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.
Read more about this topic: Confessional Lutheranism
Famous quotes containing the words views and/or pope:
“I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“A needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)