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HT to Pastor Fraser Pearce for the link to this interview with Fr Jared Wicks. As I say in the title, it is interesting, but I want to know more. I should follow up on Wick's writing on Luther to see what he has to say.
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Oh my, John Carroll University (with its beautiful campus!) of all places, right on my home turf.
What a fascinating piece, especially this:
That is, I am convinced that we, especially Catholics, need to bring out just what the sacrament memorializes, namely, the Lord’s giving of himself in death, with his body broken and his blood shed “for you”—pro vobis, fuer euch!
Indeed!
From my historical knowledge of the Reformation, I think that the state-based constitutions of the first Lutheran territorial churches left Lutherans with an endemic weakness that has not been overcome. Lutheran bishops are far from being figures of magisterial impact and authority; they could never assemble as a body able to produce what came of the great councils. I recall how Melanchthon foresaw this result at Augsburg in 1530 when the powerful representatives of Nuremburg began exercising control over the issues of doctrinal dialogue with the Catholic side.
Yes, that rings true and was one of the reasons for my pull towards Catholicism. Especially in liberal Lutheran bodies like the ELCA the office of bishop has been reconfigured along the lines of the corporate model.
Thanks for posting this. As you say, it definitely leaves you hanging however.
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