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Start Date
17-9-2025 2:00 PM
End Date
17-9-2025 2:45 PM
Keywords
nicaea, visible church, book of concord, luther, faith, doctrine, walther, salvation
Description
The Council of Nicaea was gathered to deal with doctrinal aberrations of the day. The actions of the Council of Nicaea set forth orthodox teaching in contradistinction to heterodox teaching which enabled Martin Luther and later C.F.W. Walther to clarify further orthodox Christian teaching considering the aberrations of doctrine in their respective days. Just as the Nicene creed is integral to the confession of orthodox Christianity so also a quia Subscription to The Lutheran confessions and acceptance of the True Visible Church doctrine as posited by C.F.W. Walther are integral to orthodox confessional Lutheranism. This sectional will endeavor to explore the following questions: How does the Council of Nicaea inform and affect the True Visible Church Doctrine as posited by C.F.W. Walther? Is the True Visible Church Doctrine still applicable today? Finally, what does the Council of Nicaea and the True Visible Church have to say for mission outreach in general and new congregation starts in particular?
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Galatians 1:8; Psalm 119:105;
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Submission Cost
Free
What Does It Mean for the True Visible Church?
The Council of Nicaea was gathered to deal with doctrinal aberrations of the day. The actions of the Council of Nicaea set forth orthodox teaching in contradistinction to heterodox teaching which enabled Martin Luther and later C.F.W. Walther to clarify further orthodox Christian teaching considering the aberrations of doctrine in their respective days. Just as the Nicene creed is integral to the confession of orthodox Christianity so also a quia Subscription to The Lutheran confessions and acceptance of the True Visible Church doctrine as posited by C.F.W. Walther are integral to orthodox confessional Lutheranism. This sectional will endeavor to explore the following questions: How does the Council of Nicaea inform and affect the True Visible Church Doctrine as posited by C.F.W. Walther? Is the True Visible Church Doctrine still applicable today? Finally, what does the Council of Nicaea and the True Visible Church have to say for mission outreach in general and new congregation starts in particular?
