{"id":88,"date":"2020-03-20T13:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.237\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2020-03-22T12:13:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T17:13:21","slug":"what-we-believe-overview-of-the-lutheran-confessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/about\/what-we-believe-overview-of-the-lutheran-confessions\/","title":{"rendered":"What we believe: Creeds and Confessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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All written confessions of faith, creeds, exist to either answer a \nquestion or defend against false doctrine. The confessions of the \nLutheran Church are no exception. Indeed, that Christians do confess \ntheir faith is a natural outgrowth of that faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus said, Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him \nwill I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever \nshall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is\n in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Paul understood the importance of this confession of faith when he wrote, That\n if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe \nin thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be \nsaved. (Romans 10:9)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lutheran Confessions were collected into the Book of Concord<\/em>\n in 1580. These confessions stand under Scripture and are accepted \nbecause they agree with Scripture. As Lutherans we accept the following \ncreeds as a proper exposition of Scripture, and therefore as a proper \ntouchstone for all teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n