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Start Date
20-9-2023 3:15 PM
End Date
20-9-2023 4:00 PM
Keywords
church, lutheran, confessional, barmen declaration, bethel confession, sectarianism
Description
Hermann Sasse (1895-1976), a German Lutheran theologian who spent the last decades of his life in Australia, is remembered for his staunch adherence to the Lutheran Confessions over and against theological liberalism and unionism in the 20th century. It was precisely his unflinching commitment to the Lutheran Confessions that prompted him to reject sectarian isolationism. Sasse has been described as a confessional ecumenist and an ecumenical confessionalist. This presentation will focus on Sasse’s understanding of the catholicity of the Lutheran Confessions and the responsibility that Lutherans have in joyfully making this confession to the whole church.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
People in this Resource (separated by commas)
Karl Barth,
Submission Cost
Free
Herman Sasse: A Confessional Response to Sectarianism
Hermann Sasse (1895-1976), a German Lutheran theologian who spent the last decades of his life in Australia, is remembered for his staunch adherence to the Lutheran Confessions over and against theological liberalism and unionism in the 20th century. It was precisely his unflinching commitment to the Lutheran Confessions that prompted him to reject sectarian isolationism. Sasse has been described as a confessional ecumenist and an ecumenical confessionalist. This presentation will focus on Sasse’s understanding of the catholicity of the Lutheran Confessions and the responsibility that Lutherans have in joyfully making this confession to the whole church.
