# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S274
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II. THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS­­—COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

ALL ABOUT

&
Justification
Jesus

Reform

WHAT DOES “THE REFORMATION”
BRING TO MIND?

WEEK ONE

Jesus

Our Approach
Connected to the solas: scriptura, gratia,
fide, Christus
• Jesus: if it’s truly Christian, it must be
Christocentric
• Justification: if it’s truly Christocentric, then
salvation flows entirely from Him (grace,
faith)
• The Bible: if it’s the authentic Jesus, it’s
biblical
•

Overthrow of “Catholic oppression” (Marxist)
Source of modernity (general historians)
• Rise of Naziism (Shirer, et al.)
• Luther stories?
the thunderstorm
• The solas?
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Hardly Forgotten

IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Jesus

2019 Convention Workbook

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Some Reformation caricatures are false:
Everyone went to church.
The laity were all terrified of damnation.
– The clergy were all hypocrites.
– Everything was about Mary, not Christ.
– No attention was given to grace or faith.
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Christ and His gracious work were not ignored.

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But ... they were more peripheral than central.