Should I become Lutheran?

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Hello everyone. I’ve been discerning lately. I was born into an Orthodox family. When I was a teen and through most of my early adulthood I didn’t practice anything at all. But for the last year I have trying to come back into the faith if you could call it that. It started with a friend inviting me to his Lutheran church and now I attend there often. I’ve gotten to know the Pastor and he has been urging me to come into full membership. I have much reverence for Lutheranism and there are many aspect of Lutheran theology I find in line with my relationship towards Christ, yet with the help of my family I have “redeveloped” an attachment to many Orthodox practices. I feel a little stuck in between and don’t know which path I should choose. Are there any Lutherans on here with advice or anyone who was in a similar situation as me?
 
You’d be better off asking on a protestant or strictly Lutheran forum. We’re only going to tell you one thing here: become Catholic.
 
Do you think the Lutherans church has the correct teaching on the Eucharist? If so why?💐🌻
Look at John chapter 6 when considering the subject of the Eucharist.
 
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I think you shall think about it this way, there was no Lutheranism until Martin Luther. You could look into Eastern Catholicism, I’m most familiar with the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, they use the Byzantine liturgical Rite, just as the Eastern Orthodox churches.
 
“Should I become Lutheran?”
Is actually
“Should people think they can determine from private interpretation of the scriptures what the truth is, and should I be of the same opinion?”

“Should I be Orthodox / Catholic?”
Is actually:
“Did Jesus pass to his apostles the authority to declare what is true and not true, authority to bestow the Holy Spirit and Grace in the Sacraments, and is that Authority real today in their successors? Should I trust them to reveal all truth to me that the church has received from the Holy Spirit in his revelation?”

As a former Lutheran I chose the second option when I was 58 years old.
I am here to stay as a Catholic today.

John Martin
 
You have the ultimate incentive to become Catholic.
Christ Himself, founded a Church, guaranteed it would never teach error, guaranteed it would never fall, and guaranteed He would be with it until the end of the age.
He wasn’t talking to Martin Luther when He made these promises.
Christ may move in Lutheran churches, but in a way impeded by the heresy of their doctrine.
Friend, I implore to reconsider. As an Orthodox Christian your membership in the True Apostolic Church is already a settled matter, since all of the sacraments you’ve received are 100% valid. To rebel against that is to imperil your soul. I would suggest attending Byzantine Liturgy and Latin Rite Mass, give Catholic Theology a fair shake, read what she truly teaches and not what Luther misunderstood or misinterpreted.
 
One of my relatives was raised in the Lutheran Church. He converted and became Catholic.
 
As a former Protestant who converted to Catholicism, there is a slight difference between Lutheranism and Catholicism but Catholicism has more fullness.
Would you be able to see a priest about this matter? I think he will be able to guide you more.
 
What ever choice you make pray about it and join because you want to and don’t feel pressured.
 
I was Lutheran for the first third of my life. Then I was not church-going for decades. When I wanted to attend church again, I did what I always wanted and became Catholic. It’s all about the Eucharist for me. I don’t want to take communion three or four times a year. I want it every Sunday and even sometimes during the week. To me, this was what was missing in the Lutheran church.

Also, the priests are great. They devote their whole lives to the Church. They aren’t divided between the Church, the family, the in-laws, and the part-time job at the hardware store. Priests are awesome. My advice: Become Catholic.
 
Do you like western worship? If so maybe seek out a Western Rite Orthodox parish. IMO I would just stay Orthodox since the Eucharist is the most important thing to me personally.
 
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Do you think the Lutherans church has the correct teaching on the Eucharist? If so why?💐🌻
Look at John chapter 6 when considering the subject of the Eucharist.
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What do you suspect Lutherans get wrong about the Eucharist in light of John 6?
 
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Hello everyone. I’ve been discerning lately. I was born into an Orthodox family. When I was a teen and through most of my early adulthood I didn’t practice anything at all. But for the last year I have trying to come back into the faith if you could call it that. It started with a friend inviting me to his Lutheran church and now I attend there often. I’ve gotten to know the Pastor and he has been urging me to come into full membership. I have much reverence for Lutheranism and there are many aspect of Lutheran theology I find in line with my relationship towards Christ, yet with the help of my family I have “redeveloped” an attachment to many Orthodox practices. I feel a little stuck in between and don’t know which path I should choose. Are there any Lutherans on here with advice or anyone who was in a similar situation as me?
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As a life long Lutheran who has recently been continuing Anglican, I offer this:
  1. speak to your priest. Knowing what you are moving away from is at least as important as knowing what you are moving toward. In your case, study and explore both, and prayerfully allow the Spirit to guide you.
  2. explore the Lutheran Confessions, particularly the Augsburg Confessions and the Apology, and the Small Catechism. If The Lutheran church you are attending is practicing something different, ask about it.
 
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explore the Lutheran Confessions, particularly the Augsburg Confessions and the Apology, and the Small Catechism
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These confessions are analogous to Peter standing in front of Jesus to block him from going to Jerusalem and to the cross; they are redefinitions of how He ought to be, because the Protest is that Jesus is making a mistake with Catholicism / Orthodoxy. No crucifixes in Lutheran or Protesting churches - symbolically their schema does not seem to follow Jesus onto the cross but turned salvation into a judicial rendering.

JonNC asked for people to choose what seems the best opinion. However, in Catholicism and Orthodoxy we follow and receive what we are given from the faithful Apostolic witness.

John Martin
 
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