The doctrine of the Trinity states that there is one God in three persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Lutherans believe that this doctrine is taught in the Bible and that it is essential for salvation. In other words, if someone does not believe in the Trinity, they cannot be saved.
Lutherans pray with these words every day after Holy Communion: “We thank you, holy Father, almighty God, that you have given us your Son as our Redeemer. We pray that our Savior will dwell among us and give life to us, his servants. Amen.”
Lutherans believe that everything good that anyone experiences comes from Christ’s presence within them. Therefore, when a Lutheran prays, he or she is praying directly to God the Father through Christ.
Lutherans believe that the Trinity is a mystery that cannot be comprehended by human thought alone. We can never fully understand how three are one, but only worship God in faith because of what has been revealed to us in Scripture and through our holy Christian Tradition. For this reason, Lutherans will often say “we know this much: that there are three persons -consubstantial- who share one divine essence.” But even this statement does not explain everything about the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; it only asserts their equality in power and glory. We continue to pray with both humility and joyful hope that we might better understand these truths in heaven.
Lutherans believe that God the Father and Jesus Christ are distinct persons in whom we may know and approach directly through special revelation. Lutherans also believe that God can be approached through prayer to and in the Holy Spirit.
Although we cannot fully comprehend how God is three and one, we believe that he has revealed this mystery to us throgh Christ and the Scriptures. We worship him as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by praying to him with thanksgiving for his gracious gifts of redemption and sanctification.
Do Lutherans believe that God created everything?
The formation of the world and of all things visible and invisible, direct creation by God from nothing as distinct from the generation of creatures, as taught in the Apostles’ Creed . This has been a point of debate between Lutherans and Catholics since the 16th century.
Lutheran churches generally teach that God created everything as good, and for the purpose of sustaining the creation with its creatures. Humans were also created good, but they sinned when tempted by Satan.
Catholics believe that God alone is uncreated and eternal, and all else was created out of nothing by him. And so they disagree with the first part of the Apostles’ Creed.
What religion is ELCA?
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies: the American Lutheran Church (ALC), the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC).
As of 2020, the ELCA has approximately 3.14 million baptized members in 8,894 congregations. The ELCA and its predecessor bodies have been a part of the liberal-conservative intra-Lutheran debate sine their founding.
Lutheran Tract and Book Society publishes a number of tracts, such as the one seen here. This tract attempts to answer questions aout what Lutherans believe. It includes some basic information about the Trinity and how it is taught by the ELCA.
What religion is LCMS?
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), often referred to as The Missouri Synod, is an American confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States, Canada, and other North American countries.
The Missouri Synod is the second largest Lutheran church body in the United States, behind The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). As of the most recent year for which data are available (1988), it reported 2.4 million members, out of a worldwide Lutheran membership at that time of 7.1 million.
It is headquartered in Kirkwood, Missouri. The LCMS has congregations in all 50 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, but over half of its members are located in the Midwest.
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod believes that it is “theologically and historically true” to the Bible as well as bing a part of “the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church.”
In addition to its Board of Directors, the LCMS has tree other national bodies that bring together leaders from around the church for prayer, fellowship and decision making: The National Conference of Churches (NCC), The Synodical Conference of North America (SCNA) and the SELC.
In common with most other Christian denominations, it holds the Trinitarian doctrine as a basis of scriptural interpretation and as foundational for its teachings. This is not a doctrine or a creed which was developed at the time of the Protestant Reformation but has been the teaching of the Christian Church from early times. The LCMS also teaches that the Holy Scriptures are an accurate presentation of the way that God deals with us.
What religion is WELS?
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), often referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod , is one of the conservative denominations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It has approximately 94,000 members in 976 congregations . It holds itself to be historically authentic and evangelical and, therefore, adheres to the Lutheran Confessions (Book of Concord). It also holds to biblical inerrancy.
The WELS is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The president of the church body is Matthew Harrison. The WELS cooperates with other Lutheran churches trough Lutheran World Relief and Witness Lee centers for Christian studies. It used to maintain a staffed office at the Luther Research Center in Mount Vernon, New York, and in the past provided funding for the Center.
What religion is LCMC?
The (LCMS) is a traditional, confessional, Christian denomination of 2.3 million members worldwide.
The LCMS is headquartered in Kirkwood , Missouri . According to its constitution, the LCMS confesses two sacraments: Holy Baptism and the Lord’s Supper . Of these, it emphasizes baptism as “the door through which the believer enters the church of Jesus Christ.”
The LCMS has congregations in all 50 U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico . It also sponsors six seminaries , five colleges, four institutes of advanced theological studies, two foundations , three service organizations, a radio ministry , an international relief agency , a Christian social service agency , two publishing houses, and six periodicals .
