[SamuraiScot]

he also retrospectively vindicates Martin Luther

I don't recall--where is the Lutheran Church on environmentalism, abortion, feminism, female ministers, homosexuality. . . ?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

I don’t recall—where is the Lutheran Church on environmentalism, abortion, feminism, female ministers, homosexuality. . . ?
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Depends on which of the two major branches you’re referring to. LCMS is quite orthodox and conservative in the Lutheran sense.