Recent content by Walter

Nope, Anglicans pour or immerse

My pleasure, They prefer icons over statues. Today there are more than twenty Eastern Catholic churches in union with the Pope; they include the Ukrainian, Maronite, Romanian, Melkite, Chaldean, Ruthenian, Coptic, Armenian, and others. Each has its own bishops and each is considered a...

Typically when people refer to the Eastern Church people assume they are speaking of The Orthodox Church. However, their are Eastern Rites of The Catholic Church in communion with Rome. The priests are often married in all Eastern churches. The liturgy of both Eastern Catholic and the Orthodox...

Limbo has never been an official doctrine of the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church has no formal teaching on Limbo. It doesn't deny the existence of Limbo but nor does it teach its existence. The Church emphasis is, as you said, on 'great Grace, mercy and love'.

I think an additional question would be: 'What about un-baptized babies who die? Are they bound for Hell? We entrust them to God's Mercy. We are bound by the sacraments, God is not.

I should have explained what I meant by slipping. Most of the liberal wing of the LCMS left in 80's after Seminex (Concordia Seminary in Exile) dissolved and formed a liberal synod. What I meant by slipping is the lack of educational preparation for people given access to their pulpits. I...

In addition to the presence of young pastors who are not qualified to be pastoring congregations, the LCMS now has people who are poorly trained and installed as deacons to provide Word and Sacrament to many smaller congregations within districts that cannot call full-time pastors. I attended...

@37818-I was only quoting from a Lutheran (LCMS) website. I don't think it's a verse to support baptismal regeneration of infants. They obviously do. My intention in quoting from that website was to show that unless their definition of baptismal regeneration is different than that of Anglican...

Thanks for the distinction between Catholic and Lutheran theology regarding baptism. The information I was relying on came from the LCMS official website and honestly I couldn't distinguish any difference between Catholic, Anglican and Catholic/Orthodox teaching regarding baptism. 'Jesus...

Yes, I believe they are very dogmatic and your experience with them does not surprise me.

I don't. I see WELS as being firmly grounded in scripture in regards to the essentials of the Christian faith. What I see as problematic is their reasoning for not being in pulpit and altar fellowship with other Lutheran synods of like faith and practice. Back in the 1930's the LCMS held...

A simple Google search reveals that Lutheran and Anglican churches believe in baptismal regeneration If similar but different, can you explain how?

Lutherans and Anglicans also believe in baptismal regeneration. What makes you think Lutherans 'hold to real gospel' if baptismal regeneration is your determining factor?