The Lutheran World Federation, the World and Rome
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the Lutheran World Federation's theological compromises with Roman Catholicism and modernism, arguing that it has abandoned the faithful doctrines of Martin Luther and confessional Lutheranism on justification, Scripture, creation, sexual ethics, and church discipline. The article defends historic Reformed principles against ecumenical movements that Stewart views as unfaithful to biblical Christianity.
Rev. Angus Stewart published in the Belfast News Letter, 9 December, 2016 Sean McManus accurately notes the considerable (but not complete) agreement between the Roman church and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on justification. His error, however, is in attributing this to the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ. The LWF is a long way from the faithful doctrines of Martin Luther and historic, confessional Lutheranism. Hence sounder Lutheran churches want no part in it. Luther, the great...