Factors in Lutheran Unity

Authors

E. George Pearce, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

10-1-1954

Document Type

Article

Keywords

lutheran unity, catholic, sacraments, reformation, doctrine, luther, confession, anglicans, apology

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem in the fourth century, advised his people that when they attended a divine service in a strange city, they ought not merely to enquire for the church or for the lord's house, because Marcionists and Manicheans and all manner of sects professed to be the Church and called their meeting places the House of the Lord; but they ought to ask: Where is the Catholic Church? The name "Catholic," used in all the early creeds and in the writings of the Fathers, came into use first to distinguish the universal Christian Church from the national Jewish synagog, and later, as sects arose and separated themselves from the universal Church, the term came to mean orthodox.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Pearce, E. George (1954) "Factors in Lutheran Unity," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 25, Article 56.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol25/iss1/56