Views On The Pope
Some confessional Lutheran church bodies, such as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Church of the Lutheran Confession teach that the Roman papacy or office of the pope is an Antichrist, including this article of faith as part of a quia rather than quatenus subscription to the Book of Concord. This is also the teaching of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. A distinction should be made that "Antichrist" refers to the office, and not to the person.
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