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Concordia Journal

Short Title

Making Sense of Confessionalism Today

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Concordia Journal, Winter 2015, volume 41, confession, Augsburg Confession, creeds, Sasse

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Okamoto states that problems with confessionalism come from taking the Confessions for granted. He suggests making the confessions our own by seeking to explain and defend them for our time and place. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession should remain in force, but a twenty-first Apology could provide a contemporary explanation for current circumstances. This would be a way to appropriate the confessions as confessions, not merely as doctrinal standards, and would be a constructive rather than defensive approach.

Disciplines

Christianity | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

John 3:16; John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Romans 16:17; Matthew 16:16; Acts 4:8-12; Romans 10:9; John 20:31; Romans 10:9; Philippians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Corinthians12:3; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Romans 10:4-17; Matthew 28:18; John 5:19–28; Matthew 9:2–8; John 20:21–23; Acts 2:14-41; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:21; Joel 2:32; Matthew 10:32;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Ministers; Scholars

People in this Resource (separated by commas)

Hermann Sasse,

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