| About Xαρις και Eιρηνη |
| Xαρις και Eιρηνη is a blog written from the perspective of a Lutheran student studying for the pastoral ministry. It's title means Grace and Peace, a common greeting in St. Paul's letters and I think, a two-word summary of what Jesus Christ has won for me. |
| Ephesians 2:4-5 |
| Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. |
| Romans 5:1-3 |
| Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. |
| Colossians 4:5-6 |
| Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. |
| Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Art.XV, 21 |
| The Fathers had these reasons for maintaining the rites, and for these reasons we also judge it to be right that traditions [good customs] be maintained. And we [Lutherans] are greatly surprised that our adversaries, contrary to the entire Scriptures of the Apostles, contrary to the Old and New Testaments contend for another design of traditions, namely, that they may merit the remission of sins, grace, or justification. |
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| 1.13.2008 |
| Scripture & Tradition in the Lutheran Confessions |
 Excerpt from "A New Look at the Lutheran Confessions," by Holsten Fagerberg.
Accessed at Pastor David Jay Webber's (ELS) Lutheran Theology Website.
"When the Confessions assert that they are based on the Bible and have grown up on its ground, they are following one of the basic Reformation principles, which can be traced straight through the theological writings of both Luther and Melanchthon. But alongside of the Bible, and also occupying a major place in the Confessions, is ecclesiastical tradition – as this can be seen above all in the church’s oldest doctrinal formulations. This appears both in programmatic expressions and in actual procedures. Von Loewenich, who is by no means inclined to overemphasize the “catholic” element in Luther’s works, reminds us of the reformers’ efforts to preserve a genuine continuity with the ancient church. Luther reveals the same tendency in his attitude toward the iconoclasts, the liturgy, and the dogmas of the early church. In his rejection of the early Christian heretics, his acceptance of infant baptism, and his defense of private confession we see a clear indication of the Reformation tendency to preserve and restore. The aim of the Reformation was not to launch a radical new beginning but to link up with the heritage of the ancient church. Luther had a feeling for continuity." |
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