Documents and Reference

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Threse are some of the key documents and other references which may be referenced in the blog.  For further information, please consult my theological site, www.danhooper.info.

 The Lutheran Church

The Augsburg Confession — written in 1530 by Philip Melanchthon, an associate of Dr. Martin Luther, as a defense document to be presented to the Imperial Diet in Augsburg, Germany.  Still used as a core expression of what Lutherans believe and teach about the Christian faith and the organization of the church.  The first half explains fundamental doctrines; the second half presents a postion about matters being disputed with the Roman Catholic Church.  You can download a copy of the Augsburg Confession from Project Wittenberg here.

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification — a document produced from ongoing world Lutheran-Catholic dialog which began in 1965; adopted in Augsburg in 1999 by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation.  You can read the full document on the Vatican’s web site here, the LWF’s web site here, or the ELCA’s web site here.

Credentials and Ordination of Lutheran Pastors 

Guidelines for Discipline, ELCA 

Vision and Expectations, ELCA