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Lutherans – In your opinion, how does the Book of Concord differ from the Book of Mormon?
If you criticize the Book of Mormon to adding to a closed canon then how do you justify the Book of Concord?
I understand it is not official canon but Wikipedia says that some Lutheran churches, “require their pastors and other rostered church workers to pledge themselves unconditionally to The Book of Concord.”
Are the Mormons and the LDS church just being more upfront and calling it canon?
This is a fair question. Maybe it will help if I explain exactly what we believe about the Book of Concord. I think if you compare this to what LDS believe about the Book of Mormon, you will find that these are actually two very different things.
We do not believe that the Book of Concord is the inspired Word of God. We believe that the only text which can be verifiably inspired is the Bible. The Book of Concord is a human expression of God’s Word–it is not “God-breathed” as the Bible is (see 2 Timothy 3:14-17).
Most churches have documents like our Book of Concord–for example, Southern Baptists have The Baptist Faith and Message. The Book of Concord is unique in that it is so exhaustive, and that Lutherans take it so seriously. But the only thing that makes it better than The Baptist Faith and Message, is that the BOC happens to be more correct. Southern Baptists would dispute this, of course, but neither of us claim that our confessions are the Word of God.
It is true that in my church, the LCMS, clergy are required to pledge themselves unconditionally to the Book of Concord. (Not sure about other church workers.) But this is simply because we are Lutherans, and *by definition* a Lutheran is a person who believes that the Book of Concord expresses God’s Word correctly.
There are many, many good non-Lutheran pastors who do not believe everything in the BOC. We believe that such pastors are in error on some point, but they are Christian pastors who are preaching God’s Word and at least administering a valid sacrament of Baptism.
What’s more, we believe that the Bible is sufficient. The Book of Concord is not required for complete and true doctrine. In fact, I have talked to an occasional (rare) Anglican priest who, as far as I know from conversation, seemed to believe and teach the same things expressed in the BOC–at least to such a degree that if some extraordinary situation warranted it, I could receive the Eucharist in that priest’s parish in good conscience.
So to sum up this really long answer:
1. The Book of Concord is not the Word of God, but only a *human expression* of God’s Word.
2. The Book of Concord is distinctive only for its scope, correctness, and the regard Lutherans hold it in. In all other ways it is an exact counterpart to similar documents in other church bodies.
3. Pastors who do not pledge themselves unconditionally to the Book of Concord may still be valid pastors; they are simply not *Lutheran* pastors.
4. You can have a complete knowledge of God’s plan for our salvation, without ever hearing anything from the BOC. The BOC is just a way we humans have chosen to express that plan, which God gave to us in the Bible.
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