Lutheran Question

[NorthTexan88]

I just recently started dating/talking to this girl who is a member of tue Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. She knows I’m Catholic and go to church every Sunday, she goes occasionally. We havnt really had that many religios conversation. But I just wanted to know what the WELS position is on the Catholic Church? I know her family is pretty hardcore and just didn’t know what to expect.

 

[Barbkw]

wels.net/about-wels/doctrinal-statements/doctrinal-statements

 

[Trebor135]

I just recently started dating/talking to this girl who is a member of tue Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. She knows I’m Catholic and go to church every Sunday, she goes occasionally. We havnt really had that many religios conversation. But I just wanted to know what the WELS position is on the Catholic Church? I know her family is pretty hardcore and just didn’t know what to expect.

WELS Lutherans believe the papacy to be the Antichrist.

I would move along if I were in your place. Faith might not be an issue now, but conflict could arise later, with children in the picture.

 

[1ke]

WELS are very strict, they do teach seriously anti-Catholic things. And, they do not even recognize other Lutheran communions-- you cannot receive communion in the WELS church if you are ELCA or Missouri Synod.

I suggest you find a Catholic girl who will share your beliefs and want to raise Catholic children.

A lapsed WELS might seem OK right now, but when it comes time for marriage and family she will likely re-evaluate her faith situation.

 

[coachkfan1]

As one who has endured many pains and hardships in an interfaith marraige (she is protestant) I would concure with everyone who has said that it is best to find someone of the same faith that you are. It is THE central part of a good Catholic’s life, not like one’s favorite sports team or whether one prefers the color blue over green,

 

[Luvtosew]

My brother switched to Luthern when he got married , but because they had to bring my Mom to church and then go to their church (I lived in another stare) she my SIL decided to switch to Catholic . No big deal to her or my brother.

I see no problem, but I’m a minority here.

 

[Barbkw]

Hindsight being 20/20 and if I had dating to do “all over again,” the first topics I’d bring up in conversation would be Christ and the practice of my religion.

 

[KenChute]

WELS are very strict, they do teach seriously anti-Catholic things. And, they do not even recognize other Lutheran communions-- you cannot receive communion in the WELS church if you are ELCA or Missouri Synod.

I suggest you find a Catholic girl who will share your beliefs and want to raise Catholic children.

A lapsed WELS might seem OK right now, but when it comes time for marriage and family she will likely re-evaluate her faith situation.

Yes, they are against drinking alcoholic beverages,

 

[Trebor135]

Yes, they are against drinking alcoholic beverages,

That’s news to me. One of the WELS pastors I’ve dealt with has discussed Christianity with a Jewish guy over wine repeatedly. A friend of mine took most, if not all, of their RCIA program and never mentioned such a doctrine.

 

[JonNC]

Originally Posted by KenChute
Yes, they are against drinking alcoholic beverages,

That’s news to me. One of the WELS pastors I’ve dealt with has discussed Christianity with a Jewish guy over wine repeatedly. A friend of mine took most, if not all, of their RCIA program and never mentioned such a doctrine.

News to me, too. Here’s what the WELS site says

An appropriate starting place is to allow Scripture to determine whether drinking alcoholic beverages is a sin or if it is something neither commanded nor forbidden, that is, a matter of Christian freedom.

This particular point is not difficult to determine. There is no prohibition in the Bible that declares drinking a sin in and of itself. It would be spiritual arrogance and rank legalism to declare something sinful when the Bible has not done so. And there are quite a few passages that speak of a proper and pleasing use of alcoholic beverages. Whether it be general passages like Proverbs 9:1-5, or Isaiah 55:1, or examples like Christ’s miracle in Cana (John 2:1-11), or Christ’s use of wine in the Last Supper and while instituting the Lord’s Supper, or Paul’s fatherly advice to Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23), the legitimate and proper use of alcoholic drinks is clearly established. It is a matter of Christian freedom, and we have no right to bind another’s conscience on this point.

wels.net/what-we-believe/questions-answers/christian-living/drinking-alcohol

Jon