[Elsie]

I would say that the Lutheran Church (LCMS) mirrors the early church every bit as much as the Catholic Church does.

I'd have to agree.

[terycarl]

I would say that the Lutheran Church (LCMS) mirrors the early church every bit as much as the Catholic Church does. I'd have to agree.

Yeah, but the Catholic church was THERE and the Lutheran adaption of Catholicism came along about 1,600 years later...