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Randy_Carson
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So, the Reformation continues, but now itās focused inwardly instead of on the Catholic Church.I promise to write a comprehensive reply to this in the near future. But wife just delivered our first child.
Simply put, thereās little difference between the WELS and the LCMS, which despite their regional-sounding names, are both present in all fifty states with missions and sister church bodies in almost every country. These two bodies once shared fellowship, and ther leaders still meet together from time to time to rebuke the others for their minor heterdoxies or seeming toleration thereof. Theyāre also quite friendly with their little sister church the ELS. Reunion between these three āConfessionalā synods is, unlike many ecumenical projects, actually, potentially, on the horizon.
ELDoNA is a small splinter off the LCMS, due to (in a VERY simplified nutshell) objections over some unfortunate practices that the LCMS hadnāt responded to quickly or strongly enough, among other reasons. Frankly, that was the fault of our District Presidents (Bishops). Best part of ELDoNA? They actually use the term ādioceseā properly.
Without malice toward the many Lutherans who remain in the ELCA, that body is not considered an orthodox Lutheran body by any of the synods above. Some of its members are certainly Lutheran, but the body itself either doesnāt ādoā Lutheranism very well, or simply isnāt at all.
Thatās a very simplified nutshell; history, of course, is not contained in a nutshell. So someone is certain to take issue with some portion of the above and find offense. I can only promise that none was intended.
No surprise there.
