# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S278
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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II. THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS­­—COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

Centrality

Luke 7:36–50

Justification is the article of faith “on which the church
stands or falls.”
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Read 1 Cor. 1:22–24. What is preached?

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Read 1 Cor. 2:2. Why is this Paul’s determination?

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See also Luke 2:11; Eph. 2:4-7; 2 Tim. 1:8–9.

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Justification is no more and no less than the message that
salvation for the world comes through Christ — so it is a gift
received by faith.

Justification

WITHOUT THE TERM

Outline the story.
– What disturbs Simon?
– What brings the woman to Jesus?
– What do you think she had heard about him?
– What does Jesus say to Simon
and to her?
– How/why/on what basis is this sinful woman justified
before Jesus?
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AND THE REFORMATION

The Augsburg Confession (1530)
Result of reactions to Luther’s writing
Written to restore unity
– Declares the catholicity (universality) of the
Lutheran confessors – in the mainstream
– Denies the heresies charged against the
Lutheran confessors
– Lists the abuses the confessors are
correcting
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2019 Convention Workbook

OF KEY REFORMATION EVENTS

Timeline

Read Luke 7:36–50.

Justification

Outline

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1517 – 95 Theses protesting indulgences
1519 – Luther debates authority in the church
1520 – Luther is told to recant (3 works)
1521 – Diet of Worms, excommunication
1522 – Anabaptists; New Testament published
1525 – The Bondage of the Will; Tyndale
1529 – Luther’s Catechisms & Marburg Colloquy
1530 – Torgau Articles and Augsburg Confession

Also they teach that men
cannot be justified before God by
their strength, merits, or works,
but are freely justified for Christ’s
sake, through faith, when they
believe that they are received into
favor, and that their sins are
forgiven for Christ’s sake, who, by
His death, has made satisfaction
for our sins. This faith God
imputes for righteousness in His
sight. Rom. 3 and 4.
Augsburg Confession, IV of
Justification