TheRockInception
You're literally looking at a $2,000 meme machine
Will proceed to smash the like button.No.
You implied that lutherism was fighting against the church.
There is no one church. Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. When people say "the church," they include all denominations. i.e. "the church today is supposed to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth" (one of them, unfortunately, is true, but not in the symbolic way it's meant). However, you implied that Lutherism was fighting against catholicism. A denomination that, at the time, was a very controlling one.
That was the misinterpretation.
And you're actually wrong.
Hebrews 10:25
...not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
Matthew 18:20
"For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."
Basically, fellowship and teaching are important to the Lord. Church is [supposed to be] about ______ and _______.
Word bank:
Fellowship
Teaching
As a lutheran, and I can say this confidently, I don't hate Catholics. Some Lutherans do hate Catholics, but no, Lutheranism is not at odds with the Catholic Church, we just don't believe in some things that Catholics do, like the pope or the saints. Ironically enough, Martin Luther did not want to split from the Catholic Church, instead he wanted to reform it, and his followers were called Lutherans as an insult.
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