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Lutheran

Churches of the Lutheran Reformation, confessing the Book of Concord.

Authorities

Old and New Testaments as the norm of doctrine; the Lutheran Confessions as its faithful exposition.

Its own categories

law and gospel · justification by faith · priesthood of all the baptized · means of grace

Recorded stances

Reading principles

PrincipleStanceNote
AM-AX-001 Apostolic exegesis is authoritativeHolds—
AM-AX-002 Figures prefigure fulfilmentHolds—
AM-AX-005 Torah is eternal and unabrogatedRejectsHolds the moral law to endure while its ceremonial provisions are fulfilled in Christ.
AM-AX-007 The Oral Torah is authoritativeRejectsDoes not receive rabbinic tradition as binding interpretation.
AM-AX-008 The Qurʾān is the final, authoritative revelationRejectsDoes not receive the Qurʾān as scripture.
AM-AX-009 Earlier scriptures as transmitted are not wholly reliableRejectsHolds its received scriptures to be reliably transmitted.
AM-AX-010 Genesis as received is an authoritative covenant charterHolds—
AM-AX-011 Continuing revelation and an open canonRejectsDoes not receive the Restoration scriptures as revelation.
AM-AX-012 Apostolic succession transmits authorityQualifiesSome Lutheran churches retain episcopal succession, but it is not held necessary for a true church.
AM-AX-013 Scripture alone is the final ruleHolds—

Simulation

Reading the record through this lens

The lens removes the 5 principles this tradition rejects or sets aside (AM-AX-005, AM-AX-007, AM-AX-008, AM-AX-009, AM-AX-011). Principles it does not address stay in place. Of the record’s positions:

CasePositionUnder this lens
The permanence of the TorahAM-CLAIM-000219 The commandments are permanentSupport weakened
The permanence of the TorahAM-CLAIM-000221 Fulfilled in ChristSupported under selected assumptions
The permanence of the TorahAM-CLAIM-000225 A law for each communityNot established under selected assumptions
The permanence of the TorahAM-CLAIM-000227 Fulfilled, by Restoration scriptureNot established under selected assumptions
Priesthood under the New CovenantAM-CLAIM-000191 The Levitical order is supersededSupported under selected assumptions
Priesthood under the New CovenantAM-CLAIM-000197 Suspended, not supersededSupport weakened
Priesthood under the New CovenantAM-CLAIM-000199 A ministerial priesthood shares Christ’sSupported under selected assumptions
Priesthood under the New CovenantAM-CLAIM-000202 Christ alone; all believers priestsSupported under selected assumptions
Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelationAM-CLAIM-000246 Heirs by following; millat Ibrāhīm restoredNot established under selected assumptions
Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelationAM-CLAIM-000247 The covenant line through IsaacSupport weakened
Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelationAM-CLAIM-000248 Heirs by faithSupported under selected assumptions
Ibrāhīm, prophetic lineage and revelationAM-CLAIM-000249 The seal of the prophetsNot established under selected assumptions
Restoration and priesthood authorityAM-CLAIM-000270 Restored by angelic conferralNot established under selected assumptions
Restoration and priesthood authorityAM-CLAIM-000274 Continued in apostolic successionSupported under selected assumptions
Restoration and priesthood authorityAM-CLAIM-000202 Christ alone; all believers priestsSupported under selected assumptions

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Its answers to the research cases

Priesthood under the New CovenantAddresses the question

Christ is the one high priest; all the baptized are priests; the ordained ministry is an office of word and sacrament.

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Restoration and priesthood authorityAsks a different question

Locates priesthood in Christ and the whole baptized community; authority to minister is a call to an office, not a transmitted priesthood.

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