room number for all the fellowship meeting that were occurring immediately after...more time than time he spent reading that Sundays scripture readings.
Point of Justim Martyr’s quote is that they were doing in 155AD exactly what we do today.
Regards,
AMDG
“I was surprised at how many things that Lutherans
You would be incorrect to generalize from this one experience. In more than 30 years, I’ve never had that experience.
“Point of Justim Martyr’s quote is that they were doing in 155AD exactly what we do today.”
I got your point. It has many assumptions implicit in that are unsupported. I find arguments without support (opinions) unconvincing.
best
“I was surprised at how many things that Lutherans had that were quite close to a Catholic Mass, until the announcements started after their service was through.”
“Falsely are our churches accused of abolishing the Mass; for the Mass is retained among us, and celebrated with the highest reverence...”
- Augsburg Confession, Article 24.