tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55727507006016944.post8986785074268509745..comments2023-11-02T04:25:49.697-07:00Comments on Northwoods Seelsorger: ELCA Now in Full Communion with the United Methodist ChurchDonald V. Engebretsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048205066519140869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55727507006016944.post-74252623240685692632009-08-21T10:38:30.529-07:002009-08-21T10:38:30.529-07:00You are very right, Dan. Yet this is completely c...You are very right, Dan. Yet this is completely consistent, in its own insane way, with all the other agreements that came before. They gave up any true confession of the real presence when they married in with the Reformed church. Their confession on paper is nullified by their concessions in practice. Another sad day for Lutheranism....Donald V. Engebretsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048205066519140869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55727507006016944.post-33886415258895710432009-08-21T05:48:36.716-07:002009-08-21T05:48:36.716-07:00It is insane. They're going to have communion...It is insane. They're going to have communion with people who disagree with them on what communion <em>is</em>.<br /><br />The UMC is a bit of a squirrel when it comes to doctrine because of the two documents they subscribe to as a result of the merger between the United Brethren and the Methodist churches. The two documents can conflict somewhat in the matters of communions and baptism. Methodists practiced infant baptism while the Brethren did not.Dan @ Necessary Roughnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815354600299927976noreply@blogger.com